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It is two years since we restarted residential retreats following the ending of pandemic restrictions, and we are noticing that retreat booking numbers are lower than pre-pandemic. Clearly one factor may be…

A talk by Jake Lyne on ecodharma, now available on youTube

This 23 minute talk opens with a quote from William Shatner of Star Trek fame, the oldest person to go into space, who was profoundly shocked by the contrast between the beauty of earth from space and his understanding that life is in peril from climate change and loss of biodiversity.

Using video clips to illustrate the talk, Jake…

Newsletter 50 is now published and includes various items.

• Extra retreat dates
• A survey on your preferences for retreats
• Information on the free online course Introduction to Meditation, Buddhism and Chan
• A YouTube video of a talk by Jake Lyne - Compassion in Crisis: Buddhist Skilful Means for Environmental Action
• and more

Western Chan Fellowship is rerunning the free online course, ‘Introduction to Meditation, Buddhism and Chan’. This consists of four weekly online 90-minute sessions led by two experienced Western Chan Fellowship group leaders, David Valentine-Hagart and Guy Roberts. It is geared towards newcomers to the WCF, but those already engaged with the WCF and interested in finding out more about the…

New Chan Forum issues 65 and 66 are now available from the New Chan Forum archive

Newsletter 49 is now published and includes our retreat programme right through to January 2025.