Next sitting · Sunday, September 13 · Cancer Survivors Park Center for Hope & Healing · Free to attend · See the schedule

Schedule & Location

When and where we sit

Every Sunday morning at Cancer Survivors Park Center for Hope & Healing in Greenville, weekly from September 6. Sittings are silent and adults-only, free to attend, and every adult is welcome, whether you are new to sitting or have practiced for years.

A watercolor of a temple bell in the soft light of a misty Sunday morning.
01The next sitting
When and where

Sunday, September 13, 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Cancer Survivors Park Center for Hope & Healing, Greenville. We sit in the building at 52 Cleveland Street; free public parking is at 44 Cleveland Street. Free to attend, beginners welcome, adults. First time? Arrive around 7:50 a.m. Orientation begins at 8:00. Zazen begins promptly at 8:15. Bring your own cushion if you like, or use one of ours.

02The morning

What a morning holds

A typical morning holds two periods of zazen with walking meditation between them and a brief dharma reading and conversation to close. If you are new, come at 8:00 a.m. for a short orientation and meditation instruction beforehand.

  1. New student orientation

  2. Zazen, seated meditation

  3. Kinhin, walking meditation

  4. Zazen, seated meditation

  5. Brief dharma reading and conversation

  6. Dismissal

03The rhythm

We sit every Sunday morning, weekly beginning September 6. Sitting begins at 8:15 a.m., and we end on time, with dismissal at 9:30 a.m.

We are a young group, forming carefully. The next dates are always here and on the calendar below.

Upcoming sittings

Every Sunday morning at Cancer Survivors Park Center for Hope & Healing. An RSVP is welcome but never required; anyone may simply arrive.

  • Sunday, September 13 8:00–9:30 a.m.
  • Sunday, September 20 8:00–9:30 a.m.
  • Sunday, September 27 8:00–9:30 a.m.
  • Sunday, October 4 8:00–9:30 a.m.

Add to your calendar · Full calendar & RSVP

04Our home
The pavilion at Cancer Survivors Park Center for Hope & Healing: a round stone building topped by a tall, tent-like silver spire, beside a terraced rock-and-water garden and green lawn.

Cancer Survivors Park Center for Hope & Healing

52 Cleveland Street, Greenville, SC 29601

We gather at Cancer Survivors Park Center for Hope & Healing, with gratitude to the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance for welcoming our practice to this quiet place beside the river.

Free public parking is in the lot at 44 Cleveland Street, a short walk from the building. From the lot, walk down the hill toward the river and the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Our entrance is the building at 52 Cleveland Street, beneath the large white sculpture that looks like a circus tent, on the trail by the river. There are restrooms inside.

Greenville Zen Center ensō with red seal

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