Membership
Bring Compassion to a World that is Suffering Become a ZLMC Member
Members make a difference by ensuring ZLMC can support others in living a Zen-inspired life of openness, empathy, and clarity. Your generosity helps support our mission. We continue to refine, update, and offer new classes, retreats, and workshops. It is our policy to make theswe dharma teachings available to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay by offering scholarships for those who need them. All of this has been possible because of your generosity. Thank you!
Please support us monthly at a level your heart encourages:
Deepen your Practice by Training as a Zen Student: Enter into a personal one-on-one relationship with a Zen Teacher
If you want to deepen your practice and understanding of Zen, you may train as a Zen student with one of our Zen teachers. Zen students contribute monthly dues as they are able, which includes membership in ZLMC. Zen Students have a formal relationship with either Roshi Robert Joshin Althouse or Roshi June Ryushin Tanoue, both fully empowered Zen teachers in the White Plum Lineage. Study may include precept study, koan study, regular dokusan interviews with one’s teacher, learning sutras and doing Buddhist services, sitting in regular sesshins (meditation retreats), and participating more actively in the leadership at ZLMC.