english deutsch
Barringtion: Great Plains Zen Center, Subtle Mind
Member of the White Plum Asangha, in the Harada-Yasutani lineage. Offers weekly zazen and periodic retreats. Myoyu Andersen Sensei, spiritual director.
Bartlett: Awakening Heart Sangha
Offers practice in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Champaign: Prairie Zen Center
Offers weekly sittings, periodic workshops, six sesshins per year, and a resident teacher. Practices in the lineage established by Charlotte Joko Beck, founder of the Ordinary Mind School, in the Harada Yasutani lineage.
Chicago : Prairie Buddha Sangha
Offers mindfulness meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Chicago: Zen Buddhist Temple
Member of the Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom, Chogye Order. Offers weekly services.
Chicago: Ten Directions Zen Community of Chicagola
A collection of Zen groups in the Chicago and Northwest Indiana area, affiliated with the Kwan Um School of Zen. Offers zazen practice and frequent retreats. Sitting groups in Chicago, Lincoln Park, Naperville, Woodstock, Hobart, Westville Correction Center, and Indiana State Prison.
Evanston: Chicago Zen Center
Offers daily zazen and periodic sesshins. Harada-Yasutani lineage.
Evanston: Heartland Sangha
Practices a pan-sectarian Buddhism drawn from the original teachings of Gautama Buddha, Jodo Shinshu, Zen Buddhism and engaged Buddhism. Offers periodic Buddhist services.
Evanston: Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago
Offer Zen meditation (zazen) services in the Soto Zen tradition three times weekly.
Peoria Zen Center
Affiliated with the Kwan Um School of Zen and the Peoria Universalist Unitarian Church.
Peoria: Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria Ze
Offers weekly zazen practice.
Skokie: HanMaUm Seon Center of Greater Chicago
Chogye order. Offers Zen (Seon) instruction in both English and Korean.
Springfield: Sangamon River Zen Center
Member of the Ordinary Mind School of Zen, Harada-Yasutani lineage. Offers weekly zazen practice.
Zen Centers in Illinois
List of all Zen centers in Illinois maintained by the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.