Providence Zen Center

Providence Zen Center Zen Practice helps us to realize our true self and serve this world with wisdom and compassion.

Head Temple of Kwan Um School of Zen with programs in Cumberland, RI & Online

Join us this and every Sunday for our morning Dharma Program. Orientation starts at 9am, followed by 2 meditation period...
03/05/2026

Join us this and every Sunday for our morning Dharma Program. Orientation starts at 9am, followed by 2 meditation periods and dharma talk. Introductory talk by a member of the sangha will be followed by a Q&A with a Zen Master or JDPSN. This Sunday, we welcome Kyol Che Teacher Agata Hae In JDPSN and Senior Dharma Teacher Mark Brenner.

Presented in person in Cumberland RI, on Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube live.

https://providencezen.org/program

Dharma school is in session this Sunday and twice a month for kids ages 6-12. Enroll your child today at https://provide...
03/05/2026

Dharma school is in session this Sunday and twice a month for kids ages 6-12. Enroll your child today at https://providencezen.org/dharma-school Donations are appreciated but not expected.

03/05/2026

Why Don’t Know Mind?

~ Zen Master Judy Roitman 🪷

~ Interpreter Agata Hae In JDPSN 🙏🏽

Public dharma talk, Warsaw, Poland, March 1, 2015.

🍄‍🟫 Mushroom plugs and mushroom pizza await this Saturday Mar 7th, with Mike hosting another super fun-gus sangha workda...
03/04/2026

🍄‍🟫 Mushroom plugs and mushroom pizza await this Saturday Mar 7th, with Mike hosting another super fun-gus sangha workday. Can’t make it but want to experience the joy of raising your own Shiitake spawn? Our extra large mushroom logs are a deal at only $49.99. Pre-order on Paypal to pick up by Buddha’s Birthday weekend. All you need is a shady spot in your yard.

https://providencezen.org/sangha-workdays

🧘🏼 Precepts deadline for Buddha’s Birthday ceremony is this FridayMarch 6th. Speak to your guiding teacher about taking ...
03/03/2026

🧘🏼 Precepts deadline for Buddha’s Birthday ceremony is this Friday
March 6th. Speak to your guiding teacher about taking precepts today!

Registration is also open for Buddha’s Birthday sangha weekend. Stay the weekend through Sunday March 29th to join a discussion of Composting Our Karma with DT and Editor Elizabeth Goldstein right after lunch. Pick up your copy of the book at the gift shop today!

https://americas.kwanumzen.org/buddhas-bday

There is still time to sit one or more of the last 3 weeks of Winter Kyol Che. Register to sit with Agata Hae In, Denni...
03/03/2026

There is still time to sit one or more of the last 3 weeks of Winter Kyol Che. Register to sit with Agata Hae In, Dennis Duermeier, and/or Dyan Eagles JDPSN. Register today.

The Kwan Um School of Zen

https://providencezen.org/kyol-che

Join us this and every Wednesday in Cumberland for dinner at 5:30 PM, followed by chanting & Zen practice. Orientation f...
03/03/2026

Join us this and every Wednesday in Cumberland for dinner at 5:30 PM, followed by chanting & Zen practice. Orientation for first-time visitors starts at 6:15 PM; chanting at 6:30; sitting & walking meditation at 7:15pm. This Wednesday, we'll have Kong-an interviews with Zen Master Tan Gong (José Ramírez)
Learn more at
https://providencezen.org/programs

03/02/2026

“In Buddhism, actually, they have a little different perspective of time, which is around in a circle. It’s cyclic.”

~ Zen Master Mark Houghton ❄️

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When the abbot's away, aspiring Moktak Masters will play. Find your voice and strengthen your direction to help all bein...
03/02/2026

When the abbot's away, aspiring Moktak Masters will play. Find your voice and strengthen your direction to help all beings by joining Kido chanting practice every Wednesday night at 6:30 or Sunday at noon (offered once per month, next on March 22nd with Danielle).

https://providencezen.org/programs

03/01/2026

Providence Zen Center hosts Rebecca Otte JDPSN for the Sunday dharma talk. She began studying Zen at the Kansas Zen Center in 1995. She co-founded Prairyerth Zen Center in 1997 and is currently the abbot. She began studying with Zen Master Ji Haeng in 2013 and took Bodhisattva precepts in 2015. She received inka in December of 2020. She was a nurse-midwife, retiring in 2017. She has two sons, a daughter-in-law and a grandson. She lives with her husband and two cats in Topeka, Kansas.

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Cumberland, RI
02864

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