
Welcome To
New Paltz Zen Center
All Are Welcome
NPZC is an open and affirming space. We invite people of different cultures, colors, abilities, ages, identifications, and beliefs who choose to join us. We appreciate and explore our differences in order to build understanding, harmony, and openness for the whole community.
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Weekly Zazen
New Paltz Zen Center offers a space for people to learn and practice zen meditation, foster and build community and appreciate our lives together. We offer seating options of cushions, kneeling benches and chairs. Practice involves seated meditation (zazen) and walking meditation (kinhin).
If you would like beginning instruction, please arrive fifteen minutes prior to the start of practice.
Hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Interview is offered Wednesdays.
Please contact us for the address.


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Our Lineage

We are an official affiliate of The Village Zendo in NYC. Our broader lineage is of the White Plum Asanga. Jo An Sensei received Dharma Transmission from Enkyo O’Hara Roshi of the Village Zendo.
We welcome all backgrounds and traditions to practice with us.



Past Dharma Talks
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