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Welcome to PZC

The Prairie Zen Center is located in Champaign, Illinois. Our resident teacher is Elihu Genmyo Smith, first Dharma Heir of Charlotte Joko Beck and co-founder of the Ordinary Mind Zen School. Our schedule includes weekly sittings, periodic workshops, and sesshin six times a year.

 

News: 

  • The next sesshin begins the evening of Wednesday, May 23rd and ends at Noon on Monday the 28th. For info and registration see Schedules/Sesshin
  • PZC will sponsor a garage sale on Friday-Saturday, June 1-2. For info go to Schedules/Events.
  • Genmyo has an article about Joko Beck in the online edition of Tricycle Magazine which can be read by going to THIS link.
  • Genmyo's latest book, "Everything is the Way: Ordinary Mind Zen", is published by Shambhala and is available HERE, elsewhere on the WEB, at your local bookstore and will be available at PZC soon.

 

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