DAIYUZENJI RINZAI ZEN TEMPLE

Daiyuzenji is a Zen Buddhist temple in the Rinzai lineage, located on Chicago’s North Side. We are an open community from diverse backgrounds, joined together to support one another in our Zen training. Our mission is simple: to make this transformative practice available to all, and to ensure its transmission to future generations.
If you are interested in visiting us or beginning Zen practice we welcome you: beginners are given introductory meditation instruction enabling them to participate in any activity here. If you’d like to come in see our Getting Started page.
Our abbot is So’zan Miller Roshi, a Zen priest who has received Rinzai dharma transmission (inka shomei) and who guides our practice. He and several other teachers are available to discuss your training with you at any time. Formal practice under the guidance of a teacher is offered to persons feeling an affinity with our path.

Schedule
Tuesdays
7:00-9:00 pm Practice:

Zazen (meditation)

Sanzen (individual meetings with a teacher)

Other Training (additional practices or dharma talk suited to participants)

~ This session is recommended for first time visitors.

Thursdays
7:00-9:00 pm Practice:

Zazen (meditation)

Hojo Kata (sword forms/internal training)

~ This session is recommended for first time visitors.

Sundays
8:00-11:00 am Practice:

Samu (work practice/cleaning the temple)

Zazen (meditation)

Sanzen (individual meetings with a teacher)

Okyo (chanting practice)

Other Training (additional practices or dharma talk suited to participants)

~ This session is recommended for members who have first received introductory instruction, and are prepared to sit in zazen for 45-minute periods.

Website
http://www.daiyuzenji.org/About.html

Location
3717 N. Ravenswood Ave. #112
Chicago, Illinois 60613