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On this page you find a description of our 2009
Zen programs.
For an overview of dates
and prices, please click here.
Ango (Practice Period)
Each year
from January 15 through April 15 Crestone Mountain
Zen Center is closed to the public for our annual
ninety-day Winter Practice Period. If you are
interested in the Practice Period, please contact
Abbot Zentatsu Baker-roshi.
Sesshins
with Zentatsu Baker-roshi
At Crestone Mountain Zen
Center we hold two seven-day sesshins each year
(March 31 - April 8 and
November 30 - December 8).
These
are silent, seven-day intensive meditation retreats,
generally for practitioners who have already established
an on-going practice relationship with our Sangha.
To apply for sesshin please contact
Abbot Zentatsu Baker-roshi or Assistant Abbot,
Koyo Welch-sensei.
Meals during sesshin will be eaten oryoki style.
We ask that returning practitioners bring their
own oryoki set. Arrival is between 5 pm and 6
pm (before dinner), departure after a brunch on
the last day.
Monastic
Seminar with Zentatsu Baker-roshi
“Bodhidharma's Emptiness”
(10/27-11/1): Placed in the middle of the
Crestone Mountain Zen Center Practice Study Month
(see below), the Monastic Seminar will combine
a traditional meditation schedule with lectures,
study and discussions. Baker-roshi will introduce
and explore Koan #2 of the Book of Serenity.
Meals will be eaten oryoki style. We ask that
returning practitioners bring their own oryoki
set. Arrival is between 5 pm and 6 pm on Tuesday
(10/27), departure after a brunch on Sunday (11/1)
around 11 am.
Seminars
with Zentatsu Baker-roshi
1. "The Teaching of Suzuki-roshi"
(12/28 - New Year's Day): Baker-roshi offers
seminars as a way of developing basic Zen teachings
and practice through lectures, question and answer,
and open discussion.
Arrival is between 5 and 6 pm on Sunday. The first
teaching session is Tuesday (12/29) at 10 am.
On Thursday evening (12/31) we will have a festive
dinner and a dance party, followed by zazen and
108 bells to welcome in the New Year. The event
ends with a brunch on New Year’s Day.
2. Seminars in Boulder: Baker-roshi
continues to teach two seminars per year in Boulder.
"The Foundation of Zen"
(1/30-2/1)
"The Evolution of Zen" (5/1-3)
For further information and
registration please contact the Boulder
Zen Center.
Practice
Study Month
with Koyo Welch-roshi and Zenki Christian Dillo
“Bodhidharma's Zen”
(10/15-11/12): This Practice Study Month is
designed for practitioners who have a developed
relationship with the Center. We will explore
the topic through individual study, group discussions,
presentations by the participants, and Dharma
Talks by Koyo Welch-roshi and Zenki Christian
Dillo. Our study will be framed by zazen, service,
oryoki meals and work.
Practice Study Month participants will be joining
the Monastic Seminar (see above) taught by Baker-roshi
on Koan #2 in the Book of Serenity: "Bodhidharma's
Emptiness."
If you want to participate in this Practice Study
Month, please download
the application form. We encourage you to
participate in the whole Practice Study Month.
Short-term participation can be negotiated individually.
After being accepted we will send you reading
material and a reading list. Please come prepared!
Meals will be eaten oryoki style. We ask that
returning practitioners bring their own oryoki
set.
Sangha
Seminars in Boulder
with Zenki Christian Dillo and the CMZC Sangha
at the Briar Rose B&B in Boulder
"The Bodhisattva Path"
(7/31-8/2)
"Nothing Extra" (11/13-15)
The Crestone resident Sangha will join the
participants in this Boulder Zen Center study
seminar to develop the topic through individual
study and group discussion. The practice will
include morning and evening Zazen at the Briar
Rose Bed & Breakfast. Everyone is encouraged
to stay overnight at the Briar Rose; the group
will prepare all of its meals there.
Arrival is between 5 and 6 pm on Friday, departure
after lunch on Sunday in the early afternoon.
For further information and
registration please contact the Boulder
Zen Center.
Work
Month Intensive
From May 15 through June 9 we will dedicate one
month to maintenance and work projects in preparation
for the Summer Guest Season, which is reflected
in a more intensive work-oriented schedule. During
this time the student fee is reduced from $35.00
to $15.00 per night. In addition to the daily
work schedule there will be morning and evening
zazen meditation, a formal (oryoki) meal at breakfast,
and study. There will also be a more informal
lunch and supper.
Work
Exchange Program
The Work Exchange Program is designed to give
you the opportunity to participate in our Zen
programs and daily practice in exchange for helping
us with the cooking and housekeeping during our
Summer Guest Season. One day of work earns one
day of credit at the monastery. Students may apply
their credit towards sesshins, seminars, short-term
participation in practice period or participation
in our regular practice schedule.
(Please note that credit for work exchange does
not cover teaching donations.)
Your participation in our Summer Guest Season
is an important and deeply appreciated component
of Crestone Mountain Zen Center’s ability
to produce the income that allows us to maintain
and develop our facilities and sustain the practice
here. We hope that time spent here during the
Guest Season can also be a valuable learning experience
for you. Framed by daily morning and evening Zazen,
we work together in a highly cooperative and concentrated
way. In addition, with the guidance and supervision
of Koyo Dan Welch-roshi and the other experienced
cooks in residence, this can be an opportunity
to learn how to cook or to hone your already existing
cooking skills.
Work exchange is offered only during and around
our scheduled Guest Season events – for
a list of already scheduled dates see below. Places
for work exchange are limited. Please contact
us for availability.
June 15-23: Looking Outward,
Looking Inward (C. & G. Gray)
June 28-July 6: Group Motion (Manfred Fischbeck)
August 11-16: Hatha Yoga (Sofia Diaz)
September 8-13: Clear Light Sangha (Sharon Landrith)
Please let us know if you are interested in working
and practicing with us during these dates.
For
an overview of scheduled events and prices, please
click here.
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