Zen

Michael McAlister is a Zen-inspired but ecumenical spiritual teacher. He leads the Infinite Smile Sangha (ISS) in Lafayette, California. This ISS site contains links relating to his retreats, his writing, and recorded talks & video.

A two-year daily meditative record of morning meditations, and attendance at extended sesshins, by an American Soto Zen practitioner.

Custom made meditation clothing and supplies: Everything from altar cloths to meditation cushions and robes.

An online Zen magazine published occasionally.

A Brief Explanation by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi Abbot of The Zen Studies Society

Affiliated with the Diamond Sangha, in the Harada-Yasutani lineage. Offers weekly zazen and monthly zazenkai practice.

Temple inn for pilgrims and general tourists, overlooking beautiful Lake Sinji

Offers daily practice, sesshins and courses in Amsterdam. In the tradition of Master Deshimaru.

Meeting place for Zen in Russia, offering information about contemporary Russian Zen practice.

List of all Zen centers in Russia.

Head temple of the Kwan Um School of Zen of Slovakia, the Temple of the Mystic Mountain, "Myo Sahn Sah". Offers daily zazen and periodic retreats.

Member of the Rinzai Zen Society in Switzerland.

List of all Zen centers maintained by the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.

An essay detailing the history and practice of the Sanbo Kyodan school of Zen.

(771-853 C.E.) Successor of Pai-chang Huai-hai, and teacher of Hsiang-yen.

Zazen groups. Costs, locations, and events.

Comprehensive list maintained by the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.

Offers Sunday services and dharma talks, and periodic sesshins in the Soto tradition.

Offers regular zazen and retreats.

A lay Zen Buddhist organization, was founded in 1959 by Anne Hopkins Aitken and Robert Aitken, Roshi, dharma heir of Yamada Roshi and author of Taking the Path of Zen, The Gateless Barrier: The Wu Men Kuan, and seven other Zen books.

Offers daily zazen and periodic sesshins. Harada-Yasutani lineage.

Offers mindfulness Practice in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Provides several sittings each week, and periodic workshops.

Practice based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.

Spiritual community combining the Christian contemplative tradition and the Zen Buddhist tradition of the Diamond Sangha. Offers regular meditation and group meditation retreats.

Cooperative group of Soto Zen students practicing together in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi. Offers regular zazen practice and frequent retreats.

Brief Dogen biography, references, and links.

A collection of Dogen resources including a biography, essays, and translations of Fukanzazengi, Genjo Koan, Bendowa, Uji, and Shoji.

The classic collection of koans usually used in introductory koan training.