Toronto Zen Centre Verified listing

The Toronto Zen Centre's mission is to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for the study and practice of Zen Buddhism. The Centre is dedicated to helping all beings overcome suffering and to helping people learn to live with wisdom, compassion, joy and equanimity in the midst of their everyday lives. The Centre’s outreach includes Prison Dharma work, famine relief ceremonies and ceremonies of aid for disasters at home and abroad, as well as weekly chanting services for the ill. 
Members are encouraged though the teachings of Buddhism to be upright citizens and of service to others.
Our current focus: Renovation Campaign
In 2010 we realized it was time to expand in order to meet the needs of our growing membership and allow us to better expand our offerings to our broader community. Through hard work and the generosity of our community and donors, we raised $843,500 and were able to proceed with our renovations in 2017/2018.
We have now been back in our temple just over two months, and it has been amazing to see the transformation. The new, larger space has been put to good use in two sesshins - June and August - but this is just the beginning. We look forward to sharing this new space with you soon!
Speaking of that... we still need help! We find ourselves in need of chairs, 40 dining room chairs, to be exact. Not to mention 5 dining tables, roofing tile, stucco, cabinetry, a wheelbarrow, window blinds, a new shed door, garden benches, sofa cushions, a wireless doorbell and more. Everything you’d like to have to make our temple and grounds look their best for our Dedication and Grand Opening in October.
Perhaps you can help us out? Have some fun and choose something to fund! Whatever your price range, you’ll find some way to help furnish the Zen Centre, finish the renovation, and be part of this great project.
To read more details about this new project, please visit our renovation news page. And to make a donation, which we would be so grateful for, please see below and select the 'Endow a Chair' campaign.Read more