If you are attending an event in person, please see our Covid policy. Note that each hybrid event will have two ways to register (a.k.a. tickets), one for in-person and one for Zoom. Please be sure to register for the right one!
An informal, friendly way to learn about Zen practice — what it is and how it's done. Taught by senior dharma teachers at Kansas Zen Center. In-person only. $10 donation, contact us if you need the fee waived.
Saturday November 12 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with Zen Master Hae Kwang. $30 requested, contact us if you need the fee waived. If you attend in person be sure to bring your lunch!
Two-day hybrid retreat Friday December 16 6:30 p.m. to Sunday December 18 12:30 p.m. With Zen Master Bon Hae (Judy Roitman). $100, contact us if you need the fee reduced or waived. Registration below. Due to Covid, only one or two people can stay overnight at the Zen Center. Most people coming in from out […]
We'll be welcoming the new year with Sunday practice followed by a potluck lunch. And if you don't bring food, no problem — there's always enough to go around.
Friday January 6 6:30 p.m. to Sunday January 8 12:30 p.m. With Zen Master Bon Hae (Judy Roitman). $100 requested, contact us if you need the fee reduced or waived. Due to Covid, only one or two people can stay overnight at the Zen Center. Most people coming in from out of town will be […]
Our annual meeting (the thing that keeps us legal) will be held Sunday January 15, preceded by a potluck following practice at 11:30. The meeting starts at 12:30. Everyone is welcome, only members of the Kwan Um School of Zen can vote. And if you can't bring anything to the potluck, come anyway — there's […]
The Hsin Shin Ming is an inspirational (and very short) text written by the third ancestor Tseng Ts'an. The class will be Saturday January 21 10 a.m. with Zen Master Hae Kwang (Stan Lombardo). $15 requested, contact us if you need the fee reduced or waived. The reading for the class is Stan's translation, which […]
Saturday February 18 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with Zen Master Hae Kwang (Stan Lombardo). $30 requested, contact us if you need the fee waived. Orientation at 8:30 a.m. for people new to our practice. If you attend in person be sure to bring your lunch! Schedule and Zoom sign-in (for those participating over Zoom) […]
Join us Saturday March 4 10 a.m. for a class on women and Buddhism with Zen Master Bon Hae (Judy Roitman). Women have been active practitioners and teachers of Buddhism since the time of the Buddha; the suppression of this history is a loss to both men and women. In this class we'll look at […]
Two-day hybrid retreat Friday March 17 6:30 p.m. to Sunday March 19 12:30 p.m. With Zen Master Bon Hae (Judy Roitman). $100, contact us if you need the fee reduced or waived.
An informal, friendly way to learn about Zen practice — what it is and how it's done. Taught by senior dharma teachers at Kansas Zen Center. In-person only. $10 donation, contact us if you need the fee waived.
Join us March 25 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Kansas Zen Center dharma room for a concert by the violinist Purnaprajna Bangere. Purna is deeply educated in the classical Indian Carnatic tradition and has gone on to develop his own musical form (Metaraga) drawing on blues, jazz and western classical. Before Covid […]
For those joining on Zoom, sign-in registration will be sent before the event.
Publicly available class readings will be announced in the class description. Other notes will be sent to participants before the class.
Retreat schedules and information will be sent to participants the day before the retreat.
To register for an event, fill out the appropriate application. If you have any questions, write to us at kansaszencenter@gmail.com. Please register at least two days before a retreat or class. More information about our retreats can be found here.
Retreats vary in price depending on the length of the retreat. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you need retreat fees waived or modified, email us at kansaszencenter@gmail.com before registration. If you cannot sit an entire retreat as scheduled, please email us well in advance to make arrangements. For more information, email us at kansaszencenter@gmail.com.