The Serene Reflection Meditation School embodies:

1. The practice of meditation (zazen).
2. Keeping the moral precepts of Buddhism, both in service to others and in keeping faith with oneself.
3. The teaching that all beings have Buddha Nature. All are fundamentally pure; but out of ignorance we create suffering, thereby obscuring our real nature.
4. Awakening the heart of compassion and expressing it through selfless activity.