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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 for those new to the center or new to Zen meditation, basic instruction is offered at 6:40pm Click here for additional information. |
Study
May 14 and 28:
Tuesday Evening Practice, 6:25-8:30pm including zazen (two 25-minute periods), dokusan (a brief meeting with a teacher), and dharma discussion. Everyone welcome. By donation. 
Information regarding classes, retreats & sesshin for 2019 has been updated. Click the Offerings tab above for details. |
Engagement
Sunday, May 12 ~Open Zen~ 9:55 to 11:00am Open Zen includes a brief meditation period, a dharma talk, and social time. 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.
~ Dharma Talks
Don’t Seek From Others Or You’ll Be Estranged From Yourself, April 7, 2019. In the talk, Dosho tells three stories from a key ancestor in the Caodong/Soto lineage: the life of Dòngshān (Cave Mountain Virtuous Servant), his definitive awakening, teaching that led to a monk being threatened with death, and his "feast for fools" before he died.
Is My Meditation on Track? is Dosho's talk from March 17, 2019. What is the purpose of your meditation? Zen practice offers a path of radical acceptance of this very mind, and all our bits and pieces, as the Buddha.
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.
~ Dharma Talks
Don’t Seek From Others Or You’ll Be Estranged From Yourself, April 7, 2019. In the talk, Dosho tells three stories from a key ancestor in the Caodong/Soto lineage: the life of Dòngshān (Cave Mountain Virtuous Servant), his definitive awakening, teaching that led to a monk being threatened with death, and his "feast for fools" before he died.
Is My Meditation on Track? is Dosho's talk from March 17, 2019. What is the purpose of your meditation? Zen practice offers a path of radical acceptance of this very mind, and all our bits and pieces, as the Buddha.
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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