Welcome home
We warmly welcome you to Boundless Way Zen Temple, an organization devoted to Zen Buddhist training and practice. We invite you to join us as we come together in stillness and silence to awaken to the possibility of being fully human.
Post-Election Letter to the Community from Our Guiding Teachers
Come practice with us.
New and experienced practitioners are welcome.
Your First Visit
You don’t need any prior experience — just show up early to any regular practice period. We welcome anyone who would like to get to know more about Zen practice.
What is Zen?
There are many ways to begin Zen practice, and Boundless Way Zen Temple offers a number of options for you to explore at your own pace and in your own time.
Practice Groups
Worcester Temple
Copenhagen
Islesboro Community Zen
Northampton
Pittsburgh
Sky Flower Zen
Snow Mountain Zen
Full Boundless Way Zen Temple Meditation Schedule
Events and Announcements
Events Calendar
Zen on Paper: An Evening Talk & Exhibition
Temple Book Club Meeting
Dharma Inquiry Discussion
Ordination of Senior Assistant Teacher Jenny Myōkon Smith
Rōhatsu Sesshin
Special Announcements
Please join us in making a one-time gift to the “Warm and Dry” Fundraising Campaign. Our goal is to raise $20,000 toward the cost of replacing windows and putting on a new roof in our wonderful Boundless Way Zen Temple.
New book from David Rōshi, Wandering Close to Home:
A Year of Zen Reflections, Consolations, and Reveries. For more information, visit Wandering Close to Home.
On the night of August 15, 2024, during the Boundless Way Zen Temple Summer Sesshin, Melissa Myōzen Blacker, Rōshi gave Denkai transmission to Rev. Paul Ryūdō Sōshin Galvin.
Register for the Fall-Winter 2024 Kōan Café series, which will run from September through December.
Melissa Rōshi leads a guided meditation.
Watch Melissa’s Rōshi’s interview with Dr.Kasim Al-Mashat.
Register for multiple Sesshin upcoming in 2024, with online and residential attendance options.
Hybrid practice is available on Sunday and Thursday evenings: both online via Zoom and in-person in the Temple zendo.
Join An Introduction to Zen Practice in the Snow Mountain Zen Zoom Zendo on the first Saturday of each month from 7-8 am.
Join Boundless Way Zen Temple Northampton for a Zen discussion group on the first Monday of every month, from 7-8:30 pm.
Sesshin talk recordings are available.
Giving and Resources
Ways to Donate
Help us serve the community by Donating with PayPal
Become a Member of Boundless Way Zen Temple
Join the Maitreya Society: A Fund for the Future.
Resources
Subscribe to our newsletter
Visit the Temple YouTube channel
View the Boundless Way Zen Temple garden photos gallery
Boundless Way Zen Guiding Teachers’ Response to Racial Injustice
Read Melissa Rōshi’s blog
Read David Rōshi’s blog
Listen to our podcast 
Recent Dharma talks
