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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 will begin the evening of May 22th and ends at Noon on the 27th. For info and registration see Schedules/Sesshin

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 at PZC.
He gave an interview about the book for the Sweeping Zen website which can be heard HERE.
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