| Providence Zen Center | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Kwan Um School of Zen |
| Location | |
| Location | 99 Pound Road Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864 |
| Country | United States |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Seungsahn |
| Completed | 1972 |
| Website | |
| www.providencezen.org/ | |
Providence Zen Center (PZC) is the Head Temple of the Americas for the Kwan Um School of Zen (KUSZ) and the first Zen center established by Seungsahn in the United States in October 1972. The PZC offers residential training where students and teachers live together under one roof, which was one of the hallmarks of Seung Sahn's philosophy concerning Zen practice in his organization. Practice at the center, and at Diamond Hill Zen Monastery, which shares the PZC property, includes sitting meditation, prostrations, and chanting.
The Providence Zen Center was originally located in Providence, Rhode Island, but in 1979 the center relocated to its current 50-acre site in Cumberland. One of the center's centerpiece landmarks is the Peace Pagoda, a towering 65-foot (20 m) high pagoda located at the front of the center grounds.[1] PZC also serves as the U.S. headquarters for the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism.
- ^ McGonigle