An affiliate sangha of the Silent Thunder Order and the Atlanta Soto Zen Center, Burning Rock Soto Zen (BRSZ) exists to support the practice of zazen and uphold the traditions of Soto Zen Buddhism in Birmingham, Alabama.
Sundays: 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
At the Birmingham Shambhala Meditation Center
714 37th Street South
Birmingham, Alabama 35222
The life of BRSZ is grounded in the practice of zazen, or seated meditation in the Soto Zen tradition.
Members meet to practice together twice each week, sitting for thirty minutes, then chanting the Repentance Verse, the Three Refuges Verse, the Heart Sutra, and the Universal Transference of Merit. While the community practices together just twice a week, our basic mission is to support one another in the daily and lifelong individual practice of zazen.
BRSZ Steering Committee & Practice Leaders
Zen-ha Andrew Keitt
Zenki PJ Jones
Anchigyu Ansel Payne
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Refunds will be available up to two weeks before the retreat.
Later cancelations receive a retreat credit.
In order to create a safe and welcoming meditation and learning environment, we ask everyone to:
Any form of present moment practice which has a foundation of body and breath awareness.
Any entity that provides group meditation in a community of equanimity, compassion and acceptance, regardless of gender, race, economic status, or sexual orientation.
