Schedule
Tuesday Mornings
Wednesday Evenings
Tea & conversation
7-8PM
No experience necessary. Includes short periods of chanting,
sitting meditation, and a reading.
Long Sitting, the first Saturday of the month
9AM - Noon - Entry @ 9 and 10:30
( June 6, July 4, August 1, Sept 5, Oct 3, etc )
Welcome!
Fort Collins Zen Center (FCZC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2007 in Fort Collins, Colorado. We offer training in Zen meditation through meditation instruction, weekly practice, monthly mini-retreats, public dharma talks, kong-an interviews, and workshops. Our programs are open to anyone regardless of previous experience and are often offered at no cost.
Meditation retreat May 1 - 3
Fort Collins Zen Center is looking forward to our visit from Zen Master Bon Soeng (Jeff Kitzes). Jeff met Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1977 and received transmission from him in 2001. He has been guiding teacher at Empty Gate Zen Center in Berkeley, Ca for many years and works as a therapist in private practice, focusing on the intersection of Zen and psychotherapy. Check out his blog. The retreat will begin with an informal dinner and public talk on Friday, May 1 and run until mid-afternoon on Sunday May 3. The cost for the weekend will be $115.
Meditate '08 near the Democratic National Convention, August 23 - 28
The Fort Collins Zen Center was one of 40 nationally recognized Buddhist,
Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim and Native American traditions that participated in Meditate 08, a meditation retreat held during the Democratic National Convention at
Fishback Landing Park, a ten minute walk from the convention site. The retreat was free and ran from Saturday, August 23rd through Thursday, August 28th, 2008.
Many thanks to Don Morreale and all the organizers. And also to Lyn Alweis who produced this video for the Denver Post (2:35). Meditate 08 homepage
Kwan Um School of Zen
FCZC is affiliated with the Kwan Um School of Zen Buddhism. The Kwan Um School of Zen is an international organization with more than sixty centers and groups founded by Zen Master Seung Sahn, the first Korean Zen Master to live and teach in the West. Zen Master Seung Sahn is the 78th Patriarch in his line of Dharma Transmission in the Chogye order of Korean Buddhism. Our guiding teacher Zen Master Soeng Hyang (Barbara Rhodes) became one of Zen Master Seung Sahn's first American students in 1972, and received dharma transmission from him in 1992. She now serves as School Zen Master and Guiding Dharma Teacher of the Kwan Um School of Zen. A registered nurse since 1969, she also works for Hospice Care of Rhode Island. The heart of the Kwan Um School of Zen and Fort Collins Zen Center is Zen practice. We invite you to practice with us.
The Human Route
Coming empty-handed, going empty-handed -- that is human.
When you are born, where do you come from?
When you die, where do you go?
Life is like a floating cloud which appears.
Death is like a floating cloud which disappears.
The floating cloud itself originally does not exist.
Life and death, coming and going, are also like that.
But there is one thing which always remains clear.
It is pure and clear, not depending on life and death.
Then what is the one pure and clear thing?
Support FCZC
Everybody needs T-shirts and weve got a great one! Two three-color logos (English on the front, Chinese on the back) embroidered onto high-tech CoolFit fabric. This shirt will keep you comfortable and clear whether youre bowing, chanting, sitting, or lounging. Mens M, L, XL crew neck; Womens M, L crew or V neck. Sorry no kids sizes right now. $30. All proceeds go to Fort Collins Zen Center. Available by mail or at FCZC. Kitty not included.
