The way The "goal" Background Chinese texts Classical Post-classical Contemporary Zen in Japan Seon in Korea Thiền in Vietnam Western Zen The Rochester Zen Center (RZC) is a Sōtō and Rinzai Zen Buddhist sangha in the Kapleau lineage, located in Rochester, New York and established in 1966 by Philip Kapleau.

[2] From those first twenty-two individuals, membership has grown to more than six hundred, with sitting groups and affiliate centers in Mexico and Germany, and throughout the U.S.[citation needed] In 1981 Rochester Zen Center community split, when Toni Packer left the Center to form the Springwater Center, located an hour south of Rochester.

From 1986 to 2022 the head abbot at Rochester Zen Center was Bodhin Kjolhede, who was sanctioned to teach by Kapleau.

[3] The community offers intensive Zen sesshin retreats, introductory workshops and training programs throughout the year and is open to guests.

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