ZenistMonday – Sunday · 7 days
Aug 31 – Sep 06
Compassionate Ocean Sesshin
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community/Eitzen, MN, USA
Beginner Meditation Retreats
These retreats welcome newcomers and include instruction in meditation posture, technique, and retreat etiquette. Many are also open to experienced practitioners looking for a gentler pace.
August
202601 retreatSeptember
202621 retreatsFriday – Friday · 71 days
Sep 04 – Nov 13
Fall Art Practice Series – Returning to the Elements
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Friday – Sunday
04–06
Introduction to Zen Training Weekend
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Saturday
05
Vast Body, Many Parts: A Somatic Inquiry of Self-Energy
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center / Green Dragon Temple/Muir Beach, CA, USA
Tuesday – Tuesday · 78 days
Sep 08 – Nov 24
The Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts: Emergent Ethics of Radical Relationality
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center / Green Dragon Temple/Muir Beach, CA, USA
Thursday
10
Identity and Emptiness: A TGNC Discussion
with Ella Baker
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Friday – Sunday
11–13
Precepts II – Entering the Way of Compassion: The Practices of a Bodhisattva
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Saturday
12
Just Sit Saturday
Atlanta Soto Zen Center/Atlanta, GA, USA
Sunday – Sunday · 43 days
Sep 13 – Oct 25
B.R. Ambedkar and Navayāna Buddhism: Caste, Liberation, & Engaged Practice
with Santosh Raut
Brooklyn Zen Center/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Sunday
13
Doug Jacobson
with Doug Jacobson
Santa Barbara Zen Center/Santa Barbara, California 93102-1331, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
15–20
MZMC Retreat
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community/Eitzen, MN, USA
Wednesday
16
Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Wednesday – Sunday · 89 days
Sep 16 – Dec 13
Fall Ango: Liberating Response
Brooklyn Zen Center/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Wednesday – Sunday · 5 days
16–20
Fall Roshi Retreat at Watershed
Atlanta Soto Zen Center/Atlanta, GA, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
17–20
Oceans of Compassion: A Retreat In Service To The Earth
Great Vow Zen Monastery/Clatskanie, OR, USA
Saturday
19
Investigating Zen Practice: A One-Day Workshop
Great Vow Zen Monastery/Clatskanie, OR, USA
Sunday
20
Zazenkai w/ Guy Riina - Half-Day Sit
with Guy Riina
Monterey Bay Zen Center/4th Ave, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA, USA
Monday – Sunday · 7 days
21–27
One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—September
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Friday – Saturday
25–26
Zazenkai with Flint Sparks and Nate Smalley
with Flint Sparks
Appamada/Austin, TX, USA
Saturday
26
Half-Day Sit
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA