Empty Hand Zen Center

New Rochelle
United States

Empty Hand Zen Center is a Soto Zen Buddhist practice community located on Lawton Street near the New Rochelle Public Library in New Rochelle, New York. This center was founded in 1990, originally as the Meeting House Zen Group, to practice and study Zen Buddhism in Westchester County, New York. This center is open to the public three days a week, offerings including meditations, chanting services, dharma talks, and study groups. This center is open to all, regardless of your expertise or familiarity with Zen Buddhism.

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About the Place

and its People

Empty Hand Zen Center is a Soto Zen Buddhist practice community located on Lawton Street near the New Rochelle Public Library in New Rochelle, New York. This center was founded in 1990, originally as the Meeting House Zen Group, to practice and study Zen Buddhism in Westchester County, New York. This center is open to the public three days a week, offerings including meditations, chanting services, dharma talks, and study groups. This center is open to all, regardless of your expertise or familiarity with Zen Buddhism.

The Empty Hand Zen Center is located in downtown New Rochelle, New York at 45 Lawton Street across from the New Rochelle Public Library. The center is located in a brick building nestled in between Lawton Street Tavern and Backstreet Custom Framing, offering an oasis of tranquility and privacy amidst the business of the surrounding urban area. There is a small parking lot once turning into the building and street parking out front. This center can be accessed by public transportation, Huguenot Street @ Bridge Street being the closest stop, only a 2 minute walk away.

Soto Zen

the Path

Sōtō Zen Buddhism is a Japanese school of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition that emphasizes seated meditation and non-conceptual thinking. Popularized by Dogen in the 11th Century, the Sōtō Zen tradition has since grown to attract people practitioners from across the world. Today, Sōtō Zen represents one of the largest unified Buddhist sect, with over 14,000 temples worldwide. In the US, Sōtō meditation centers can be found in most major metropolitan areas.

Sōtō is distinguished from the other major Zen schools, Rinzai and Obaku, by its focus on just-sitting, or shikan taza. Essentially, this approach emphasizes zazen as the key act of samadhi (enlightenment), as opposed to the other schools, which offer supplementary methods like koans as potential routes to the dissipation of the ego.

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Soto Zen
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Buddhism
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Buddhism
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Type of Place

the Place

and its People

The Empty Hand Zen Center is located in downtown New Rochelle, New York at 45 Lawton Street across from the New Rochelle Public Library. The center is located in a brick building nestled in between Lawton Street Tavern and Backstreet Custom Framing, offering an oasis of tranquility and privacy amidst the business of the surrounding urban area. There is a small parking lot once turning into the building and street parking out front. This center can be accessed by public transportation, Huguenot Street @ Bridge Street being the closest stop, only a 2 minute walk away.

Soto Zen

the Path

Sōtō Zen Buddhism is a Japanese school of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition that emphasizes seated meditation and non-conceptual thinking. Popularized by Dogen in the 11th Century, the Sōtō Zen tradition has since grown to attract people practitioners from across the world. Today, Sōtō Zen represents one of the largest unified Buddhist sect, with over 14,000 temples worldwide. In the US, Sōtō meditation centers can be found in most major metropolitan areas.

Sōtō is distinguished from the other major Zen schools, Rinzai and Obaku, by its focus on just-sitting, or shikan taza. Essentially, this approach emphasizes zazen as the key act of samadhi (enlightenment), as opposed to the other schools, which offer supplementary methods like koans as potential routes to the dissipation of the ego.

learn more

the Place

and its People

The Empty Hand Zen Center is located in downtown New Rochelle, New York at 45 Lawton Street across from the New Rochelle Public Library. The center is located in a brick building nestled in between Lawton Street Tavern and Backstreet Custom Framing, offering an oasis of tranquility and privacy amidst the business of the surrounding urban area. There is a small parking lot once turning into the building and street parking out front. This center can be accessed by public transportation, Huguenot Street @ Bridge Street being the closest stop, only a 2 minute walk away.

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emptyhandzen.org/+1 (914)-420-4684
45 Lawton Street
New Rochelle
10801
United States
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Empty Hand Zen Center

New Rochelle
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United States

Empty Hand Zen Center is a Soto Zen Buddhist practice community located on Lawton Street near the New Rochelle Public Library in New Rochelle, New York. This center was founded in 1990, originally as the Meeting House Zen Group, to practice and study Zen Buddhism in Westchester County, New York. This center is open to the public three days a week, offerings including meditations, chanting services, dharma talks, and study groups. This center is open to all, regardless of your expertise or familiarity with Zen Buddhism.

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Buddhism
Soto Zen
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Center