- "Don’t look for this thing called realization. Just study your life. The starting place is where you stand now. Your nature is not something other than what’s occurring in this moment in time. This is the fundamental point – the place where enlightenment occurs, where practice occurs."
- - - Charles Tenshin Fletcher, Roshi
Welcome to the Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center website!
We're a Zen Buddhist training and retreat center located on 160 acres of sacred Native American land and wilderness in the beautiful San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California. We welcome people frm all spiritual traditions and walks of life who would like to experience the life changing practice of meditation and awareness. There's more about us here.
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Podcast and video updates
We've posted a podcast of a talk on the Koan "Joshu's Dog" that Tenshin Roshi gave at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center.
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A video of Roshi's talks on YouTube: Roshi discussing sutras
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Sunday programs
Come to see us for our Sunday morning programs. We provide Zen Meditation Instruction class for new comers to Zen, a traditional Soto Zen Buddhist service, complete with bells and smells, a dharma talk by our Abbot, Charles Tenshin Fletcher, Roshi, or a senior student, and a vegetarian meal. Programs start at 9:30 am, but come 15 minutes early. We always start on time! More here .
YZMC is fully accredited
Yokoji Zen Mountain Center is fully accredited by both the Soto Zen Buddhist International Organization and Soto Zen Association of North America. Our founder, Taizen Maezumi, Roshi , was one of the first to bring the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition to the United States.
Zen Buddhism is a living practice that has been deeply influenced by each culture where it is has been practiced, while staying true to the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha. Our tradition comes from Japan, and we honor this tradition and our ancestors, while we are fully committed to continuing to enrich our traditions within America.
Our teacher and Abbot, Charles Tenshin Fletcher, Roshi , received training and dharma transmission (authorization to teach) from Maezumi, Roshi in the Soto and Rinzai Zen traditions. Tenshin, Roshi is one several of North American teachers officially certified as a Kaikyoshi by Japanese Soto Headquarters.
There’s more about the Soto Zen tradition here .
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