Search results
Our programs. Students and visitors from all levels of practice, experience, and background are welcome to join us. Mt. Baldy’s programs include introductory classes, sesshins (weeklong retreats), workshops and training periods, as well as face-to-face meetings with monks, oshos, (Zen priests) and other teachers. Learn More.
- What We Offer
Our Programs. Every 3rd Saturday of the month we offer an...
- Teisho Transcripts
Indeed, for new practitioners of Zen there’s sometimes a...
- Online Saturday Sits
MBZC is offering an In Person and Online Saturday program...
- What We Offer
Mount Baldy Zen Center (MBZC) is a Rinzai Zen monastery of the Nyorai-nyokyo sect, located in the San Gabriel Mountains of the Angeles National Forest region on 4.5 acres (18,000 m 2) and founded in 1971 by Kyozan Joshu Sasaki. The monastery—once a Boy Scout camp—became famous when musician Leonard Cohen joined the community in 1994.
- Mount Baldy, California
- United States
The one-hundred-year-old abbot Sasaki Roshi teaches using rigorous traditional Rinzai Zen methods and the center, and its surroundings, are rough. Located in California’s San Gabriel Mountains, Mount Baldy sits on a steep hillside covered with evergreens. “There are sharp rocks everywhere,” says former vice-abbot Koshin Chris Cain.
Mount Baldy Zen Center | Mount Baldy CA. Mount Baldy Zen Center, Mount Baldy, California. 166 likes · 22 were here. Rinzai Zen in Southern California.
United States. The Mt. Baldy Zen Center (MBZC) is a Rinzai Zen Monastery located near Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Mountains. Founded in 1971 by Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, the center has become a well-known retreat center for Buddhist Rinzai Zen. The monastery regularly offers various meditation retreats and introductory courses in Rinzai Zen.
