The Chapel Hill Zen Center (also called the Red Cedar Mountain Temple[5]) is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina founded in 1981.

[3][4] The group was initially formed by former residents of the San Francisco Zen Center who had moved to North Carolina.

[5] After growing in membership the organization changed its name to the Chapel Hill Zen Center in 1997.

[3] Chapel Hill Zen Center hosts Zen classes and beginner's meditation workshops[7] and has hosted Zen teachers such as Sojin Roshi Mel Weitsman,[8] Zoketsu Norman Fischer,[9] and Japanese calligrapher and author Kazuaki Tanahashi.

[10][11] The center holds children's classes[12] and has held classes on sewing traditional Buddhist robes called rakusu[13] and holds celebrations for Buddha's Birthday, also called Hanamatsuri or "Flower Festival" in Japanese.