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Home Hermitage - A Day Long Retreat Online

Date
January 26, 2025

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Home Hermitage- A Day Long Retreat Online

Daily practice is wonderful and for most of us the wonders of spaciousness, peace and perfection, meditation’s deeper gifts, reveal themselves within periods of more sustained practice.

Inspired by meditation master Shitou Xiqian's classic Chan/Zen practice poem, Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage,  we will spend a day meditating in the intimate aloneness that embraces all beings.

Doing a day of retreat in our own dwelling place and its wild domesticity helps with integrating deep practice into our everyday lives.

Jogen will offer supportive instruction sprinkled throughout the day as well as a dharma talk in the middle session. The morning session will begin with essential meditation teachings perfect for those new to practice.

This retreat is open for full time or partial attendance, if you are attending part-time, for maximum benefit,  consider designing a schedule that includes at least 4 hours of meditation.

 

Sunday Schedule

Session 1         8:00am - 10

Session 2.       1:00pm - 3:00
Session 3        5:00pm - 7:00

Schedule

This retreat is held in silence.

7:30 a.m. Zazen
9:00 a.m. Service
9:30 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Work Circle (work practice includes cleaning, cooking, or gardening.
11:00 a.m. Zazen
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Zazen
2:00 p.m. Dharma Talk / Interviews
3:00 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Zazen
5:00 p.m. Closing Circle
5:30 p.m. Temple Cleaning

Please note: This is an approximation; Zazenkai schedules may vary.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Customer Reviews

4.91 out of 5.0 average rating

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Great Vow Work!
I really enjoyed the guidance and framing on this retreat.

I also very much enjoyed the cultural diversity and feel it really added to the richness of discussion. Very much a highlight for me.

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Reflections
I attended the Life Vows Weekend Retreat. The Retreat provided a balance of private and shared time that allowed me to fully engage in creating my first Vow. The leaders and attendees were very welcoming and supportive. After a long hiatus away from Zen Community of Oregon, it was a wonderful way to start the New Year and reconnect with my self and others. .

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HOME HERMITAGE WITH JOGEN NOVEMBER 2024
I appreciated the pace and offerings by Jogen in this Home Retreat. It gave me an opportunity to treat the daylong time and space with care and awareness and consider how to make such care a practice.
Thank you.
Judy Todd
Portland Oregon

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Contemplative Jizo Ceremony
My heart is finally at peace after participating in the Jizo Ceremony. I've held on to the grief for over 40 years and it has been released. I really appreciated spending time to create a sacred garment to drape over one of the Jizo statues. It kept my mind focused on the love that I felt in my heart for the children I had lost. The pre-ceremony was held in silence so the group could be with their feelings. The actual ceremony was emotional and yet very peaceful beneath the parent tree in the Jizo Garden. What a gift that anyone of any religious background can attend these ceremonies. Thank you, namaste, with gratitude and appreciation 🙏

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Beautiful experience
I had never visited Great Vow before attending the week-long summer "Grasses, Trees & The Great Earth" sesshin. I could not be happier that I went. The personality of Great Vow is very warm while also peaceful and quiet. I would highly recommend the outdoor grasses & trees sesshin. It was magical in a different way from an indoor zendo sesshin. We sat in a great big circle and Kisei and Kodo were wonderful as our teachers.

Thank you 🙏

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