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Mission Statement
ZCOC is a community of
practitioners actively engaged in Zen awareness practice for the purpose of
awakening, healing, and transformation. Zen practice as taught at ZCOC
emphasizes seated meditation and its application in our daily lives.
Some Reflections
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difficult task. It is a way to lead you to your long-lost home. -Soen Shaku
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No-self is not a concept or an entity: it is a state
of immediate, undivided awareness, presence. And in that presence the
entire circuit of self-centeredness is illumined. This is attention.
-Toni Packer |
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When you try to
understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to
understand yourself, and then you will understand everything.
-Shunryu Suzuki
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Yield to
the willow
All the loathing
All the desire of your heart.
-Basho
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Sitting is something we do for a lifetime.
There is no end to the opening up that is possible for a human being.
Eventually we see that we are the limitless, boundless ground of the
universe. Having more and more contact with this reality always brings
compassion for others and changes our daily life. -Charlotte Joko Beck |
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Organization
ZCOC is an independent Zen Center supported solely by its
practitioners. ZCOC is a not for profit organization. Contributions
are tax deductible under federal 501(3)(3) guidelines. ZCOC's heritage is
in the Soto and Rinzai Zen traditions.
The Zen Center is a Council Member of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith
Council at www.nmiinterfaith.org
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Listed on the Costa Mesa Business List at
www.costamesabusinesslist.com
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