The Vine offers innovative online Zen training with roots in both the Sōtō and Rinzai traditions, 
​designed for practitioners living at home, who yearn to realize the great matter of birth and death. 

We're devoted to utilizing online modalities to support householders in their wholehearted practice wherever they might be on the planet. We emphasize the importance of kensho (literally, "seeing nature") as the foundation of applying the truth of nonduality to the nitty-gritty details of daily life in order to actualize the Great Vows of a Bodhisattva.

We offer daily zazen, weekly dharma talks, practice meetings, group study, engaging community connections, online retreats, and in-person sesshin (meditation intensives). This mix of training elements and the regularity of engagement that's possible online make for a powerful and thorough way for householders to deeply explore the buddhadharma.​

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Current students can log into the Vine of Obstacles Moodle here: Click