Nebraska Zen Center/Heartland Temple is a Soto Zen Buddhist community dedicated to meditation, study, and the cultivation of compassion and wisdom in our lives and in our community.
We are a refuge, where people of all backgrounds can learn about Zen Buddhism, practice in fellowship with others, and pursue the project of awakening.
One of the oldest Zen communities in the United States, Nebraska Zen Center was founded by Dainin Katagiri Roshi in 1975. We have been in our present location in Omaha’s Bemis Park neighborhood since 1992.
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Check out our calendar to see a schedule of our monthly offerings.
Nebraska Zen Center has many opportunities for practice, fellowship, and volunteering.
Visit NZC’s merchandise store at Fine Art America to purchase calligraphy prints, t-shirts, and more.
Before your mind
starts to work and
you want to run away,
accept every moment
as an opportunity
presented to you
to practice
facing reality
as it really is.
–Dainin Katagiri Roshi
Quote from Each Moment is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time, by Dainin Katagiri, Photograph used with permission of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.