Soto Zen meditation in the Upstate of South Carolina
Welcome. We are a small community gathering to practice zazen, the seated meditation at the heart of Zen, in the Soto tradition brought to this country by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. We meet on the first and third Sunday morning of each month in Greenville, and everyone is welcome, whether you have sat for years or have never tried meditation in your life.
There is nothing to believe and nothing to prepare. You come, you sit, and you practice alongside others who are doing the same. That simple act, repeated, is the whole of it.
Next sitting: Sunday, June 7, beginning at 8:00 a.m.
Zen meditation asks very little and offers a great deal. You sit still, you follow your breath, and you let the morning be exactly what it is. We practice together because sitting in the company of others carries us in a way that solitary effort often cannot.
No experience is needed, and you do not have to be a Buddhist or call yourself anything at all. Curiosity is enough.
Our practice descends through the Chapel Hill Zen Center and the San Francisco Zen Center, in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi, back through Dogen to the Buddha himself.
