Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
The Minnesota Zen Meditation Center is an urban, non-residential, Sōtō Zen practice community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since 2019, MZMC has been led by two co-guiding Dharma teachers, Tim Burkett and Ted O'Toole.Photo: SusanLesch, CC0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Also known as: “Minnesota Zen Center”
- Address: 3343 East Bde Maka Ska Parkway, 55408
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Walker Library and Seven Points.
Walker Library
Library
Photo: Elkman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Walker Library is a public library in the East Isles neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It is on Hennepin Avenue one block north of Lake Street, adjoining the Midtown Greenway. Walker Library is situated 3,000 feet northeast of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.
Seven Points
Shopping center
Seven Points is an indoor shopping mall opened on February 15, 1984, at the southeast corner of Hennepin Avenue and West Lake Street, the main intersection of the Uptown district of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seven Points is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.
Uptown Theater
Theater building
Photo: RxS, Public domain.
The Uptown Theatre is one of the oldest surviving theaters in the Twin Cities area. It was in active use from 1916 to 2020. The theater reopened on June 10, 2023 as a music and event venue. Uptown Theater is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Bde Maka Ska and South Uptown.
East Bde Maka Ska
Neighborhood
East Bde Maka Ska is a neighborhood within the Bde Maka Ska-Isles community in the U.S. city of Minneapolis. It was known as East Calhoun prior to August 2021.
South Uptown
Neighborhood
South Uptown is a residential neighborhood in the Bde Maka Ska-Isles community of Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2018, the neighborhood voted to change its name to South Uptown from its former name, Calhoun Area Residents' Action Group after its namesake, the former Lake Calhoun, was renamed to Bde Maka Ska.
West Maka Ska
Neighborhood
West Maka Ska, formerly known as West Calhoun, is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of Minneapolis. The neighborhood was generally rural with a couple grain silos along the railroad track heading into Downtown Minneapolis until about the 1910s.
Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.94189° or 44° 56′ 31″ northLongitude
-93.30322° or 93° 18′ 12″ westElevation
869 feet (265 metres)Open location code
86P8WMRW+QPOpenStreetMap ID
way 89263288OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
7214280Wikidata ID
Q6868647
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Minnesota Zen Meditation Center” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “明尼蘇達禪修中心”
- Japanese: “ミネソタ禅センター”
- Japanese: “ミネソタ禅瞑想センター”
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