The Madison Zen Center is part of two circles of the larger Buddhist community.
Our inner circle, the Cloud-Water Sangha, is made up of groups led by Dharma successors and students of Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. It includes centers in Germany, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, and Scandinavia, plus the United States.
The larger network includes sister centers led by students of Roshi Philip Kapleau and his Dharma heirs. They have several locations in the United States, as well as Canada and Scotland.
United States
Cloud-Water Sangha Centers
An RZC affiliate group led by Susan Rakow
Louisville, Kentucky
Led by Sensei Jissai Prince-Cherry
Rochester Zen Center at 7 Arnold Park
Rochester, New York
Led by Sensei John Pulleyn and Sensei Dhara Kowal
Rochester Zen Center at Chapin Mill Retreat Center
Batavia, New York
Led by Sensei John Pulleyn and Sensei Dhara Kowal
Sister Centers
Evanston, IL
Led by Sensei Shodhin Geiman
Rochester, New York
Led by Roshi Rafe Martin
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico
Led by Roshi Mitra Bishop
Led by Roshi Sunyana Graef
Asheville, North Carolina
Led by Roshi Sunya Kjolhede and Roshi Lawson Sachter
International
Cloud-Water Sangha Centers
New Zealand
Led by Roshi Amala Wrightson and Sensei Richard von Sturmer
Germany, Berlin Zen Group
Led by Sensei Robert Goldmann
Mexico
Leadership in transition in the wake of Gerardo-roshi’s recent passing.
Italy, Rome
Led by Roshi Amala Wrightson
Scandinavia, Swedish Zen Buddhist Society
Led by Roshi Kanja Odland and Roshi Sante Poromaa
Sister Centers
Scotland, Glasgow
Led by Sensei Karl Kaliski
Canada
Led by Roshi Taigen Henderson