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Welcome



The Zen Society was established in 1985 by Seijaku Roshi and his students. 

The purpose of The Zen Society is to inspire, nourish, and support people in their everyday life, offering a distinctly contemporary Zen training program while also providing a diverse menu for learning, spiritual development, making friends, and renewing one's heart. 

"The mission of The Zen Society is to participate in the transformation of human consciousness and in so doing change the world by making accessible and embody wisdom teachings, compassion, and loving-kindness, through the lens of Buddha, Christ, and Torah, conveyed to us by Seijaku Roshi through his teachings of Authentic Spirituality.  Our practice flows from the insight that all beings are Enlightened, and that sitting in meditation, practicing wisdom, and engaging in acts of compassionate service, is itself the realization of one's True Nature, or Enlightenment."

Authentic Spirituality, as defined by the founder - Seijaku Roshi, is about discovering the sacred in everyday life, not just on some mountain in some far distant place and time.  It's about the spirituality of, "freshly mopped floors, stacked dishes, and clothing blowing on the line."  It is Zen in the Home, Zen at the Parent-Teachers Conference, Zen in the Workplace, Zen on the Expressway, Zen and Parenting, and Zen in Love.

Pine Wind Zen Center

Pine Wind Zen Center is a practice place for a diverse population of students, visitors, monks, and lay people from a variety of religious and spiritual backgrounds - An expansive spiritual journey where the insights of Zen, Buddhism, other Wisdom Traditions and Faith-Based Religions, Science, and Art, collaborate to help people regain balance and calm in the midst of an ever changing and challenging world.

Zen Center programs also reach out to the community, helping prisoners, the less fortunate, and those in recovery; protecting the environment and the natural population, and working for peace.

At the heart of our vision is a dedication to discovering the answers to the central questions challenging each of us in the 21st Century but not unique to this century - "How can we liberate the human heart from a fear driven consciousness and culture; from the consciousness of concepts and beliefs; from greed; folly; and war, and in so doing evolve with compassion, community, global peace, justice, and the sanctity of all life-forms and our Mother Earth."

Located in the rural community of Shamong and the forest preserve in the Pinelands of New Jersey, Pine Wind Zen Center offers an atmosphere conducive for contemplation, prayer, education, and renewal.  You are
welcome to come and experience what only can be explained in the ancient Roman saying, "Mir abate Dictu" - too wonderful for words.


Practicing the "Dharma Beyond Buddhism", at no time does The Zen Society exist to promote any peculiar religious doctrine, dogma, or teachings, and shares no formal affiliation with other Zen groups, denominations, or any hierarchy of Dharma Successors.


The Zen Society, is a 501(c) (3) organization  Persons of all faiths that promote the principles of compassion, loving-kindness, and respect for all life are welcome.


 

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