Minnesota Zen Meditation Center

The Minnesota Zen Meditation Center welcomes all who want to learn more about Zen Buddhist meditation and teachings.

The Minnesota Zen Meditation Center welcomes all who want to learn more about Zen Buddhism. Our vibrant community is committed to Zen practice and teachings, and offers daily sitting meditation, weekly classes and lectures, and monthly intensive meditation retreats. Our Center is located on the eastern shore of Bde Maka Ska in south Minneapolis. People from all over the region come to here to listen to talks by teachers, attend classes and workshops, participate in retreats, attend services, and, most importantly, to do sitting meditation (zazen). 

We are open to the public. All of our programs are offered by donation. We have been sharing the Dharma for more than 50 years because of your generosity. Thank you!

Mission

Minnesota Zen Meditation Center makes a welcoming space for people to awaken wisdom and compassion, to embody Buddhist teachings, to honor our ancestors and descendants, and to joyfully serve our wider communities.

Vision

We envision a world grounded in generosity, compassion and wisdom.

Values
These core principles define our mission and guide our community:

Compassion
Knowing that all is interdependent and nothing is separate from ourselves, we strive to be compassionate in all our activities.

Tradition
We embrace the Buddhist and Soto Zen teachings and practices that have been handed down to us. We honor the people who have embodied the tradition and passed it on.

Practice
We value and are open to new and different approaches to the practice of Zen Buddhism. We honor the needs of our community and seek to listen and incorporate feedback.

Community
A spirit of cooperation guides our relationships with each other within the Zen Center community. We support and encourage one another on our spiritual paths and in our daily activities.

Equity and Inclusion
We welcome every person who seeks to do Zen practice. We work to remove barriers based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, class, sexual orientation, age, and ability. We thrive by celebrating what we share and our differences.

Engagement
We are committed to being fully engaged in our day-to-day life, with family and friends, at work and play, and with the larger community, nation and world in which we live.