Chicago Zen Center

The Chicago Zen Center (CZC) is a Harada-Yasutani Zen practice center located in Evanston, Illinois near Northwestern University currently led by Abbot Shodhin Geiman.

Chicago Zen Center
Religion
Affiliation	Independent
Location
Location	2029 Ridge Ave, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Country	United States
Architecture
Founder	Philip Kapleau
Completed	1974
Website
www.chicagozen.org

Established in 1974, the Chicago Zen Center formed around an interested group of students who had attended a workshop given by Philip Kapleau in the early 1970s. For many years, the center was an affiliate of the Rochester Zen Center in Rochester New York, which sent teachers there throughout the year to hold sesshins, including Kapleau himself as well as his successor Bodhin Kjolhede.

Chicago Zen Center has been independent of Rochester Zen Center since 1997 although it has maintained close ties. The center's first resident teacher was Sevan Ross who trained at Rochester Zen Center and became abbot of Chicago Zen Center from 1997 to 2010. Ross was succeeded as abbot by Yusan Graham. In 2023, Yusan retired and designated Shodhin as his successor.

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

References

• Broache, Anne (October 31, 2003). "Zen and the art of meditation: Chicago Zen Center members search for stress release, self-discovery through disciplined practice". The Daily Northwestern. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
• "Researchers Say Meditation Combats Depression: Zen Center Teaches Meditation To Chicagoans". WMAQ-TV. January 11, 2007. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
• Wisby, Gary (February 4, 1998). "Evanston's Zen center has found its master". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved March 23, 2008.

External links

• Official website
• Chicago Zen Center Quarterly