Location and About Heartland Zen meets every Saturday at 11 am at Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 Union Blvd, near Delmar in the City of St. Louis, at the corner of Union and Enright. This community-minded congregation has opened its doors to a number of social service agencies and other religious groups throughout its history.
Each service begins with 30 minutes of seated meditation, followed by a dharma talk, discussion, and further gathering over a vegetarian lunch. It is important to enter the building from the Enright Street side. Our 'pop-up zendo' is located in the church's former chapel, and the altar, screens, zafus, zabutons, and chairs are set up and taken down, leaving no trace, every week. |
![]() Rev. Shoken Winecoff is founding teacher and abbot of Ryumonji Zen Monastery. He is a Dharma Heir of the late Dainin Katagiri Roshi, founder of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center. Shoken also received formal training at Zuioji Zen Monastery and Shogoji Zen Monastery in Japan for three years from 1989 to 1992. Since that time he has worked to establish a Soto Zen monastery in the Midwest.
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