We are a practicing zen center with a teaching lineage.
Welcome to
Treetop Zen Center
Treetop Zen Center provides a friendly, relaxed place to wake up to this world through the 2,500-year-old tradition of Soto Zen Buddhism.
Practices include zazen (seated silent meditation), working with fully transmitted teachers, koan introspection (wrestling with perplexing questions), loving-kindness meditation, chanting, open-hearted engagement with moral precepts, and the academic study of Buddhist sutras and other spiritual texts — all undertaken in a spirit of playfulness, curiosity, respect, and intimacy.
To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe.
Eihei Dōgen
Upcoming Events
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December
Saturday Weekly Meditations
Cost
Join us for our weekly Saturday meditation from 9am to 11am. We’re currently sitting in person in Oakland. Zoom meetings will continue as usual.
24
December
Wednesday Weekly Meditations
Cost
Join us for our weekly Wednesday meditation from 7pm to 8:30pm. We’re currently sitting in person in Oakland. Zoom meetings will continue as usual.
27
December
Saturday Weekly Meditations
Cost
Join us for our weekly Saturday meditation from 9am to 11am. We’re currently sitting in person in Oakland. Zoom meetings will continue as usual.
Teachings from our Treetop Teachers
Donations
Help us to maintain our community and continue to provide teaching opportunities to students. Even a small sum will help.