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Adelaide Zen Group [Adelaide,  Australia].  - formally affiliated with  the Diamond Sangha in Hawaii and follows the form of practice  originating there.

Albuquerque Zen Center [Albuquerque  NM] - affiliated with Rinzai-ji, under the leadership of Joshu  Sasaki Roshi.

American Zen Association [New  Orleans LA]. - The NOZT is a Soto Zen dojo in the lineage of Taisen  Deshimaru and Kodo Sawaki, operating in New Orleans since 1983  under the guidance of Robert Livingston Roshi.

Anchorage Zen Community [Anchorage AK].

Association Zen Internationale  / International Zen Association (AZI)[FRANCE] - lineage of  Taisen Deshimaru [Soto Zen]. A large network with affiliates in  Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America.

Atlanta Soto Zen Center [Atlanta  GA] - founded in the early 1970's with the leadership of Michael  Zenkai Taiun Elliston-Roshi, who was a disciple of Rev. Dr. Soyu  Matsuoka-Roshi in Chicago during the 1960's.

Avatamsaka Vihara [Potomac MD].  - the only branch  on the east coast of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association.

Austin Zen Center [Austin TX].

Avatamsaka Vihara [Potomac MD].  - the only branch  on the east coast of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association.

Baltimore Zen Meditation Society [Baltimore MD].

Bay Zen Center [Oakland  CA].

Belgian Zen Association [Belgium].  

Berkeley Buddhist Monastery [Berkeley CA].

Berkeley Zen Center [Berkeley CA] - a Soto Zen center, established by the late Shunryu  Suzuki Roshi. Sojun Mel Weitsman is abbot.

Blue Iris Sangha [New Orleans LA] - a fellowship for the practice  of mindfulness, associated with Thich Nhat Hanh and the Order  of Interbeing (Tiep Hien).

Blue Ridge Zen Group [Charlottesville, VA] - a center for practice in the Rinzai Zen  Tradition.

Bodaisan Shoboji  Zen Temple [Dinkelscherben, Germany] - directed by Dorin Genpo  Osho and belongs to the Myoshinji in Kyoto, Japan, one of the  main lineages of Rinzai Zen. It is patronized by the two Zen masters Hozumi Gensho Roshi and Kato Gikan Roshi.

Boonville One Drop Zendo [Boonville MO].

Buddhist Society for Compasionate Wisdom [Ann Arbor MI, Chicago IL, Toronto  ON].  

Burning House Zendo [Baltimore MD] - the home of a Rinzai Zen Buddhist community.

Cambridge Zen Center [Cambridge MA - founded according to the teachings of the late  Zen Master Seung Sahn and the tradition of the international Kwan  Um School of Zen.

Cedar Rapids Zen Center [Cedar Rapids IA] - Soto Zen in the lineage of Dainin Katagiri/Tsugen  Narasaki.

Ch'an Meditation Center [Elmhurst  NY] - founded by Chan Master Sheng Yen (Shifu).

Chapel Hill Zen Group [Chapel Hill NC].

Charleston  Zen Center [Charleston SC] - affiliate of Atlanta Soto Zen Center.

Charlotte Community of Mindfulness [Charlotte NC] - mindfulness and meditation  in the tradition of Lam Te Dhyana School.

City of Ten Thousand Buddhas [Talmage CA] - founded by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.

Cloud Mountain Meditation Center [Castle Rock WA].

Clouds in Water Zen Center [St Paul MN].

CloudWater Zendo [Cleveland  OH].

Community of Mindful Living [Berkeley CA].

Compassionate Ocean Dharma Center [Minneapolis MN] - Soto Zen traditions as well as the  teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.

Crestone Mountain  Zen Center [Crestone Mountain NM] - Zen meditation and practice  under the guidance of Abbot and Head Teacher Zentatsu Richard  Baker-roshi, Dharma Heir of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi.

Cypress Tree Zen  Group [Tallahassee FL] - a part of the Kwan Um School of Zen  founded by the Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn.  

Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Temple [Seattle WA] - a Zen temple in the Rinzai Dharma Line, affiliated  with Eido Shimano Roshi (DaiBosatsu Monastery, NY), offering sesshins  (Zen retreats) and daily zazen (meditation practice)

Deep Streams [San Francisco CA] - offers Zen Buddhist practice with Joseph Bobrow Roshi in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Desert Lotus Zen Sangha [Chandler AZ] - A Zen community organized as an activity of the  Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, and guided by Sensei James  Ishmael Ford, a Zen teacher and ordained Unitarian Universalist  minister.

Dharma Rain Zen Center [Portland OR].

Dharma Realm Buddhist Association [Talmage CA].

Dharma Sound Zen Center [Seattle WA].

Dharma Zen Center [Los  Angeles CA].

Diamond  Sangha - a constellation of groups and centers in the USA, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. Established by Robert Aitken, Roshi.

Dogen Sangha [Tokyo,  Japan] - A Soto Buddhist group, under the guidance of Master Gudo  Wafu Nishijima.

Dojo  Mokusho [Torino, Italy] - belongs to the Soto Zen school,  following the teachings of the Master Taisen Deshimaru.

Dragon Flower Ch'an Temple [Rhinelander WI]. (just a web site?)   

Ekoji Buddhist Sangha [Richmond VA].

Empty Gate Zen Center [Berkeley CA] - part of the Kwan Um School of Zen.

Empty Hand Zendo [New  Rochelle NY].  

Furnace Mountain [Clay City KY].  

Gay Zen Buddhist Group of Los Angeles [Los Angeles CA].

Golden Wind Zen Center [Long Beach CA] - an affiliation of Zen Centers, Teachers and  Students who follow the teachings and direction of Zen Master  Robert Moore.

Great Mountain Zen Center [Boulder CO].

Green Mountain Zen Center [Huntsville  AL].

Hartford Street Zen Center [San Francisco CA].

Haus Tao [Switzerland].  

Hazy Moon Sangha [Los  Angeles CA] - congregation of Zen Buddhists practicing under the  guidance of Wm. Nyogen Yeo, Sensei.

Hosenji  Zen Center [Kyoto, Japan].  

Ichibata-Yakushi [Japan].

Il Cerchio "Enso-ji"  Zen Buddhist Monastery [Milan, Italy].

Indianapolis Zen Group [Indianapolis IN] - an affiliate of Furnace Mountain Zen Center  and the Kwan Um School of Zen.

International Buddhist Meditation Center [Los Angeles CA] - founded by Ven. Thich  Thien An; now headed by Ven. Karuna Dharma.

International Zen Association - The International Zen Association (IZA; in French,  l'Association Zen Internationale, or AZI), of the Soto Zen school, is composed of Master Taisen Deshimaru's disciples, as well as  all the dojos and zazen groups whose coordinators practice together  regularly at the Zen Temple of La Gendronniere during the major  annual sessions.

International Zen Association  - United Kingdom (IZAUK) [UK].  

Jacksonville Zen Sangha [Jacksonville Beach FL].

Jikoji Zen Mountain Retreat Center [Los Gatos CA].  

Kannon Do Zen Center [Mountain View CA].

Kanzeon Zen Center [Salt Lake  City UT] - a training center for Zen meditation under the guidance  of Genpo Merzel Roshi.

Karuna Meditation Society [Vancouver BC] - primarily Soto Zen based and also incorporates  Vipassana and lovingkindness practices as taught by Thich Nhat  Hanh. KMS strives to be inclusive in its teaching and practice.

Korean Buddhist Chogye Order [Korea].

Kwan Um School of Zen [Cumberland RI] - Korean Buddhist Chogye Order.   

London Soto Zen Group [UK] - affiliated with International Zen Association and IZAUK.  

Magnolia  Sangha [Memphis TN] - mindfulness group practicing in the  tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

Mahayana Zengong [El Monte  CA] - traditional Buddhist Zen and Chi-Kung practices resulting  in a complete Buddhist teaching of mind-body unification, transmitted  by Master Miao-Kung.

Maitai Zendo [Nelson NZ]  - A New Zealand-based Zen organization in the Diamond Sangha lineage.

Maria Kannon Zen Center [Dallas  TX] - under the guidance of Zen Teacher Ruben Habito, in the Sanbo  Kyodan Zen tradition.

Mind Essence Zen Center [Oklahoma City OK

Missouri Zen Center [St Louis MO].

Morgan Bay Zendo [Surry ME].

Mountain Cloud Zen Center [Sante  Fe NM] - Founded in 1983, Mountain Cloud Zen Center is affiliated  with the Diamond Sangha in Honolulu, which is under the guidance  of Robert Aitken Roshi. Our non-resident teacher is Pat Hawk Roshi.  Pat studied with Robert Aitken, and was confirmed as a roshi in  1989.

Mountain Moon Sangha [Brisbane, Australia & Toronto, Canada] - established by Roselyn  Stone Roshi, in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage.

Mountain Source Sangha [San Francisco Bay Area, CA] - a Soto zen community under the  guidance of Taigen Dan Leighton, in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki  Roshi.

Mount Baldy Zen Center [Mt  Baldy CA] - a place of Zen practice in the tradition of Japanese  Rinzai-Zen. It was founded by Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, Roshi.   

Nashville Zen Center [Nashville TN] - not affiliated with any specific Zen school.  

Nebraska Zen Center - Heartland Temple [Omaha NE] - Soto Zen Buddhist Temple.  The center follows the tradition established in Japan by Zen Master  Eihei Dogen in the 13th century.

New Orleans Zen Temple [New Orleans LA] - an affiliate of the AZI.

North Carolina Zen Center [Pittsboro, NC] - a rural center for practice in the Rinzai Zen  tradition.

Olympia Zen Center (OZC) [Olympia WA] - a lay Soto Zen center, guided by Eido  Frances Carney, Sensei, who received Dharma Transmission from  Niho Tetsumei Roshi of Entsuji Temple, Japan.

One Drop Zendo Association [Seattle WA] - founded by Shodo Harada Roshi, Priscilla Daichi  Storandt & Heidi Shoju Marcus, as a center of traditional  Rinzai Zen Buddhism.

Order of Buddhist Contemplatives [Mt Shasta, CA] - dedicated to the practice of the Serene Reflection  Meditation tradition, known as Ts'ao-Tung Ch'an in China and Soto  Zen in Japan.

Pacific Zen Institiute [Santa Rosa CA].

Pine Hill Zendo [Katonah  NY] - a Rinzai Zen Temple.

Pine Wind Zen Center [Shamong  NJ] - Seijaku Stephen Roshi is the resident teacher and spiritual  leader.

Plum Village [France].  

Prairie Zen Center [Champaign  IL] - led by Charlotte Joko Beck's Dharma heir, Elihu Genmyo Smith.  

Providence Zen Center [Providence RI] - the international head temple of the Kwan Um  School of Zen, a Zen Buddhist school with more than a hundred  affiliated groups worldwide.   

San Francisco Zen Center [San  Francisco CA] - includes three affiliated centers: Beginner's  Mind Temple (Hosshinji), aka SF City Center; Green Dragon Temple  (Soryu-ji), aka Green Gulch Farm; Zen Mind Temple (Zenshin-ji),  aka Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Founded in 1966 by Soto Zen  Master Shunryu Suzuki-roshi.

Shasta Abbey [Mt Shasta  CA] - a Buddhist monastery in the Serene Reflection (Soto Zen)  Tradition.

Single Flower Sangha [Cambridge MA] - new school headed by Zen Master George Bowman.  Site incorporates Cambridge Buddhist Association information.  

Sonoma Mountain Zen Center [Santa Rosa CA] - a Soto Buddhist center established in 1973 by  Jakusho Kwong-roshi in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi.

Southern Palm Zen Group [Boca Raton FL].

Springs Mountain Sangha [Colorado Springs CO] - a California Diamond Sangha affiliate,  a community in the lineage of Robert Aitken Roshi.

Springwater Center [Springwater NY] - under the guidance of Toni Packer.

Sydney Zen Centre [Sydney, Australia] - affiliated with the Diamond Sangha,  a world-wide network founded by Robert Aitken Roshi with centres  in the Americas, Europe, and Australasia.  

Tao Chan Zentrum e.V. [Wiesbaden,  Germany] - led by Zen-Master Kopp, Dharma-succesor of the late  (1977) Zen-Master Soji Enku Roshi. In German and English.Teishoin Temple [Japan].  

Three Treasures  Zen Community [San Diego CA] - led by Nicolee Jikyo Miller  Sensei.

Toshoji International  Zen Center [Tokyo JP] - headed by DEGUCHI Tetsujyo Roshi,  Dharma heir of Bantetsugu, Tetsugyu Ban (1910-1996) Roshi within  Harada-Yasutani tradition.  

Unitarian Universalist Buddhist  Fellowship.

Upaya [Santa Fe NM] - a Buddhist  study center offering courses & retreats on engaged spirituality  & on contemplative care of the dying. Also Zen training, meditation  retreats & international retreats.  

Vallecitos Mountain Refuge [Vallecitos NM].

Vietnam Phat Quoc Tu Buddhist Monastery [Bihar, India].

Village Zendo/Dotokuji-True Expression Temple [New York NY] - a Soto Zen temple in the  White Plum lineage, led by Rev. Enkyo O'Hara Sensei..

Washington Mindfulness Community [Washington DC]

Western Ch'an Fellowship [Wales UK].

White Plum Asangha - an association of Zen teachers in the line founded by Maezumi Roshi.  

Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun (ZBOHY) [Honolulu HI] - established in Nov 1997 by Ven. Grand  Master Jy Din Shakya (Southern School Chan).

Zen Center of  Bloomington [Bloomington IN] - under the spiritual direction  of Myoyu Andersen Sensei, a Dharma successor of Taizan Maezumi  Roshi.

Zen Center of Denver [Denver  CO] - part of the Diamond Sangha, an international network of  centers and teachers in the Harada-Yasutani line of Zen Buddhism.

Zen Center of Hawaii[Kamuela HI].

Zen Center of Los Angeles [Los Angeles CA] - The ZCLA was est. 1967 by the late Taizan Maezumi  Roshi to provide a supportive environment for the teaching, training,  and practice of monks, priests, and lay people in Zen Buddhism.  

Zen Center of New York City [New York, NY].

Zen Centre of Ottawa (Honzan Dainen-ji) [Ottawa ONT Canada].

Zen Center of Vancouver [Vancouver BC Canada] - affiliated with Rinzai-ji, under the leadership  of Joshu Sasaki Roshi.

Zen Community of Oregon [Portland OR] - affiliated with the Soto Zen lineage of Taizan  Maezumi Roshi and the Rinzai Zen lineage of Shodo Harada Roshi.  Jan Chozen Bays is the resident teacher.

Zen Mountain Center [Mountain  Center CA]. - retreat center in the direct lineage of Maezumi  Roshi. Sensei Charles Tenshin Fletcher is the acting abbot and  resident teacher.

Zen Mountain Monastery and Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) [Mt. Tremper NY] - Info about an American Zen  Buddhist monastery: Questions for Cybermonk, Dharma Communications,  Buddhist Resources, White Plum Asanga, World-wide affiliates,  Doing a retreat at Zen Mountain Monastery, Zen Art, Sacred Site:  Tremper Mt., Zen Environmental Studies Center, Meditation, Journal.  

Zen Studies Society [New York NY] - Ven. Eido T. Shimano Roshi, Abbot. New York Zendo  Shobo-ji, a temple in New York City; Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji, a monastery in New York's Catskill  Mountains; biannual print and on-line publication, The Newsletter  of the Zen Studies Society. Affiliated zendos: Zen Center  of Syracuse Hoen-ji, Syracuse, NY; Deer Run Zendo, Corte Madera,  CA.

Zen-Jou - Father G. Kohler's Zen Courses.