The Temples are open
only when services
are scheduled
 

Arizona Soto Zen Center

Desert Moon Sanga
Arizona Ko Dai Ji Temple

Tucson
5755 E. 3rd Street, Tucson, AZ • 520.971.1681
2.5 blocks east of N. Craycroft Rd., 4 blocks south of Speedway (Map)
Phoenix
202 E. McDowell Rd, suite 172, Phoenix AZ • 602.252.2654 or 520.360.9080
Between 3rd St. and Central on McDowell (Map)
Our school of Zen is based upon the Soto Zen Japanese traditions as taught by
Soyu Matsuoka Roshi, founder of the Chicago and Long Beach Zen centers.

 

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Recommended Reading


The 3 steps of starting a Zen Practice

  1. Quit reading and start sitting
  2. Find a teacher
  3. Continue sitting


Once you have established a regular meditation practice and joined a Sanga (have become a temple member) then restart reading.

The Kyosaku by Reverend Soyu Matsuoka Roshi
available only through the Atlanta Soto Zen Center

Shobgenzo-zuimonki by Eihei Dogen Zenji recorded by Koun Ejo

The Denkoroku by Zen Master Keizan Jokin

Zen is Eternal Life by Jiyu Kennett, Roshi
(Previously published as Selling Water By The River)

The Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau, Roshi

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness by Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi

Zen flesh, Zen Bones by Paul Reps

Being Zen by Ezra Bayda

To Shine One Corner Of The World by Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi

The Zen teachings of “Homeless” Kodo by Kosho Uchiyama, Roshi

The Buddhist Handbook by John Snelling

Soto Zen by Keido Chisan Koho Zenji

Zen Meditation in Plain English by John Daishin Buksbazen

The Wild White Goose by Roshi Jiyu Kennett

Zen Training by KatsuikiSekida

The Life & Work of Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen Pioneer
by Isabel Sterling

 

 

Zen Buddist Saying:

“All conditioned things are impermanent. Work out your own
salvation with diligence” — The Buddha's last words.