Brooklyn Zen Center | A New York City Soto Zen Buddhist Temple
Welcome to Brooklyn Zen Center

Brooklyn Zen Center is a Soto Zen community in the tradition of San Francisco Zen Center’s founder, Shunryu Suzuki. The community’s founding students came from both San Francisco Zen Center and Austin Zen Center, where they studied with dharma teachers from both centers.
 
The intention of this community is to maintain a space for sitting together in meditation (zazen), to offer a place to study Buddhist ethics and practice, and to embody the wisdom, compassion and community of the Buddha as they have been carried down through the Soto Zen tradition, first established by Eihei Dogen Zenji in the 13th century and brought to us by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and our current teachers. The formal name for our space of Buddhist practice is Koshin-ji, or Boundless Mind Temple. We continue to practice in this tradition with the belief that all beings are buddha.
 
Our head dharma teacher is Teah Strozer. Teah is a Zen Buddhist priest, dharma teacher, and lineage-holder in the Soto Zen tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. She received dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman. Teah has been practicing meditation since 1967, lived at Tassajara Monastery for 11 years, and has studied directly under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Dainin Katagiri Roshi. In addition to Teah, other teachers have visited to teach and lead retreats at Brooklyn Zen Center throughout the years, with some returning regularly.
 
Zazen is regularly held in the mornings and evenings. Please check our meditation schedule to find out times. Our zendo is totally funded by donations, so your generosity is greatly appreciated. All are welcome and encouraged to join us.