"Sending a gassho your way. Thank you for letting me sit with you twice for two mornings in August. It was very enjoyable and wonderfully different from how NZC was 4-5 years ago. When visiting my parents in Omaha, I'll return to visit you."
- a recent visitor who practices with a Zen community in California
The 2018 Annual Appeal is under way!
Our goal is to raise $13,000. Please support NZC: A refuge for open-hearted inquiry and audacious awakening. Click here for the campaign or simply donate via PayPal with the button below.
Our goal is to raise $13,000. Please support NZC: A refuge for open-hearted inquiry and audacious awakening. Click here for the campaign or simply donate via PayPal with the button below.
Zazen
Zazen (Zen meditation) is about realizing the truth through intimacy with what is present in each moment.
In addition to Sunday mornings, zazen is offered: ~ Monday through Thursday mornings: 5:55am-7:30am and ~ Wednesday evenings: 6:55pm-8:30pm The center is closed Fridays & Saturdays. Click here for additional information. |
StudyNew class:
~ Awakening Through Barriers ~ Tuesdays, October 16 - November 20 (6 sessions), 6:25-8:30pm We will explore the process of awakening - how it occurs and unfolds, as well as the barriers in ongoing awakening, using the classic Zen text, The Undying Lamp, as our guide. Click here for more information. Class, retreat & sesshin schedule for early 2019 coming soon! 
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Engagement
~ Sunday Practice, November 18 ~
8:25 to 11:30am: Morning Practice Drop in for a meditation period, or join us for the morning, which includes a caretaking period and social time. 8:25 Zazen 9:00 Kinhin 9:10 Zazen 9:40 Kinhin 9:50 Zazen 10:20 Liturgy/Chanting For more information Click here.
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SoundCloud
Many talks by Tetsugan and Dosho can be found at the Nebraska Zen Center SoundCloud page.
Recent Talks
The Process of Awakening is Dosho's talk from the first night of the November sesshin, 2018. In the talk, Dosho comments on Torei Zenji's discussion of how awakening (kensho) begins with samadhi and opens up when we wholeheartedly don't straddle the gate.
The Importance of Meeting With a Teacher is Dosho's talk from the second night of the November sesshin, 2018. In the talk, Dosho comments on the process of meeting with a teacher (dokusan), commenting on comments made by Yamada Koun Roshi.
Sesshin: Gathering the Heart-Mind from Sunday Open Zen, August 12, 2018. Tetsugan begins this talk by describing the meaning and the process of sesshin - the word used in Zen for intensive meditation retreats - which plays a critical part in deepening one's practice. She goes on to highlight how this deepening manifests when practitioners shift from a focus on personal gain to serving others and life itself.
Many talks by Tetsugan and Dosho can be found at the Nebraska Zen Center SoundCloud page.
Recent Talks
The Process of Awakening is Dosho's talk from the first night of the November sesshin, 2018. In the talk, Dosho comments on Torei Zenji's discussion of how awakening (kensho) begins with samadhi and opens up when we wholeheartedly don't straddle the gate.
The Importance of Meeting With a Teacher is Dosho's talk from the second night of the November sesshin, 2018. In the talk, Dosho comments on the process of meeting with a teacher (dokusan), commenting on comments made by Yamada Koun Roshi.
Sesshin: Gathering the Heart-Mind from Sunday Open Zen, August 12, 2018. Tetsugan begins this talk by describing the meaning and the process of sesshin - the word used in Zen for intensive meditation retreats - which plays a critical part in deepening one's practice. She goes on to highlight how this deepening manifests when practitioners shift from a focus on personal gain to serving others and life itself.
Zendo (meditation hall) Protocol
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