"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.
3rd Annual Solstice Celebration, Potluck, and All Night Meditation Vigil!
~ Friday, December 21, 6:00-8:00pm and Zazen Vigil 9:00pm-5:00am
It's hard to believe, but the end of 2018 is in sight, and with that comes the annual NZC solstice potluck. Bring something to share and enjoy a relaxed evening of food, laughter and schmoozing. Family, friends, and significant others are all welcome.
Click here to sign up and indicate what you plan to bring to share.
After the potluck and clean-up, those interested in staying will enter into a silent meditation vigil through-out the night. The vigil may be joined up until 10:00pm when the door will be locked; those present may stay for any portion of the evening or the whole night. There will be no bells or clappers to keep time; participants may sit as long as they wish, doing walking meditation and taking breaks as needed. Beverages and light snacks will be available. We'll conclude the vigil with a brief liturgy service just before 5:00am. Come savor the deep silence of the night together, in honor of the Buddha's enlightenment!
~ Friday, December 21, 6:00-8:00pm and Zazen Vigil 9:00pm-5:00am
It's hard to believe, but the end of 2018 is in sight, and with that comes the annual NZC solstice potluck. Bring something to share and enjoy a relaxed evening of food, laughter and schmoozing. Family, friends, and significant others are all welcome.
Click here to sign up and indicate what you plan to bring to share.
After the potluck and clean-up, those interested in staying will enter into a silent meditation vigil through-out the night. The vigil may be joined up until 10:00pm when the door will be locked; those present may stay for any portion of the evening or the whole night. There will be no bells or clappers to keep time; participants may sit as long as they wish, doing walking meditation and taking breaks as needed. Beverages and light snacks will be available. We'll conclude the vigil with a brief liturgy service just before 5:00am. Come savor the deep silence of the night together, in honor of the Buddha's enlightenment!
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. |
StudyInformation regarding classes, retreats & sesshin for 2019 has been updated. Click the Offerings tab above for details. 
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Engagement
~ NEXT Sunday Practice, December 16 ~
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 Dharma Talk 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
Alone Inside Out, December 9, 2018, by Dosho. In this talk, Dosho begins with recent research that found that many Americans would rather be electrocuted than spend time in peaceful contemplation, alone with their own minds. This talk explores "aloneness" with Record of Empty Hall, Case 94: Yàoshān’s Mudball. About this case, Xūtáng said, “It’s hard to live alone in the ancient house."
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
Alone Inside Out, December 9, 2018, by Dosho. In this talk, Dosho begins with recent research that found that many Americans would rather be electrocuted than spend time in peaceful contemplation, alone with their own minds. This talk explores "aloneness" with Record of Empty Hall, Case 94: Yàoshān’s Mudball. About this case, Xūtáng said, “It’s hard to live alone in the ancient house."
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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