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Chapel Hill Zen Center

A Chapel Hill, North Carolina Zen meditation group offering near-daily zazen and a $60 six-week beginner class.

  • Available: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Offerings: 6 services
  • Pricing: $60
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About Chapel Hill Zen Center

Chapel Hill Zen Center is a Soto Zen Buddhist meditation group in North Carolina, in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, led by Josho Pat Phelan Roshi.

Services & offerings

  • daily zazen (weekday mornings and evenings)

  • Sunday orientation and meditation instruction

  • children's program

  • six-week beginner meditation class

  • dharma talks

  • all-day sittings and sesshin

Pricing

Starting price
$60
Public price listed by the provider.

Details

  • In person in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  • Book on chzc.org

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Offers zazen most mornings and evenings of the week, both in person and by Zoom
  • A six-week beginner meditation class is priced at $60 with partial scholarships available
  • Guiding teacher Josho Pat Phelan Roshi is named, along with the visiting teacher schedule for Sunday dharma talks

Cons

  • No online booking system is published; contact is by phone or email before a first visit
  • Most sittings outside the beginner class do not list a price, only that donations are appreciated