Clouds in Water is one translation for Mni Sota Makoce (Minnesota) and can be used as a kind of koan to consider impermanence, our practice in reflecting what is, and the interbeing of all things.
Clouds in Water Zen Center follows in the lineage of Dainin Katagiri Roshi, a Soto Zen monk who came to this country from Japan in the early 1960s. He worked with Shunryu Suzuki Roshi for ten years at San Francisco Zen Center and came to Minnesota in 1972 to found the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center. We practice in the Soto Zen lineage.
As we move into the next season of our work as a sanctuary in the heart of the Twin Cities, Clouds is committed to being a thought leader in accessible, inclusive, and justice-oriented Zen practice as we walk the Bodhisattva path deeper into the twenty-first century.