Olympia Zen Center 

Happy New Year 2012!                         New Year Day Gathering 10 am to 2 pm Zazen, bell ringing, potluck brunch

Poetry Night, January 4, 2012 Celebrating the voice of practice through poetry.

Rohatsu Sesshin January 10 to 15, 2012 Honoring the Buddha's Awakening

Please keep the famine-struck people of Somalia in prayer. 

Click here for a map to the temple

OZC Liturgy pdf download

Download SHOBOGENZO

Print a copy of the book, ORYOKI, the Soto Zen meal practice using Buddha's eating bowls.

Recent Dharma Talks:

Appetite

Death and Soul

Procrastination

Situation

Kinds of Happiness

On the benefits of Kesa, a talk during Rohatsu Sesshin

The Four Kings

Right Posture

FULL MOON SESSHIN #1

FULL MOON SESSHIN #2

FULL MOON SESSHIN #3

The Triple Treasure

What Does My Effort Give Rise To?

The Genuine In Us

see also:

Dharma Talk Archives and Other Writings 

OZC Current Events Blog

Olympia Zen Centeris a Soto Zen Buddhist temple and lay community practicing in Olympia since 1995.  Our resident priest is Eido Frances Carney Roshi.  We offer meditation and chanting services open to everyone.  Our temple is just 5 miles from the center of downtown Olympia on a peaceful, quiet site on the edge of a lake along the Chehalis Western Trail.

We offer morning meditation, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, one-day and weekly retreats, guest facilities for personal retreats, public events with visiting teachers, Dharma teachings, community study of texts, individual meetings with the teacher, and training and experience in all forms of traditional Soto Zen practice. 

We are completely supported by donations which come from the heart of Generosity of our many benefactors.

EIDO FRANCES CARNEY'S BLOG:  THOUGHTS, OBSERVATIONS

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Affiliate: Port Angeles Zen Community

Led by Jikyo C.J. Wolfer

Meditation Tuesday evenings  7 to 8:30 p.m.

Newcomer instruction at 6:15 p.m. Please telephone for appointment.     360-477-5954

PortAngelesZen@gmail.com

Please visit the website of our Affiliate Wind & Wolken Sangha in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Wind and Wolken Website