Nothing matters and everything must go
Yet love is having the heart touched
In the valleys of suffering.
~Chan Master John H Crook

We are evolving our offerings due to Covid. This retreat is now planned to be a three (partial) day meditation workshop online.

Join us for a 3-Day, 3-hours per day Virtual Meditation Workshop. The first day we will use language to explore nothingness, which creates a space and opportunity to directly experience Meditative Mind. Then the next two days we will describe and experience several different types of meditation practices. The basic structure of the workshop includes a description of the practice, practicing the practice, and then providing space to share insights and ask questions.

Zen Time means: “In Your Seat” with the video on - 5 minutes Early

Schedule

Monday
01:00 PM Welcome & Orientation
01:30 PM A taste of Wu – Meditative Mind
03:30 PM Experience and Questions
04:00 PM End

Tuesday
01:00 PM Preparing to learn meditation – Shamatha Instruction
01:30 PM Meditation - Placing the Mind and disciplining it to stay
02:00 PM Experience and Questions
02:30 PM Placing the mind on the field of experience – Vipassana instruction
03:00 PM Meditation Practice – Observing objects arising in the field of experience
03:30 PM Experience and Questions
04:00 PM End

Wednesday
01:00 PM Instructions – focusing attention and opening awareness
01:30 PM Meditation Practice – Unifying the field
02:00 PM Experience and Questions
02:30 PM Instructions – Just sitting
03:00 PM Meditation Practice – Shikantaza
03:30 PM Group Dokusan and Daisan – Experience and Questions
04:00 PM End