Date: May 13 Sunday, 9:30 am ~ 2:30 pm

• 9:30 am ~ 10:30 am Chanting & Bathing the Buddha Ceremony

•11:00 am ~ 12:00 pm
Special Dharma Talk: Be at Peace and Free from All Troubles ~ by Ven. Guo Yuan

•12:00 pm ~ 2:30 pm Lunch Gathering

•Please click HEREfor event details.

Venue: Chan Meditation Center 91-26 Corona Ave. Elmhurst NY 11373

Learn to become a bodhisattva!
This is a path to Buddhahood for the laity!

The purpose of taking the Bodhisattva Precepts is learning to acquire the spirt of bodhisattvas:
To cease all wrong-doing,

To protect all that's wholesome/benevolent,

To benefit all sentient beings

Time: May 26 – June 3, 2018

Led by: Simon Child & Rebecca Li

Begins: Saturday, May 26 – check in 4:00-6:00 pm
Ends: Sunday, June 3 – 2:00 pm
Fee: $585
Openings: Registration opens in February
Deadline: May 22

How Should One Approach Daily Meditation Practice?

“You know you want to benefit from daily practice, but you don’t know how to go about doing it.
First, you should have a proper mental attitude towards practice. Second, you should use a method.” – Excerpt from Zen Wisdom by Chan Master Sheng Yen



Date: May 4-6, 2018

Led by: Abbot Guo Yuan

Begins:
Friday, May 4, check in 4:00-6:00 pm

Ends:
Sunday, May 6, 4:00 pm

Fee: $190

Openings: Register Now

Deadline: May 1

Begins: Friday, April 6, check in 4-6 pm

Ends: Sunday, April 8, 4 pm
Fee: $220
Openings: Register HERE
Deadline: April 3

The Vimalakirti Sutra is the one of the most profound and insightful sutras
that expounds how lay practitioners can cultivate the Bodhisattva Path. In
this lecture, Guo Gu will talk about the core teaching and its application in
our daily life.

Guest speaker: Guo Gu (Dr. Jimmy Yu)
Founder of Tallahassee Chan Center
Associate Professor at Florida State University

An opportunity for serious practitioners to sustain practice and receive guidance from meditation teachers. This retreat is open to people who have taken Beginners’ Meditation Class or already have an established meditation practice.

Time: Mar 31 (Sat) 9:00 am ~ 5:00 pm
Fee: Free (Donation is welcome) Led by Harry Miller

Please call CMC at 718-592-6593 or registration Online.

Date:
Saturday, Mar 10, 2018 5:30 pm ~ Saturday, Mar 17, 2018 10:00 am



"intensive retreat">More info and registration

Although the methods of meditation are simple and straightforward, it is best to practice them under the guidance of a teacher. Without a teacher, a meditator will not be able to correct beginner’s mistakes, which if uncorrected, could lead to problems or lack of useful results.

In our weekend meditation class, you will learn the fundamentals of sitting meditation, including proper bodily posture (sitting on a cushion or a chair), relaxation, and basic methods of concentration. In addition, you’ll learn about the proper environment, equipment, and timing, as well as self-massage and important concepts related to the process of meditation. Explanations about various experiences and obstacles in meditation will also be given.

The format of the class allows you to immerse yourself in the training, over two nights and two days. Your grasp of the methods will improve with each sitting, reinforced by group practice with like-minded students. You will return home motivated and equipped to cultivate your personal daily practice.


Time: March 2-4, 2018
Led by: Abbot Guo Yuan

Begins:Friday, March 2
check in 4:00-6:00 pm

Ends:Sunday, March 4 4:00 pm

Fee:$190

Openings:Register Now

Deadline: February 27

Time: 2018/2/5-10
7:00pm Saturday 10th February to
2:30pm Thursday 15th February 2018

Led by: Simon Child

Venue: Maenllwyd Retreat Centre, Wales, UK



Who am I? Thoroughly confronting this question can take us directly to the centre of our being. Over the course of this five-day retreat you will investigate the question "Who am I?" within a standard retreat framework, using silent meditation in conjunction with a unique method of verbal inquiry. This format allows you to use words to go beyond words and thereby enter the main gate of Chan.

The intensive nature of this process of inquiry drives each practitioner into a self-presentation that is difficult to experience in other ways. To guide and support you, personal interviews with the teachers are offered regularly throughout the retreat. With whole-hearted engagement this retreat may lead to the acceptance of self, the experience of "self at ease," and may even provide an opportunity for direct insight into the ground of being.

Open equally to beginners and established meditators.

More information of Western Chan Retreat in UK