We offer short term and long term residency.  The Zen Center is set across 3 buildings & 3 city lots, with a 3 story historic home (Residency) adjacent & connected to a 5000 sf commercial building (Zen Center), which share gardens, green roofs, and an adjoining corridor.  The Residency is a clean, lovely, spacious home with 4 single bedrooms, & a 3rd floor loft apartment.  The 4 bedrooms are on the 2nd floor, and share 2 full bathrooms, a kitchen with many amenities (vegetarian only), a living room, dining room, front porch & garden.  Two cats live on site; no additional animals are permitted.  The residency is open year round.

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The loft apartment is on the 3rd floor.  It is an exquisite space with antique wood floors, high ceilings, abundant light, a queen bed & full sized futon, desk, seating, full bathroom (shower) & kitchenette.  It also has a private balcony that overlooks and accesses the green roof & its walking paths.  Four 3-foot sliding glass windows and balcony doors offer sweeping views, breeze and light.  The loft is a world away. 

Rooms 1-3 are clean, cozy, simply appointed rooms, each with a bed, desk, bureau, chair, window & closet.  Room 4 overlooks the green roof through large sliding glass windows, and is about double the size of a single bedroom.   

The Zen Center building is a large hall, with a main floor meditation hall, 2 guest rooms, and a lower level cafe & commercial kitchen.  Resident monks live there.  Guest students may use a guest room in the meditation hall and join the daily schedule of practice, meals & work projects, by donation. Please make arrangements with the Director.  The neighborhood is walkable, eclectic, safe & very diverse. You can reserve a room as a Zen Stay guest (short term) through Airbnb, or by sending an email.  Long term resident inquiries should email the Director:  info@detroitzencenter.org, or call the office:  313.366.7738 Some photos of the spaces can be viewed below.

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