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When even for a moment you sit upright in samadhi expressing the buddha mudra [form] in your three activities of body, speech, and thought, the whole world of phenomena is the buddha mudra and the entire sky is enlightenment.

Coming Events

Email stonecreekoffice@sonic.net for more information about schedule and fees/tickets.

  • Ango, January 12 through February 12: The Wholehearted Way (Bendowa)

Our annual month-long period of intensive practice is open to everyone and is arranged to allow for individual practice needs and schedules. The focus on sitting and Zen study in a small group setting can inform and enrich your practice year-round.

Click here for links to and descriptions of the talks on The Wholehearted Way that are given during the ango.

  • First Annual Stone Creek Film Festival, January 27, 6:30 pm SOLD OUT! WATCH FOR THE NEXT FILM IN THE SERIES

Join us for a traditional Japanese meal and an evening of film and fun. Enlightenment Guaranteed is an understated comedy about two middle-aged brothers who go to study at a Zen monastery in Japan. It has been called a parable of alienation and rediscovery told with affection, insight, and visual elegance.

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Welcome

Stone Creek Zen Center is a Buddhist practice center dedicated to the dharma teachings of awakening to reality and living compassionately in this impermanent, interdependent world. The core activity at the center is zazen, or wholehearted sitting here and now. Our sangha community extends their practice throughout each day, living consciously as part of the interconnected web of beings supporting each other’s lives.

New dharma talks have been posted!

Stone Creek Zen Center is at 2999 Bowen Street, Graton, California. The center is wheelchair accessible and has ample parking.

Phone: 707.829.1129