Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, Zen center on Sonoma Mountain, Santa Rosa, United States

Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, also called Genjoji, is a Soto Zen practice center on 80 acres (30 ha) in the mountains of Sonoma County near Santa Rosa. The road to it dips, bends and passes through a small redwood grove whose canopy blocks the light before the center comes into view. It houses residential training, Saturday Community and group retreats.

Jakusho Kwong and Laura Kwong founded the center in 1973 to carry forward the teachings of Shunryu Suzuki in Northern California. This establishment was part of a broader effort to root Buddhist practice in the Western world.

The center's temple name is Genjoji, and it follows the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. Practice includes residential training, Saturday Community gatherings and group retreats, plus a regimen for non-resident members from the surrounding area. The center sustains itself through member donations, its Zen Dust bookstore and room rentals.

The center is reached by a road that dips, bends and passes through a grove of redwoods near the top of the mountain. It offers residential training, Saturday Community gatherings and group retreats, plus a practice regimen for non-residents. Rooms can be rented, and the center sustains itself through member donations and its Zen Dust bookstore.

The center's Japanese name is Genjoji. It grew out of a small "put away zendo" that Jakusho Kwong and Laura Kwong ran in a Mill Valley neighborhood hall, where mats, cushions and the altar were packed away each morning so the room could serve other uses. Kwong's classes at Sonoma State University led to the move north in 1973.