All events at 4 Montague Road, Leverett, unless otherwise noted. Dixon House behind Leverett Congregational Church
FEE-BASED EVENTS (Registration required: dantikapm@gmail.com or 413-588-8053)
ONE-DAY RETREATS
Sunday, June 23, 10:00-4:00, led by Roshis Eve Marko and Fleet Maull
Meditation, talks, and private study. At Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, 595 River Road, Deerfield, MA
Fee: $25. Dana will be asked on behalf of the teachers.
Saturday, July 27, 9:00-3:00, led by Roshi Eve
Meditation, talk, and private study. At the Dixon House, 4 Montague Road, Leverett, MA
Please bring a sack lunch. Coffee, tea and snacks available. Fee: $25/$35
Donations will be requested on behalf of the teacher.
SUMMER SESSHIN
led by Roshis Eve Marko and Fleet Maull at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, Deerfield
Begins with dinner on Wednesday, August 21 @ 6pm and ends at noon on Sunday, August 25.
Sesshin includes zazen, service, face-to-face (optional personal practice meetings with a Roshi), and dharma talks.
Schedule Thursday- Sunday:
Day begins with sitting at 7 am
Coffee, tea and light breakfast at 8am.
Lunch & DInner
Day ends at 9 pm (noon on Sunday).
Retreat Fee:
Cost: $225, which includes meals (breakfast, lunch and light dinner), but not housing (see below for housing options).
Please register early!
ATTEND as many days as you like: one, two, three, etc or all! The cost per day is $65.
Dana: Teachers (Heart) Gift:
The retreat fee above only covers the cost of meals and facilities. Please plan on making a generous dana offering to support our teachers.
We encourage participants needing support to engage in their own fundraising efforts through the traditional Zen Peacemaker practice of “raising a mala” practice.
Lodging:
Accommodations are not covered in the suggested retreat fee donation. A limited number of participants (on a personal request basis) may be able to sleep in the Dojo for a cost of $25 per night. There may also be one or two double occupancy rooms available at a cost of $65 per night per person (available on a first come, first served basis and requiring a 50% deposit). For housing at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, please contact Melissa: melissa@prisonmindfulness.org
Local housing options, within 15 minutes of Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, include numerous Airbnb options in Deerfield, Sunderland and Greenfield, the Red Roof Inn Plus motel, the Hampton Inn, and various local B&B’s.
Click the link to register for the Summer Sesshin: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-sesshin-with-roshis-eve-marko-and-fleet-maull-tickets-61892930421
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FREE EVENTS, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED (donation appreciated):
PUBLIC FACE-TO-FACE
Informal discussions of issues relating to practice and life, with Elder John Kealy, will take place on Tuesdays, May 14 and July 9. Bring your questions; leave home your answers.
BEGINNERS MIND
Saturday, June 15, 8:30 am-10:00 am
Meditation will begin with basic instruction, followed by a reading of Eihei Dogen’s Fukanzazengiand discussion/Q&A of meditation practice and daily life. Led by Roshi Eve.
GATE OF SWEET NECTAR
Green River Zen Center usually chants the Gate of Sweet Nectar, the Zen Peacemakers’ liturgy feeding all the hungry ghosts, each month on Saturdays at 9:30 am following meditation. May 18, June 8, July 20.
COUNCIL PRACTICE
Green River Zen Center does a monthly council practice on the last Tuesday of every month. It will take place this winter on Tuesdays, May 28, June 25, July 30. 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.
RENEWAL OF VOWS CEREMONY
A ceremony renewing our vows to the Precepts will take place on or close to the full moon on Tuesday, June 11.
REFLECTION ON PRECEPTS
A Reflection on the Zen Peacemakers Precepts, through a circle discussion of a particular precept, will take place on Saturdays, May 11 and July 13, at 9:00 am following meditation.
FEE-BASED EVENTS (Registration required: dantikapm@gmail.com or 413-588-8053)
ONE-DAY RETREATS
Sunday, June 23, 10:00-4:00, led by Roshis Eve Marko and Fleet Maull
Meditation, talks, and private study. At Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, 595 River Road, Deerfield, MA
Fee: $25. Dana will be asked on behalf of the teachers.
Saturday, July 27, 9:00-3:00, led by Roshi Eve
Meditation, talk, and private study. At the Dixon House, 4 Montague Road, Leverett, MA
Please bring a sack lunch. Coffee, tea and snacks available. Fee: $25/$35
Donations will be requested on behalf of the teacher.
SUMMER SESSHIN
led by Roshis Eve Marko and Fleet Maull at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, Deerfield
Begins with dinner on Wednesday, August 21 @ 6pm and ends at noon on Sunday, August 25.
Sesshin includes zazen, service, face-to-face (optional personal practice meetings with a Roshi), and dharma talks.
Schedule Thursday- Sunday:
Day begins with sitting at 7 am
Coffee, tea and light breakfast at 8am.
Lunch & DInner
Day ends at 9 pm (noon on Sunday).
Retreat Fee:
Cost: $225, which includes meals (breakfast, lunch and light dinner), but not housing (see below for housing options).
Please register early!
ATTEND as many days as you like: one, two, three, etc or all! The cost per day is $65.
Dana: Teachers (Heart) Gift:
The retreat fee above only covers the cost of meals and facilities. Please plan on making a generous dana offering to support our teachers.
We encourage participants needing support to engage in their own fundraising efforts through the traditional Zen Peacemaker practice of “raising a mala” practice.
Lodging:
Accommodations are not covered in the suggested retreat fee donation. A limited number of participants (on a personal request basis) may be able to sleep in the Dojo for a cost of $25 per night. There may also be one or two double occupancy rooms available at a cost of $65 per night per person (available on a first come, first served basis and requiring a 50% deposit). For housing at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, please contact Melissa: melissa@prisonmindfulness.org
Local housing options, within 15 minutes of Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, include numerous Airbnb options in Deerfield, Sunderland and Greenfield, the Red Roof Inn Plus motel, the Hampton Inn, and various local B&B’s.
Click the link to register for the Summer Sesshin: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-sesshin-with-roshis-eve-marko-and-fleet-maull-tickets-61892930421
_________________________________________________________________________
FREE EVENTS, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED (donation appreciated):
PUBLIC FACE-TO-FACE
Informal discussions of issues relating to practice and life, with Elder John Kealy, will take place on Tuesdays, May 14 and July 9. Bring your questions; leave home your answers.
BEGINNERS MIND
Saturday, June 15, 8:30 am-10:00 am
Meditation will begin with basic instruction, followed by a reading of Eihei Dogen’s Fukanzazengiand discussion/Q&A of meditation practice and daily life. Led by Roshi Eve.
GATE OF SWEET NECTAR
Green River Zen Center usually chants the Gate of Sweet Nectar, the Zen Peacemakers’ liturgy feeding all the hungry ghosts, each month on Saturdays at 9:30 am following meditation. May 18, June 8, July 20.
COUNCIL PRACTICE
Green River Zen Center does a monthly council practice on the last Tuesday of every month. It will take place this winter on Tuesdays, May 28, June 25, July 30. 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.
RENEWAL OF VOWS CEREMONY
A ceremony renewing our vows to the Precepts will take place on or close to the full moon on Tuesday, June 11.
REFLECTION ON PRECEPTS
A Reflection on the Zen Peacemakers Precepts, through a circle discussion of a particular precept, will take place on Saturdays, May 11 and July 13, at 9:00 am following meditation.
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 can 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: Dantika Petriana Monize at dantikapm@gmail.com
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 can 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: Dantika Petriana Monize at dantikapm@gmail.com