Country United States Completed 1967 Founder Taizan Maezumi Affiliation White Plum Asanga | Website www.zencenter.org/ Opened 1967 Phone +1 213-387-2351 | |
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Location 923 S. Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90006 Address 923 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90006, USA Hours Closed today SundayClosedMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSuggest an edit Similar Zen Mountain Monastery, Sanshin Zen Community, Upaya Institute and Zen, Kwan Um School of Zen, Cambridge Zen Center | ||
The Zen Center of Los Angeles (ZCLA), temple name Buddha Essence Temple, is a Zen center founded by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi in 1967 that practices in the White Plum lineage.
ZCLA observes a daily schedule of zazen, Buddhist services, and work practice. The Center's programs include introductory classes, sesshin, workshops and training periods, as well as face-to-face meetings with Abbot Wendy Egyoku Nakao and other Center teachers. The sangha practices zazen and koan training in the Maezumi-Glassman lineage.
ZCLA's mission is to know the Self, maintain the precepts, and serve others. The Center serves by providing the teaching, training, and transmission of Zen Buddhism. ZCLA's vision is an enlightened world in which suffering is transcended, all beings live in harmony, everyone has enough, deep wisdom is realized, and compassion flows unhindered.