The Clear Water Zen Center is an authentic Zen Buddhist practice center. The training is disciplined and can be rigorous. Although we socialize before and after our sittings, our focus is on meditation and carrying our practice into daily life. Although there are many benefits that flow from spiritual growth, our purpose is not to get benefits but to create the conditions that allow our inherent Buddha nature to become manifest. Buddhists do not worship the Buddha and Zen Buddhism is a religion …

We are a group of Zen practitioners who meet at TreeHouse Yoga on the Hillsborough River in Tampa every Sunday morning at 10:00 AM. We offer instruction to newcomers at 9:30 AM and we have coffee/tea and baked goods social time afterward. We usually leave at Noon.