ZenistFriday – Sunday
Oct 30 – Nov 01
Introduction to Zen Training Weekend
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
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The Retreats Desk·October 26
The Long Middle
The rains retreat closes on the Hunter's moon while the Zen practice periods settle into their undramatic middle — and a half-day check-in names that stretch out loud.
The Hunter's moon came full early Monday morning, the second of autumn, and with it the close of the Theravada rains retreat. Pavāraṇā is the day monastics turn to one another and invite correction — *speak what you have seen in me, say what has arisen in your heart.* Three months of settled practice end not with a verdict but with an invitation to be seen. The Kathina robe-offering season opens in its wake, house by house, one per year.
October
202604 retreatsFriday – Sunday
Oct 30 – Nov 01
Three-Day Sesshin
with Sarah Dōjin Emerson
Brooklyn Zen Center/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Saturday
31
Half Day Zazen Retreat & Ango Check-in
with Jogen Sensei
Great Vow Zen Monastery/Clatskanie, OR, USA
Saturday
Oct 31
One-Day Meditation Retreat at Kannon Do led by Norman
with Zoketsu Norman Fischer
Everyday Zen Foundation/Oakland, CA, USA
November
202626 retreatsSunday
01
Love and Power: Responding to Fear
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center / Green Dragon Temple/Muir Beach, CA, USA
Sunday
01
Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
05–08
Ango Intensive – Buddha Nature: Revealing the Jewel Within
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
05–08
Ango Intensive – Fall
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Thursday – Saturday
05–07
City Refuge Retreat
Great Vow Zen Monastery/Clatskanie, OR, USA
Friday – Sunday
06–08
Online Ango Intensive: Buddha Nature – Revealing the Jewel Within
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Sunday
08
Writing to Study the Self with Farnoosh Fathi
with Farnoosh Fathi
Brooklyn Zen Center/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Monday – Sunday · 7 days
09–15
November Sesshin – Gratitude
Great Vow Zen Monastery/Clatskanie, OR, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
10–15
True Refuge Week: Self-Directed Intensive Practice for MRO Students
with MRO Teachers and Senior Staff
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Wednesday
11
Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
12–15
Practicing the Ways Retreat
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community/Eitzen, MN, USA
Friday – Sunday
13–15
Belonging, Healing, Liberation: BIAPOC Community Retreat for Black, Indigenous, Asian, and People of Color
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Friday – Saturday
13–14
Doing The Work of Byron Katie
Great Vow Zen Monastery/Clatskanie, OR, USA
Saturday
14
Just Sit Saturday@ASZC
Atlanta Soto Zen Center/Atlanta, GA, USA
Sunday
15
Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Sunday
15
Zazenkai - Half-Day Sit
Monterey Bay Zen Center/4th Ave, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA, USA