Retreat Reports: Western Zen Retreat

We publish selections from retreat reports written after Western Chan Fellowship retreats, to illustrate the range of experiences people go through as they investigate themselves in silent meditation. These reports are printed anonymously and may be lightly edited.

Immeasurable Sweetness

Calligraphy for the character Chan

Pale light after dawn
Low clouds scudding over green fields
Weathervane - SSW

Nine cars
In the yard
Tathagatas

Welsh hills in June
Misty rain
Wet…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 1998 , Chan Retreat Reports , Anon

What has Happened to the Entity that was Me?

Calligraphy for the character Chan

This was my first retreat of any kind and it was very difficult to start with the rigorous Chan approach. However, I felt very privileged to be…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 1998 , Chan Retreat Reports , Anon

Learning to be a Zen Cook

Pam Butler

Driving home from the January Mahamudra retreat I thought obsessively about taking up the opportunity to cook. Finally, decided to drop it, not think…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 1998 , Other Retreat Reports , Highlighted , Anon

Going On Into The Snow Alone

Calligraphy for the character Chan

The opening words of the retreat "Where the path stops, you go on into the snow alone" have an enormously powerful effect on me and the combination of…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 1998 , Western Zen Retreat Reports , Anon

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