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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: 

  • Genmyo will visit the Wetlands Zen Group in Chicago, IL on Saturday, February 11th. See Schedules/Events for details.
  • The next sesshin begins the evening of Thursday, March 22nd and ends at Noon on Sunday the 25th. For info and registration see Schedules/Sesshin
  • 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 upcoming book, "Everything is the Way: Ordinary Mind Zen", will be published by Shambhala in June and is available for pre-order on Amazon.

 

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