Compassionate Ocean Zen Center

Compassionate Ocean Zen Center is dedicated to the central practice of awakening for the benefit of all. The activities of the Center cultivate awareness of the essential beauty and dignity of life coming from full engagement with life-as-it-is. Compassionate Ocean Zen Center is named after Jikai Dainin Katagiri Roshi, the root teacher of Joen and Michael Genpo O’Neal. Jikai (Compassionate Ocean) refers to reality itself, which always holds us and bathes us with compassion. Even in times of great suffering, we are held in the great ocean of Buddha’s compassion. The Center hosts daily meditation sessions, weekly talks, and ongoing classes on Buddhist teachings. Four times a year the center also hosts secular programming in the form of the nationally acclaimed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. The Center's guiding teachers also conduct regular meditation retreats and introductory sessions, all in a welcoming place of peace in the heart of Northeast Minneapolis.