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The sanctioning ceremony for Donna Kowal will take place on Sunday, October 16, at Chapin Mill, where there’s more room and ventilation. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. It’s relatively short, and light refreshments will follow.

Tuesday, August 22, will be the last formal in person sitting before the Center’s two-week break which runs from August 23 through September 5. During the break we’ll continue to hold sittings on Zoom Monday through Saturday morning from 7:00 to 8:00, Sunday morning from 8:30 to 9:30, and  Monday through Friday evening from 7:00…

Dokusan is a one-to-one teaching encounter in private given at this center by a fully authorized Zen teacher — either Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede or Sensei John Pulleyn.  It is open to those who have become members of the Center. Dokusan is geared to matters of practice in the narrow sense of the word (e.g., zazen),…

This is our annual remembrance of Roshi Philip Kapleau, Founder of the Rochester Zen Center. We will begin sitting one extended round (usually 50 minutes) with a bell at the half-way point for a posture change. The round will be followed by kinhin, a short chanting service, and then a recorded teisho by Roshi Philip…