RETREATS
In addition to our weekly schedule we offer monthly Zazenkais, or One-Day Retreats, and 2-3 longer retreats called Sesshins, typically in April and December.
Retreats are held at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, 525B River Road, Deerfield MA, and on zoom unless otherwise noted.
Our retreats and special events are supported though fees and donations payable on PayPal, or at the event, or by check mailed to PO Box 247 Montague, MA 01351. We offer financial support and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. Please speak to the registrar if you would like financial leeway to attend a program. Contact Dantika to register: [email protected] or by phone: 413-588-8053.
ONE-DAY RETREATS
Led by GRZC teachers on the last Saturdays of the month, 9:00am - 5:00pm.
Fee: $25 except where noted below. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Join us for a day of meditation, a dharma talk, opportunity for face-to-face/private study with the teacher, and a final circle. Payable on site or by PayPal. Please bring a sack lunch. At Windhorse, coffee, tea and snacks will be provided. Pre-register by 5pm three days prior to receive the full schedule and Zoom link: email: [email protected]
May 31, led by Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber A DAY IN THE PARK: One-Day Bearing Witness Retreat in Great Falls, Montague, MA: Join Shunryo for a day of Bearing Witness and Responding outdoors, weather permitting. Practice walking meditation and The Way of Council with the 3 Tenets of Zen Peacemakers: Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Kind-Hearted Response. Introduction to zen meditation and to The Way of Council. Two self-directed walking meditations with gatherings at Unity Park & Peskeumpskut Park. Meet at the far lot of Unity Park away from Main St. Bring a sack lunch. By donation.
June 28, Bodhidharma Retreat: wall-sitting, no teacher, no talk, no fee
July 26, led by Sensei Tom Daijo Redden
FAMILY DAY - ALL WELCOME
Saturday, July 12 8:30 - 10:00. We invite the sangha to bring family and friends to the Zendo to see what it's all about! We will have a shortened period of meditation followed by conversation and introduction to our practice. Children are welcome and celebrated!
STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP 3: DESIGN
Saturday, June 21, 10:30-2:30 RSVP: [email protected]
at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center and on Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89145865057)
You shouldn't chase after the past or place expectations on the future. What is past is left behind.
The future is as yet unreached. Whatever quality is present you clearly see right there, right there.
(Buddha, from Bhaddekaratta Sutta in Thanissaro’s translation)
All are welcome to join this third, free workshop in a year-long strategic planning process for Green River Zen Center. All voices and perspectives are valued as we explore the environment where our vitality lives, and how we nurture that environment in our future. Potluck!
FAMILY DAY: ALL WELCOME July 12, 8:30 - 10:00 am at Windhorse Hill Retreat Bring family and friends to the Zendo on Saturday to see what it's all about! Explore the sights and sounds of this wonderfully weird expression of oneness. Informal and fun. All welcome, diversity encouraged.
PRACTICES & SERVICES ROTATED THROUGH OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE
COUNCIL
Green River Zen Center does a monthly council practice on the last Tuesday of every month. It will take place this season on May 27, June 24, July 29. Council is a circle practice of listening and speaking from the heart. Its foundation is consonant with the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers: Not-knowing, bearing witness, and loving action.
GATE OF SWEET NECTAR
Green River Zen Center chants the Gate of Sweet Nectar, the Zen Peacemakers’ liturgy to feed all the hungry ghosts on Saturdays at 9:40 am following meditation. This season the Gate will be chanted on May 3 (cook's style) and July 19.
RENEWAL OF VOWS CEREMONY
A ceremony renewing our vows to the Precepts will take place on Saturdays, May 10 and July 12, after Zazen. All are invited to participate, regardless of whether you have formally received the precepts in Jukai.
REFLECTION ON PRECEPTS
A guided reflection on how we as individuals are observing the precepts will take place on Tuesday, June 10, after Zazen.
In addition to our weekly schedule we offer monthly Zazenkais, or One-Day Retreats, and 2-3 longer retreats called Sesshins, typically in April and December.
Retreats are held at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, 525B River Road, Deerfield MA, and on zoom unless otherwise noted.
Our retreats and special events are supported though fees and donations payable on PayPal, or at the event, or by check mailed to PO Box 247 Montague, MA 01351. We offer financial support and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. Please speak to the registrar if you would like financial leeway to attend a program. Contact Dantika to register: [email protected] or by phone: 413-588-8053.
ONE-DAY RETREATS
Led by GRZC teachers on the last Saturdays of the month, 9:00am - 5:00pm.
Fee: $25 except where noted below. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Join us for a day of meditation, a dharma talk, opportunity for face-to-face/private study with the teacher, and a final circle. Payable on site or by PayPal. Please bring a sack lunch. At Windhorse, coffee, tea and snacks will be provided. Pre-register by 5pm three days prior to receive the full schedule and Zoom link: email: [email protected]
May 31, led by Sensei Suzanne Shunryo Webber A DAY IN THE PARK: One-Day Bearing Witness Retreat in Great Falls, Montague, MA: Join Shunryo for a day of Bearing Witness and Responding outdoors, weather permitting. Practice walking meditation and The Way of Council with the 3 Tenets of Zen Peacemakers: Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Kind-Hearted Response. Introduction to zen meditation and to The Way of Council. Two self-directed walking meditations with gatherings at Unity Park & Peskeumpskut Park. Meet at the far lot of Unity Park away from Main St. Bring a sack lunch. By donation.
June 28, Bodhidharma Retreat: wall-sitting, no teacher, no talk, no fee
July 26, led by Sensei Tom Daijo Redden
FAMILY DAY - ALL WELCOME
Saturday, July 12 8:30 - 10:00. We invite the sangha to bring family and friends to the Zendo to see what it's all about! We will have a shortened period of meditation followed by conversation and introduction to our practice. Children are welcome and celebrated!
STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP 3: DESIGN
Saturday, June 21, 10:30-2:30 RSVP: [email protected]
at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center and on Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89145865057)
You shouldn't chase after the past or place expectations on the future. What is past is left behind.
The future is as yet unreached. Whatever quality is present you clearly see right there, right there.
(Buddha, from Bhaddekaratta Sutta in Thanissaro’s translation)
All are welcome to join this third, free workshop in a year-long strategic planning process for Green River Zen Center. All voices and perspectives are valued as we explore the environment where our vitality lives, and how we nurture that environment in our future. Potluck!
FAMILY DAY: ALL WELCOME July 12, 8:30 - 10:00 am at Windhorse Hill Retreat Bring family and friends to the Zendo on Saturday to see what it's all about! Explore the sights and sounds of this wonderfully weird expression of oneness. Informal and fun. All welcome, diversity encouraged.
PRACTICES & SERVICES ROTATED THROUGH OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE
COUNCIL
Green River Zen Center does a monthly council practice on the last Tuesday of every month. It will take place this season on May 27, June 24, July 29. Council is a circle practice of listening and speaking from the heart. Its foundation is consonant with the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers: Not-knowing, bearing witness, and loving action.
GATE OF SWEET NECTAR
Green River Zen Center chants the Gate of Sweet Nectar, the Zen Peacemakers’ liturgy to feed all the hungry ghosts on Saturdays at 9:40 am following meditation. This season the Gate will be chanted on May 3 (cook's style) and July 19.
RENEWAL OF VOWS CEREMONY
A ceremony renewing our vows to the Precepts will take place on Saturdays, May 10 and July 12, after Zazen. All are invited to participate, regardless of whether you have formally received the precepts in Jukai.
REFLECTION ON PRECEPTS
A guided reflection on how we as individuals are observing the precepts will take place on Tuesday, June 10, after Zazen.
MEMBERSHIP IN GREEN RIVER ZEN CENTER
Do you consider yourself part of the sangha? If so, please consider becoming a member and making monthly financial commitments to help support basic operations at the Zendo. You may also do service in lieu of some of the membership fee.
As a member, you will receive reductions in retreat prices. Most important, you will be supporting the flowering of the sangha’s practice.
For more information, please see Membership Program, or contact Lily Perkins: [email protected]
Do you consider yourself part of the sangha? If so, please consider becoming a member and making monthly financial commitments to help support basic operations at the Zendo. You may also do service in lieu of some of the membership fee.
As a member, you will receive reductions in retreat prices. Most important, you will be supporting the flowering of the sangha’s practice.
For more information, please see Membership Program, or contact Lily Perkins: [email protected]