Integral Zen Center

Bringing love to suffering

Integral Zen is a branch community of Hollow Bones Zen, a Rinzai Order founded by Abbott JunPo Kando Denis Kelly, Roshi.  Integral Zen is located in Denver, Colorado.  We are currently serving a local population of about 100 individuals who have attended at least one seven day Hollow Bones Zen Retreat.  We are affiliated with several other organizations including the ManKind Project™ and Woman Within. Both are international organizations with about 1,000 members in Colorado.  We currently interact with and provide services, trainings, workshops and retreats open to both groups as well as the general public.  We are aligned with and support the Boulder Center for Integral Living; and we support the work and  the groups of Ken Wilber including: The Integral Spiritual Center; Integral Institute; and Integral University. 

We have opened a Zendo inside the Baha'i Temple in Central Denver.  We also utilize space and work in churches, hospitals, martial arts schools and other organizations that open their doors to us. 

It is our intention to raise funds in order to buy a property for a Temple and City Center where we can hold traditional Zen ceremonies: morning, evening, Sunday services, weddings and funerals; with adjacent facilities for administrative offices, fundraising activities, working space, living space and community service projects.  These projects will provide us with the opportunity to build a vibrant community and fulfill our mission.  The specific target populations we are serving are: Homeless; Youth at risk; Elderly; Prisoners; Hospice and those who’s lives have been changed by a brush with death and dying; as well as, those in the general population afflicted with the malaise of half heartedness and lack of purpose in life.  It is through community service that we extend our spiritual practice from the meditation hall into the world.  We deepen our personal practice of awakening love by ending suffering both within ourselves and those whom we serve in the community.