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Welcome!

White Plains Zen meets weekly on Tuesday nights from 7:30-9:00pm at Saint Bartholomew's Church.

 

If you are new to Zen please arrive at 6:45 for a brief introduction.

Our Practice:

Zazen: seated meditation involves working with the body, breath, and mind: entering into deep silence and stillness, opening to a fresh awareness.  It opens the eye to wisdom and the heart to compassion.  Our practice emphasizes the practice of zazen, recognizing it as a way for people to deepen their insight of their true self... To Awaken!

Becoming a Member

There are no membership requirements.   We are an interfaith group and are not bound by any religion. Everyone from all walks of life and from all religious or non-religious backgrounds are welcome to sit with us.  There are no fees or dues, however, donations are accepted via the Offering Bowl.

About
White Plains Zen

White Plains Zen, a sittting group started in Feburary 2002 is affiliated with Morning Star Zendo in Jersey City NJ. All are part of the White Plum Asanga, in the lineage of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi.              

Our guiding teacher: 
Robert E. Kennedy, S.J. Roshi.

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White Plains Zen Sangha is a member of the Zen Peacemaker Order (ZPO) based at the Maezumi Institute in Montague, MA. This is an open and free association of Zen groups, either in the lineage of Bernard Glassman, Roshi , or practicing zen and socially engaged spirituality. The purpose of the cooperative efforts of the affiliating groups is to maintain zen practice, realization and actualization, and to nurture, promote and creatively transform zen traditions. The mission, vision and unifying principles of Zen Peacemakers can be read at www.zenpeacemakers.com or by contacting the ZPS Coordinator, Sally Sonen Kealy at sonen@zenpeacemakers.com .
 

           
Upcoming Retreats
(Email to request more info)

 

Aug' 13-19  Manhasset, NY                              

Sept' 24-26 Elberon, NJ     

Oct'    8-11  Manhasset, NY




 




Chaplaincy Training Program – Upaya is offering a two-year Certificated Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program in Prison, End-of-Life-Care, Peacemaking, Youth, Women’s and Environmental Ministry. The training is open to those who wish to be ordained as Buddhist Chaplain Priests, Lay Chaplains, and also those who wish to deepen their understanding of service from the Buddhist and systems perspective.

Please Join us on August 3, 2010 

Guest Teacher - 

Grover Genro Gauntt, Sensei


Sensei Grover Genro Gauntt is a Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order and a dharma successor of Roshi Bernie Glassman. He started studying with Roshi  Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi at the Zen Center of Los Angeles in 1971 and served there as Board Chairman from 1987 to 1997. After the passing of Maezumi Roshi in 1995, he worked closely with Bernie and started serving full time as Executive Director of the Peacemaker Community in early 1997. His interfaith studies have led him to explore Native American traditional ways, Advaita-Vedanta Hindu, Jewish and Sufi Muslim practices.  

Genro leads street retreats around the world and also a variety of bearing retreats including those at Auschwitz and Rwanda.

He currently serves as head teacher at the Hudson River Zen Center in Yonkers, NY and participates with Francisco Paco Lugovina in Hudson River Peacemaker Center, a nonprofit religious organization that engages in a variety of activities ranging from inner-city and international social action efforts to traditional Zen training and retreats.

For more information on Bearing Witness and Street Retreats please see:

www.zenpeacemakers.org

www.peacemakerinstitute.org

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Zen for Beginners Group now on summer break.  Will resume on Sept' 13th at Fordham University, Westchester


Fordham University

Westchester Campus                      

400 Westchester Av,   Room 133,     West Harrison,  NY. 

Meeting on Mondays,  6:30 -7:30 pm.  

This group is open to anyone interested in learning about the gifts of Zen meditation.  

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   Questions or comments?       
Contact us at:

E-Mail:  
whiteplainszen@gmail.com    or  russmichel@gmail.com 

914.403.3623


Mailing Address:
St Bartholomew’s Church                                      
82 Prospect Street 
White Plains, NY 10606