Welcome to Prairie Zen Center
Our guiding teacher is Elihu Genmyo Smith, first Dharma Heir of Charlotte Joko Beck and co-founder of the Ordinary Mind Zen School. PZC's practice leader is Ed Mushin Russell, Dharma Heir of Genmyo. Our schedule includes weekly sittings, periodic workshops, and sesshin six times a year.
Location
PZC is located at 515 S. Prospect
(N.W. Corner of Green and Prospect)
in Champaign, Illinois. This view is
from the driveway entrance off of Green.
Maps and directions
Full vaccinations for COVID are required for attendance at the Center. Online attendance via Zoom is available.
Teachings
These pages include Dharma talks in audio and text format plus links to books and other sites. Please consider making a donation to PZC so that we may continue to provide these resources.