Under Construction (but join!) (Note that this page as well as some outgoing links are NSFW.) This group is for people who have an intuition of something better, and who are pursuing it in every direction simultaneously. You have a sense of rightness and wrongness that cuts to the bone, and it doesn't line up with traditional religion or the zeitgeist. You're an information sponge, but you hold it all provisionally and pragmatically. You know that all truths are partial perspectives, i.e. wrong …

Fox Valley Zazenkai is a group practicing Zazen (sitting meditation) in the Rinzai Zen tradition. We are a member of the Chicago Zen Community and we meet at an Aikido dojo located in Naperville. Please see the "pages" tab on our homepage for more detailed information.

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Traditional Christian religions all speak of the Bible as the ultimate text for life. It is but it becomes a useful day to day tool when you can uncover the deeper levels of teaching contained in the stories and parables. Mystics have learned that every outer event in the Gospels happens for each of us on the inner realm as we journey back into relationship with the GodSelf. Join us as we explore biblical passages and how they mysteriously reveal their wisdom that is perfect for where each of us …

“What Dennis Genpo Roshi has done is not only the most original discovery in Buddhism in the last two centuries, it is unbelievably simple, quick, and effective. In Zen, this realization of one’s True Nature, or Ultimate Reality, is called kensho or satori (“seeing into one’s True Nature,” or discovering Big Mind and Big Heart). It often takes five years or more of extremely difficult practice (I know, I’ve done it) in order for a profound satori to occur. With the Big Mind Process, a genuine ke …

The Chicago Zen Center was founded in 1974 by a small group of people who were interested in practicing Zen as taught by Philip Kapleau in the Harada-Yasutani tradition. Since then it has grown into a complete practice center, under the guidance of established teachers, offering the full spectrum of Zen training and practice opportunities: daily sittings (most with dokusan or daisan), weekly teishos, a regular schedule of sesshin retreats, and a full complement of Buddhist celebrations and devot …

Basically it is encouraged that you practice meditation before attending a meet up (if you haven't already). This meet up is simply a group zen meditation with the aim of promoting peace for ourselves and society. http://www.mum.edu/m_effect/dc_md.html -Based on this study group meditation should not only bring peace to individuals in this group, but also to the immediate community.