Salt Spring Zen Circle respectfully acknowledges that we live and practice on the unceded, ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish peoples.

Eihei Peter Levitt – Founder and Guiding Teacher (Photo by Stasia Garraway)

The Salt Spring Zen Circle was founded in 2001 by honored  Zen teacher Eihei Peter Levitt. We wish to express our most heartfelt appreciation and gratitude for the continuous practice and immeasurable efforts of the entire sangha, near and far, past and present, seen and unseen; for the warmth, care, consideration, and understanding of our teacher; and for the compassionate Buddhist teachings which inspire our practice, our understanding and our lives, moment by moment, year after year.

We also would like to express our gratitude for their support, kindness, and great-hearted wisdom over the years to Kazuaki Tanahashi, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, and Roshi Egyoku Nakao. With utmost sincerity, may the merit of our practice benefit all beings in all worlds throughout space and time, so that we, with all beings, realize the Buddha way together.