Welcome to Iowa City’s Soto Zen Practice Center

Zen is the very awareness of the dynamism of life living itself in us —And aware of itself, in us, as being the one life that lives in all.

— Thomas Merton

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OUR WEEKLY MEDITATION SCHEDULE

Monday through Friday Morning: 07:00a – 08:00a
Meditation Practice (Zazen)

Monday Evening: 7:00p – 8:15p — Sitting with Impermanence  
In collaboration with the Death Collective of Eastern Iowa.
Short period of sitting, a reading offered with discussion.

Tuesday Evening: 7:00p – 8:00p
Meditation Practice (Zazen)
Beginning Meditation Instruction at 6:30p

Wednesday Evening: 7:00p – 8:00p
ICZC Reading Group (In-Person)
Current Reading: Returning To Silence by Dainin Katagiri Roshi

Sunday Morning: 09:00a – 10:00a
Meditation Practice (Zazen), then short service
Beginning Meditation Instruction at 8:30a

2nd & 4th Sundays: 10:00a – 11:00a
Dharma Talks after our regular 9:00a.m. Zazen Meditation

All meditation sessions also accessible via ZOOM
Meeting ID: 837 6729 6520
Passcode: 415844

No Kings Rally
Zen Center Altar
Zen Center Altar

BEGGING BOWL

The opportunity for Zen practice is made possible by the support of many people.

All offerings are dana based (donation)
— with suggested free-will offering —
no one turned away for lack of resources.

We are boundlessly grateful to those who support our offerings.

These may be financial donations or in-kind donations or one’s time/labor. 

Please consider a tax-deductible donation to the Iowa City Zen Center via PayPal Link

Or mail a check to our Treasurer at ICZC
1025 Fairchild Street, IC, IA 52240


Contact Us & Directions

Iowa City Zen Center welcomes All to Practice —
long-time practitioners, newbies & the curious.
We joyfully welcome Seekers and Students of all Paths into our gatherings.
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It is ICZC’s practice not to discriminate on the basis of anything in its programs or activities: race, creed, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, socioeconomic status, ability, age or religion