The zendo (meditation hall)

The zendo

Dokusan

Altar figure

The han (wooden block)

Our new Jizo who sits on the altar

Mokugyo (drum for chanting and ceremonies)

Tea room and library

The library

Social area

Work period

New zafus

Coffee break during a work period

Zen centre opening ceremony

Zen centre opening ceremony

Socialising after the opening ceremony

After sesshin

Glasgow skyline from the Zen centre

Post sesshin in Zengarden

Sesshin at Zengarden

Three Jewels Order members - summer 2012

The altar at Zengarden

Cloud Water Sangha teachers at the Rochester Zen Center 50th anniversary weekend

Karl Sensei at RZC 50th anniversary weekend

Teachers in the Cloud Water sangha

RZC retreat center zendo

Kapleau Roshi with Yasutani Roshi

Kapleau Roshi in Japan with Harada Roshi (front)

Roshi Kapleau in the dokusan room at Rochester Zen Center

Philip Kapleau Roshi    (1912 - 2004)

Reciting a short verse at the start of the ceremony

Receiving the teacher's certificate

Receiving the kotsu during the teacher sanctioning ceremony

During the ceremony

During the ceremony

A new Zen teacher

Sante Roshi and Karl Sensei

October Sesshin 2023

June Sesshin 2023

October Sesshin 2022

June Sesshin 2022

October Sesshin 2021

October Sesshin 2019