Zen Center on Main Street, Northampton

Zen Center on Main Street
78 Main Street (right above "10.000 Villages")
Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 586-8222
Email: shika@zenonmain.org

Who We Are
The Zen Center on Main Street is a community of people that come together to practice in the Soto Zen Tradition. We maintain a sacred space in the middle of town as a reminder that our awakened, spriritual life is not separate from our ordinary daily activities.
All are welcome.


Abbot and Teacher
Roshi Enkyo O'Hara, of the Village Zendo in New York City, is the Abbot of the Zen Center on Main Street. A Zen priest and certified Zen Teacher in the Soto Tradition, Roshi O'Hara studied with Roshi John Daido Loori of Zen Mountain Monastery and Taizan Maezumi Roshi of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. In 1997, she received Dharma Transmission from Roshi Bernie Tetsugen Glassman and in June 2004, the title "Roshi".


Priest in Residence
Anraku Hondorp began her Zen Studies in 1987 with Roshi Daido Loori. She is a Soto Zen priest and senior student of Roshi Enkyo O'Hara's. Anraku also holds an MFA in Dance, practices as a Network Chiropractor and is the Buddhist Advisor at Smith and Hampshire Colleges. She is an assistant teacher in the White Plum lineage.


Vision
Our vision is to provide a sacred space right in the middle of town that will be used as a center for Zen practice in the midst of our daily lives. Just as we find the rich diversity and the many flavors of the Dharma here in the Pioneer Valley an inspiration to practice, we hope that you --in whatever your tradition is-- will find encouragement and support in this Zen space.




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