Thank you for reading our newsletter. We hope to grow it each month with more current opportunities to connect with our Orlando Sangha both in and outside of the Dharma room. We plan to send these newsletters out to subscribers every second Friday of the month, so be on the lookout for our next edition READ MORE
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Newsletter
Sign up for our Newsletter! In November 2025, we launched a monthly newsletter. It is filled with information about the upcoming month’s activities with the Orlando Zen Center Sangha, including practice dates/times, long-sit details, and extracurricular volunteer opportunities. We also include links to Dharma talks from our Sangha members, and other contributions from our members, READ MORE
Sitting into 2025
Once again, the tradition continues: Sitting into the New Year – online/on Zoom. We will start sitting at 8pm (EST) and alternate 30 minute sits with 10 min walks until shortly before midnight (Eastern Time). We then chant Kwan Seum Bosal (Bodhisattva of Compassion) into the New Year until ten minutes or so after midnight.Same READ MORE
Change change change
After Joybirds closed its doors, a new opportunity arose – in the same location! From mid-November on, we will be able to meet again in person in the same bookstore location as before – the owner of the new bookstore The New Romantics, has agreed to offer us the same space for our Sunday evening practice. READ MORE
Thank you to Andrew and Joybird Books
A big THANK YOU to Joybird Books and Andrew Walker for offering OZC space for the last 2 years to hold our in-person practice on Sunday nights. As Joybird is closing at the end of October 2024, and we will look for a new location for in person practice on Sunday nights. Stay tuned for READ MORE
Sitting into the New Year 2023/2024
Once again, the tradition continues: Sitting into the New Year – online/on Zoom this year. We will start sitting at 7pm (EST) and alternate 30 minute sits with 10 min walks until shortly before midnight. We then chant Kwan Seum Bosal (Bodhisattva of Compassion) into the New Year until ten minutes or so after midnight.Same READ MORE
Sitting into the New Year
The tradition continues: Sitting into the New Year – online/on Zoom this year. We will start sitting at 8pm (EST) and alternate 30 minute sits with 10 min walks until shortly before midnight. We then chant Kwan Seum Bosal (Bodhisattva of Compassion) into the New Year until ten minutes or so after midnight.Same zoom link READ MORE
Return of In-Person Sunday Practice
Orlando Zen Center is returning to in-person practice on Sunday evenings at Joybird Books in Audubon Park: 3018 Corrine Drive, Orlando, Florida 32803 Directions. If attending in person, please wear a mask. The Zoom option continues. READ MORE
New Website
We have recreated our website. Please excuse any mistakes or broken links that we may have overlooked in the process. This website is a work in progress. READ MORE
ZM Jok Um: How do we respond to hate?
Our Zen Center’s Guiding Teacher, Zen Master Jok Um (Ken Kessel), gave a talk at an interreligious group in New Haven CT. The group meets once a month for part of a year and visits member places of worship and shares thematic presentations. This year’s theme was responding to hate crimes against places of worship. READ MORE