Lake Superior Zendo is organized as a Soto Zen Buddhist Temple, in the lineage of Dainin Katagiri, and our purpose is to support, encourage, and facilitate the practice of Soto Zen Buddhism in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  The Temple’s spiritual, charitable, and educational activities are offered to support our mission of enabling all beings to awaken to their true nature.  It is Lake Superior Zendo’s further intent that Temple affairs and activities be conducted in a spirit of peace and harmony in order to benefit all beings throughout space and time.  To these ends, we maintain a daily schedule of zazen (meditation), chanting services, and periodic sesshins (intensive meditation retreats).  We also offer outreach activities at Northern Michigan University through a student group, Presque Isle Zen Community, and we participate in a variety of interfaith and environmental activities. 

        Lake Superior Zendo was founded in 1990 by Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg, then a lay practitioner.  He has since been ordained and received dharma transmission--authority to teach independently--from his teacher, Rev. Shoken Winecoff, Abbot of Ryumonji Zen Monastery, in Dorchester, Iowa.  Lake Superior Zendo maintains an informal relationship with Ryumonji. 

        For many years we sat in member homes, and in 2002 we bought our present property, a small farm house in north Marquette, two blocks from Lake Superior.  

 


       All are invited to join us. After receiving zazen instruction, which includes an orientation to the Zendo, you are welcome to participate in any portion of any day’s activities. The instruction and orientation take less than an hour, and is offered by appointment.

Practice Schedule for Week of 3.21.11

Monday

CLOSED

                        

Tuesday

5:30 am                        Zazen

6:10                               Kinhin

6:20                               Zazen

7:00-7:10                      Short Morning Service

 

7:00 pm                       Women’s Sitting

 

Wednesday

5:30 am                        Zazen

6:10                               Kinhin

6:20                               Zazen

7:00-7:10                      Short Morning Service

 

7:00-7:40 pm               Evening Zazen

 

Thursday

5:30 am                        Zazen

6:10                               Kinhin

6:20                               Zazen

7:00-7:10                      Short Morning Service

 

Friday

5:30 am                        Zazen

6:10                               Kinhin

6:20                               Zazen

7:00-7:10                      Short Morning Service

 

7:00 – 8:00 pm            Presque Isle Zen Community

 

Saturday

8:15 am                        Zazen Instruction (by appointment)

9:00                               Zazen

9:40                               Morning Service

10:00                            Soji (temple cleaning)

10:15                            Coffee/Tea

10:45                            Dharma School

 

Sunday

9:00 am                        Zazen

9:40                               Morning Service


9:50                         Soji (temple cleaning)

10:10                        Dharma Talk – Reb Anderson, Chapter 16, “The Dharma                                        Wheel has All-Inclusively Turned: Not Lying,”Being Upright,                                 pp. 122-136.


3:30 - 5:00 pm Buddhist Book Group