Zendos of the Southwest
Researching Zen centers in the Southwest that also have an option for practice via Zazen. This is just purely googling around and pulling information off their websites, so whether any of this is current and accurate is beyond me.
New Mexico
- Albuquerque Zen Center
- Location: Albuquerque
- Lineage: Korean
- Zoom: Yes (Daly at 0630 and 1800)
- Website: <www.azc.org>
- California Street Zendo
- Location: ABQ
- Zoom: Yes (Wednedays at 1900)
- Lineage: Matsuoka Roshi
- Website: <www.californiastreetzendo.org>
- Bodhi Manda Zen Center
- Location: Jemez Springs, NM
- Lineage: Rinzai
- Website: <bmzc.org>
- Mountain Cloud Zen Center
- Location: Sante Fe
- Lineage: Sanbo Zen (H-Y)
- Zoom: Yes (Monday - Thursday at 0700 and 1730)
- Website: <www.mountaincloud.org>
- Order of the Clear Mind/Organ Mountain Zen/Clear Mind Zen West
- Location: Las Cruces
- Lineage: Matsuoka Roshi
- Website: <www.ocmz.org>, <organmountainzen.blogspot.com>, and <clearmindzenwest.com>
- I'm somewhat unclear if these are all the same group or different groups
- Silver City Zen Center
- Location: Silver City
- Lineage: Shunryu Suzuki
- Possibly no longer active
- Southwest Sangha
- Location: Silver City (Gila Wilderness)
- Zoom: No
- Website: <southwestsangha.org>
- Available for retreats
- Upaya Sangha
- Location: Sante Fe
- Lineage: White Plum (H-Y)
- Zoom: Yes (Daily at 0700 and 1730)
- Website: <upaya.org>
Arizona
- Cochise Zen Center
- Location: Bisbee
- Lineage: Korean
- Zoom: Yes (Sunday at 0900/Tuesdays at 0700/Thursdays at 1900)
- Website: <www.cochisezencenter.org>
- Dharma Vista Center
- Location: Tucson
- Lineage: ZMM?
- Zoom: No
- Website: <dharmavista.org>
- Desert Rain Zen
- Location: Tucson
- Lineage: Pacific Zen School (H-Y)
- Zoom: Yes (Thursday at 1830)
- Website: <www.desertrainzen.org>
- Singing Bird Sangha
- Location: Tucson
- Lineage: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Zoom: Yes (Sunday at 1500)
- Website: <www.singingbirdsangha.org>
- Upaya Sangha
- Location: Tucson
- Lineage: White Plum (H-Y)
- Zoom: Yes (Workdays at 0630/Saturday at 1000)
- Website: <upayatucson.org>
- Zen Desert Sangha
- Location: Tucson
- Lineage: Diamond Sangha (H-Y)
- Zoom: Yes (Saturdays at 0700)
- Website: <www.zendesertsangha.org>
External References
- Different Soto Zen lineages <https://www.reddit.com/r/zenbuddhism/comments/zz6efe/different_soto_zen_>. Reddit, 2024.