Welcome to the Green River Zen Center home page!
Please note: in order to maintain social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus, we have closed the doors to the zendo and as of March 17 we are sitting together with Zoom. Our meeting place is here: https://zoom.us/j/358870400. Our schedule is the same.
In January, 2020, we moved to Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, 595B River Road, Deerfield, MA.
We are a vibrant Zen Buddhist community, or sangha, integrating the Eastern-based Zen tradition with styles of Zen study and practice more accessible to contemporary American practitioners.
The sangha sits together on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings. See our Regular Schedule for details.
Head teacher Roshi Eve Myonen Marko offers dharma talks and opportunities for private study. Each month we hold a Reflection on Precepts. We also offer monthly one-day retreats and longer retreats, called seshins, three times a year, as well as precepts classes and other trainings (see Special Events.)
Green River Zen Center is part of the Zen Peacemaker family, founded by Roshi Bernie Glassman, and the White Plum lineage, established by Roshi Taizan Maezumi. A stewards group, comprised of sangha members, governs Green River Zen Center (see Shared Stewardship). The council meets quarterly and all members of the sangha are encouraged to attend.
We emphasize gender, age, and cultural diversity and support collective awakening by appreciating the Zen flavor of each and every participant.
We are fully wheelchair accessible.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
Please note: in order to maintain social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus, we have closed the doors to the zendo and as of March 17 we are sitting together with Zoom. Our meeting place is here: https://zoom.us/j/358870400. Our schedule is the same.
In January, 2020, we moved to Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, 595B River Road, Deerfield, MA.
We are a vibrant Zen Buddhist community, or sangha, integrating the Eastern-based Zen tradition with styles of Zen study and practice more accessible to contemporary American practitioners.
The sangha sits together on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings. See our Regular Schedule for details.
Head teacher Roshi Eve Myonen Marko offers dharma talks and opportunities for private study. Each month we hold a Reflection on Precepts. We also offer monthly one-day retreats and longer retreats, called seshins, three times a year, as well as precepts classes and other trainings (see Special Events.)
Green River Zen Center is part of the Zen Peacemaker family, founded by Roshi Bernie Glassman, and the White Plum lineage, established by Roshi Taizan Maezumi. A stewards group, comprised of sangha members, governs Green River Zen Center (see Shared Stewardship). The council meets quarterly and all members of the sangha are encouraged to attend.
We emphasize gender, age, and cultural diversity and support collective awakening by appreciating the Zen flavor of each and every participant.
We are fully wheelchair accessible.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!