Blue Cliff Zen Center

“Expenses insurance 314 bank charges 2 course expenses 9,392 excursion expense 11,010 merchant fees 1,871 office supplies 128 program expenses 3,180 retreat expense 22,701 website expense 444 other expenses 56 total 49,098”

“Payroll taxes payable 6,376 4,953”

“To reduce the amount of stress experienced in the community by offering zen meditation and mindfulness activities, while at the same time fostering well-being, kindness, and insight. We are committed to helping develop a more wakened community and world. Please consider donating to help us continue offering these important programs.”

“We offer six zen meditation sessions each week, as well as zen yoga retreats,mindfulness courses, and teacher trainings. We also do intensive zen retreats, community service projects, and zen ceremonies. Our lineage is the blue cliff zen center branch of the rinzai zen tradition of zen master shinzan miyamae and the soto zen traditions of julian daizan skinner. 2024 activities include: weekly morning (monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday) and sunday afternoon zen meditation community gatherings. New years fire ceremony - february 3 day breakthrough to zen retreats - january, may, and september online breakthrough to zen retreat - march seasonal zen yoga retreats: winter nourishing your roots retreat - january spring melting the ice retreat - april fall letting go into the universe retreat - not this year the buddha's birthday ceremony - april meditation/mindfulness 6-week courses for health/well-being, grounding/insight, kindness/compassion - january through march, april through may, and october through november. Seasonal zen meditation days - may and october japan zen adventure trip (zen retreat and sightseeing in japan) - june zen precepts ceremony - july summer zen retreat (sesshin): july yard sale fundraiser - august meditation and mindfulness teacher training - august rohatsu all-night zen retreat - december”