August 1, 2022
Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger: Uprooting Racism Community Read Kickoff You’re invited to join Uprooting Racism in our first-ever Community Read on Wednesday, September 14, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. EDT! This free Zoom event will feature Democrat and Chronicle journalist and author Justin Murphy introducing his recent book, Your Children Are Very Greatly…
July 30, 2022
Dokusan is a one-to-one teaching encounter in private given at this center by a fully authorized Zen teacher — either Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede or Sensei John Pulleyn. It is open to those who have become members of the Center. Dokusan is geared to matters of practice in the narrow sense of the word (e.g., zazen),…
July 20, 2022
This is our annual remembrance of Roshi Philip Kapleau, Founder of the Rochester Zen Center. We will begin sitting one extended round (usually 50 minutes) with a bell at the half-way point for a posture change. The round will be followed by kinhin, a short chanting service, and then a recorded teisho by Roshi Philip…
July 10, 2022
Warm weather is here, and the potluck picnic at Chapin Mill, our retreat center outside of Batavia, is today! Come and enjoy Sangha, great food, and 125 acres of woods, ponds, foxes, turtles, and much more. It’s a wonderful opportunity to connect with members – as well as their families and friends and pets. Everyone…
June 27, 2022
For many years, we’ve held an annual work retreat in honor of Ralph Chapin, who donated his country estate to the Center back in 1996. The goal of the retreat is to work together on upkeep of the buildings and grounds – and at the same time intensify our meditation practice and enjoy the beauty…
June 16, 2022
The Zen Center is excited to announce that this summer we will be hosting a weekend summer camp to engage youth in interactive learning experiences that inform – and create a safe space for thinking about – race, racism, and anti-racism within the context of Buddhist teaching. The camp will be held at Chapin Mill…
May 22, 2022
Please join us the weekend of May 26 – May 27 for a celebration of the Buddha’s birthday. This is our biggest celebration of the year, with something for everyone — children, adults, friendly animals, and online participants. All sentient beings are welcome. Come if you can! Click here to print a PDF of the…
May 13, 2022
What leads white people to perpetuate extreme, white nationalist violence? This is the question acclaimed filmmaker, director, and activist Deeyah Khan investigates in her Emmy-winning, BAFTA-nominated documentary White Right: Meeting the Enemy (2017). Deeyah Khan sits face-to-face with fascists, racists and the proponents of the ‘alt-right’ ideologies […] As she tries to get beyond the scare…
March 8, 2022
What does your ZIP code have to do with your odds of surviving a deadly heat wave? Join Uprooting Racism for this free virtual screening and discussion event! Cooked: Survival by ZIP Code (2018), a feature documentary by acclaimed director Judith Helfand, interweaves commentary on history, anti-Black racism, segregation, climate justice, and what counts as…
December 8, 2021
If you’d like to start the new year fueled by zazen rather than by intoxicants or TV, come join with others in the Sangha for our annual celebration. We’ll welcome in the New Year on Friday evening with sitting and ceremonies, starting at 8 pm and winding up a little past midnight. The ceremony (and…