Lake Superior Zendo is organized as a Soto Zen Buddhist Temple in the lineage of Dainin Katagiri-Roshi, a Japanese  Zen master who founded the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.  Our purpose is to support, encourage, and facilitate the practice of Soto Zen Buddhism in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  The Temple’s spiritual, charitable, and educational activities are offered to support our mission of enabling all beings to awaken to their true nature.  It is Lake Superior Zendo’s further intent that Temple affairs and activities be conducted in a spirit of peace and harmony in order to benefit all beings throughout space and time.  To these ends, we  maintain  a daily  schedule of zazen (meditation), chanting services, and  periodic  sesshins  (intensive meditation retreats).  We also offer outreach activities at Northern Michigan University, through Presque Isle Zen Community, and we participate in a variety of interfaith and environmentalist activities.

        Lake Superior Zendo was founded in 1990.  For many years we sat in member homes, and in 2002 we purchased our present property, a small farm house in north Marquette.   We have two ordained priests, Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg, Head Priest, and Rev. Ichiryu John Moran, Resident Priest.  Tesshin and Ichiryu are senior students of Rev. Shoken Winecoff, a dharma heir of Dainin Katagiri and now Abbot of Ryumonji Zen Monastery, Dorchester, Iowa.  Lake Superior Zendo maintains an informal relationship with Ryumonji.

    We e-mail a weekly practice schedule to members and friends; a typical week's activities is as follows:  

Monday 

    7:00 - 8:00 pm    Evening Zazen 

Tuesday 

    5:10 - 6:50 am   Zazen & Morning Service

Wednesday

    5:10 - 6:50 am   Zazen & Morning Service

     7:00 - 8:00 pm    Evening Zazen 

Thursday

     5:10 - 6:50 am   Zazen & Morning Service

Friday

    5:10 - 6:50 am   Zazen & Morning Service

    7:00 - 8:00 pm  NMU Presque Isle Zen Community - Evening Zazen & Dharma Talk

Saturday

    7:40 am   Zazen

     8:20         Kinhin (walking meditation)

     8:30         Zazen

     9:10         Morning Service

     9:25         Cleaning

     9:45         Coffee/Tea

    11:15        Children's Dharma School  

Sunday

     8:15 am    Zazen instruction (by appointment)

     9:00          Zazen

    9:40           Morning Service

    10:00         Dharma Talk

    The only requirement for joining us is receiving zazen instruction, which we offer on Sunday mornings approximately monthly.    After zazen instruction, you are welcome to join us in any portion of any day's activities.  

    For futher information, please contact Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg at plehmber@nmu.edu