Clouds In Water Zen Center

We offer meditation instruction, classes, workshops, communal meditation, retreats, and liturgy in the Zen Buddhist tradition, as well as community events and a practice for children and youth. We offer support for meditation and mindfulness, whether at home, work or at the Center. ABOUT CLOUDS IN WATER Clouds in Water Zen Center offers the opportunity for people to practice Zen Buddhism, whatever their background or faith may be. Zen Buddhism is about awakening the heart-mind to its own inherent wisdom and compassion. To facilitate this awakening, we offer classes and workshops, sesshins and retreats, individual meetings with the teachers, community meditation and chanting, family and youth programs, and support for practice in daily life. We believe that guidance from experienced teachers and the support of a warm and open community are essential elements on the journey of opening the heart. Clouds in Water Zen Center welcomes people of every race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, creed, religious background, ability and disability. We welcome single people, people in committed relationships, families and children. We welcome you! HISTORY Our Founder: Dainin Katagiri-roshi Clouds in Water Zen Center follows in the lineage of Dainin Katagiri-roshi, a Soto Zen monk who came to this country in the early 1960’s, worked with Shunryu Suzuki-roshi for ten years at Zen Center in San Francisco, and came to Minnesota starting the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in 1972. The Early Years Clouds in Water was founded by Dosho Mike Port who was the guiding teacher and executive director of Clouds in Water from 1994 to 2004. In April, 2015 Clouds in Water moved to its current location at 445 Farrington St. in St. Paul three blocks from the Green Line – Western Station.