Online Retreat

This one-day Chan retreat aims to deepen your meditation practice. This retreat includes 30-minute sitting meditation periods, and will end with an opportunity for Q&A. The One Day Retreat is held In-Person and Online — ​One Day Retreat Schedule 9:00AM – 9:30AM Introduction 9:30AM – 12:00PM Alternate 30-minute sitting/walking meditations 12:00PM – 12:40PM Lunch Break […]

In the Chan tradition, there are two main approaches to awakening: the method of silent illumination (mòzhào) and investigating a critical phrase (huàtóu). The former is a settling method of serene reflection on the nature of awareness; the latter is an explosive approach that aims to concentrate and shatter all mental states so awakening manifests. […]