Zen Chogye International Center of N Y

People here were very nice when I came on intro night. I love the small size and the opportunity for interaction and questions with the teacher. BUT PLEASE MAKE THE SATURDAY SERVICE LATER. 8 am is way too early for a Saturday morning — especially after a long work week when you are just exhausted. You need extra time in the morning on Saturday. I so wish to get to the Saturday service because i can’t go on Wednesdays due to work and Saturday is the only other day I can attend where I could have a teacher interview. I still haven’t been back because of this. I really felt this would be a great place for me to practice. But I wanted to start feeling things out by meeting the teacher. I’ll try again to see if I am not soo exhausted next Saturday, so that I could perhaps suggest a later start time on Saturday in person.

I’ve been practicing in this Korean school of Buddhism for 6 years (since college), and checked out this zen center when I moved to NYC. It provides different opportunities to practice different types of meditation, and offers monthly dharma talks. Check the google calendar on the website. There was a small group of people when I attended (10ish), I know they have more members than that who come regularly. People were very nice.