Group Zen Practice is held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Zen practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation.

Group Zen Practice is held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Zen practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting and walking meditation.

Celebration of Kwanseumbosal (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) Honoring the Bodhisattva of Wisdom and Compassion who hears the cries of the world’s suffering and intervenes to save. A WLHZ devotional figure. 

Group Zen Practice is held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Zen practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting, and walking meditation. The Uposatha Observation is an ancient practice in which both lay and monastic […]

Group Zen Practice is held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Zen practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting, and walking meditation.

Group Zen Practice is held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Zen practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting, and walking meditation.

Please join us for our first, day retreat of 2023 which will be held at Hai An Pagoda, Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 255 Cherry Street, New Britain, CT, United States, 06051 Many thanks to the Most Venerable Thich Quang Phap and the Hai An Pagoda sangha for their hospitality and kind welcome. The day begins promptly […]

Group Zen Practice is held each Sunday from 9:00am-11:00am at the Historic Axe Factory building in Collinsville, Connecticut. For those new to Zen practice, please arrive at 8:30am for a brief introduction to the forms, which include chanting, bowing, sitting, and walking meditation.

Kido literally means “The Way of Energy.” And so, the daily Kido chanting liturgy is an intentional form of meditative practice using the body — breath, sound, and vibration — as a means of self-surrender and opening of mind-heart in humility. The chant forms used derive from Buddhist Mahayana tradition sutras and are transliterated into […]

Join the WLHZ Sangha as we conduct a Profession of Vows Service for Sister Yeon An. Sister, who currently serves as a Haengja will be professing Ten Precepts as a Sami Sunim. The Sangha is overjoyed to celebrate this wonderful occasion. The service begins at 10:00am, and includes a reception at 12:00pm. Located at the […]