Minnesota Zen Meditation Center

Founded in 1972 by Dainin Katagiri, the Midwest's first Zen Meditation Center. Located in South Minneapolis on the shore of Lake Bde Maka Ska.

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Check out MZMC's event with Modo Yoga. Come share these great practices four Sundays in January! https://t.co/FCvPy3VQAA

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Here’s a poem by John Berryman that I am particularly fond of: https://t.co/ALZGSBkLBu

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New blog post from Tim! Catch it here:
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After I had been practicing at San Francisco Zen Center for a little over three years, our teacher replaced the American style eating we had been doing with nested eating bowls, called oryoki... https://t.co/hSEgBy2Jw3

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We might say that Buddhist meditation is nothing more or less then learning how to pause... https://t.co/BwKlaCFOis

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After many years of meditation, I continue to alternate between focusing and opening in my own practice, and I help others do the same... https://t.co/GAv7nJGpub

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During my first couple of years with my teacher Suzuki Roshi, he seemed to follow Dogen to a “T”... https://t.co/LqlxfgK3zw

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In “Fukanzazengi,” his classical work on Zen meditation, Dogen gives a series of instructions of how to position and adjust your body. https://t.co/ECgEgnEgYh

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Join us for Blank Friday, on Friday November 29. The Zen alternative to black Friday. https://t.co/5G2miHG9L2

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To move from avidya to vidya we need to penetrate the levels of attention that overlay our natural ability to see clearly. https://t.co/FaUnuTaXPV

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The Buddhist tradition stresses that mastering the pause is contingent on developing two complementary abilities... https://t.co/knL8eTP58z

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Those of us who develop and maintain a meditation practice that includes regular retreat immersion are bound at some point to encounter various fears. It’s best to ease into these dark places at our own pace. https://t.co/VGcSLoVvom

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New blog post from Tim!
Check it out:
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Join us for two days with Dr. Larry Ward and Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward. Friday Larry will introduce his upcoming book America's Racial Karma: Mapping the Mind of Racial Dysfunction and Healing Saturday will be a day of mindfulness. https://t.co/yVDSxlWSkE

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New post on Facebook https://t.co/VsEW4pq9mD

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The latest Facebook post; The final paramita is wisdom. https://t.co/C91imXUfNL

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To get this party started, MZMC's Twitter account will be largely mirroring Tim Burkett's Blog and our Facebook posts

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Hello World...

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"A splendid branch issues forth from the old plum tree.
Thorns come forth at the same time."
-Tim Burkett