Getting Started at White Cloud Zen Center

Some Suggestions

• Contact White Cloud Zen Center and get more information on classes

• Get instructions from an experienced practitioner on how to sit in zazen (meditation)

• Try a few classes. Wear loose, comfortable clothing while attending class.

• Consider why you want to practice. Talk with the teacher, Rein Konpo, about your aspirations.

• Check out the library at the Center in Pocatello. Read a basic book on zen. See also suggested links on this website.

• Purchase meditation cushions for personal use

• Establish a daily meditation routine.

• Talk with others who practice at the Center.

• Consider attending a one-day retreat (Zazenkai)

• Consider starting koan study.