Chapel Hill Zen Center
Buddhist Temple
Why pick this one
Chapel Hill Zen Center offers daily in-person zazen, weekday Zoom sessions, and Sunday and Tuesday orientation and meditation instruction.
Best for
- People seeking Soto Zen zazen meditation
- Beginners seeking scheduled orientation and meditation instruction
- People needing weekday morning meditation through Zoom
- Practitioners seeking sesshin retreats with zazen, kinhin, Dharma talks, and work periods
- People seeking a wheelchair-accessible Zen meeting location
Look elsewhere if
- People needing late-night or emergency religious services
- People seeking a Buddhist program primarily focused on activities other than seated meditation
Specialties
- zazen meditation
- orientation and meditation instruction
- sesshin retreats
- Zen study groups
Certifications
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- Soto school of Japanese Zen practice
What makes them different
- In-person zazen is offered Sunday mornings, Tuesday evenings, and weekday mornings
- Weekday morning zazen is available through Zoom
- Orientation and meditation instruction are offered Sundays at 9 AM and Tuesdays at 7 PM
- The meeting location has wheelchair access
- The center's Zen lineage includes San Francisco Zen Center training and Dharma Transmission
- Years in business
- 45
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 5322 NC-86, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
- Phone
- +19199670861
- Website
- http://www.chzc.org/
- info@chzc.org
Services
- in-person meditation sessions
- Zoom meditation sessions
- meditation instruction
- Zen Buddhist teachings
- study groups
- retreats and workshops
- peer-led groups