We sit every Sunday from 7 to 9 PM in the meditation room at Holsome Teas and Herbs, located in downtown Princeton, at 27 Witherspoon St., Princeton, NJ, 08540. For additional details, click on the "Other" icon at left.

Beginners' Night is held on the first Sunday of every month. Instruction from 6:30 to 7:00 PM, followed by regular sitting from 7:00 to 9:00 PM

Introduction

The Princeton Area Zen Group (PAZG) engages in lay meditation practice in the tradition of Yasutani-Yamada-Aitken. Founded in 1991 by teachers Manfred Steger and Perle Besserman, the Princeton Area Zen Group is a community-based, non-residential unaffiliated Zen center designed to introduce anyone with a sincere desire for self-realization to the formal practice of zazen (sitting meditation).

The group is not a religious organization, but a collection of committed, like-minded individuals responsible for maintaining and supporting a place of Zen practice. It emphasizes traditional elements of Zen practice, like sitting meditation, Dharma talks, private interviews, and retreats, but within a framework of Western culture with an emphasis on democratically discussed and implemented community policies.

For more information, please contact Alan (609 924-0358) or Bill (908 437-1232).

Click here (Amazon.com) for information on the book Grassroots Zen by Princeton Area Zen Group (PAZG) founding teachers Perle Besserman and Manfred Steger