Practitioner Program

After attending an Introductory Workshop  or a Zen Retreat Day, the next step is the Practitioner Program.

• The Practitioner Program at ZCOC provides for 8 to 10 programs per month of seated meditation, talks, readings and discussions, individual instruction,  and socials. ZCOC offers programs on Engaged Buddhism.
• Programs for practitioners are on Sunday and Tuesday evenings every week.
• The Center also offers special programs, such as formal tea ceremony, Summer Book Study, and a Zen Fiction Book Club,   ZCOC provides regular opportunities for intensive practice: Zazenkai (one day retreats) and Sesshin (longer retreats).

• You will receive a monthly e-newsletter with detailed schedule (calendar grid) of programs every month.

• Those who practice at the Center may come to all or as many of the programs as they wish.  In order to develop a Zen practice and to build community, we recommend that practitioners attend at least twice a month.  We ask you to read the monthly e-newsletter to stay up to date.

• Fees paid by those who practice at the Center are the primary means of financial support for ZCOC and are fully tax deductible. Fees are $70.00 per month.

• You will receive a password for the practitioner website.
• Rather than using a membership model, we consider participants to be practitioners who register for a subscription at Pay Pal, pay month to month, and may easily cancel their subscription when they wish.