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Vancouver Zen - Deepening Practice day Meditation Retreat
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Vancouver Zen - Deepening Practice day Meditation Retreat

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second floor of the Bauman Chiropractic Office: 202 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98663
Date
August 2, 2025

About this Retreat

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Details of this retreat

"There are countless teachings, countless realizations awaiting each person who practices this diligently.  Please clear and prepare the ground for them to arise."  -Chozen Bays, Roshi

 

Please join us for a half-day of Zen practice in the city of Vancouver Washington! A silent day of meditation (seated and walking), chanting, temple care-taking, and a dharma talk. 

Suggested donation:  $10-20 The suggested donation is just that. No one turned away for lack of funds. 

Your registration helps us prepare appropriate seating arrangements. 

This retreat is held in silence. We are unable to accommodate partial attendance. Please attend the entire retreat.  

Tentative Schedule:

8:00 a.m. Zazen 

8:35 a.m. Service 

8:55 a.m. Break 

9:05 a.m. Zazen 

9:30 a.m. Kinhin

9:40 a.m. Talk 

10:20 a.m. Kinhin 

10:30 a.m. Zazen 

10:55 a.m. Work / Movement 

11:50 a.m. Break 

12:00 p.m. Zazen

12:25 p.m. Closing with the Precepts / Dedication 

12:30 p.m.  Sharing Circle and clean-up

We may have an informal lunch together after we close, either a brown bag or a meet-up nearby.  More information about this will come soon.   

Please contact Jomon with any questions: jomon@zendust.org

Getting Here

Location icon Zen Community of Oregon, second floor of the Bauman Chiropractic Office: 202 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98663

Directions

Ride sharing can be arranged from the airport with some advanced notice with our registrar. The monastery is located 80 miles northwest of Portland, Oregon on twenty forested acres overlooking the Columbia River flood plain. The drive takes 80-90 minutes.

Directions from the airport:
1. Take I-205 North to I-5 North. I-5 North to exit 36 Longview (south of Seattle, north of Portland).
2. At the exit travel west on to 432 towards Longview City Center.
3. At the sign to “Highway 30 to Oregon”, turn left (south) onto “Oregon Way” .
4. Cross the Lewis and Clark Bridge into Oregon.
5. Turn right (west) onto Highway 30 towards Astoria. Clatskanie is 12 miles from this point.
6. In Clatskanie turn right at the stoplight onto Nehalem Street
7. Go straight to the end, and then follow the road left onto 5th street.
8. Stay on this road (do NOT take the first left fork to the Poplar Farm).
9. You will reach a fork after 2.9 miles; stay left, on Quincy-Mayger Road. Following the street signs saying “Zen Monastery”.
10. The Monastery is 1.8 miles past the fork, at 79640 Quincy-Mayger Road on the right.

Accommodation

Overnight guests stay in the guest hall (semi-private dormitory), follow the daily monastery schedule, and share meals with the community. A donation is suggested. Private retreat accommodations are sometimes available for those with significant prior meditation or contemplative experience. Private retreatants can follow their own schedule in solitude.

Venue & Amenities

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Towels icon Towels
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The monastery includes a spacious meditation hall, guest and resident dormitories, dining hall, and a large organic vegetable garden.

Within the forest is Great Vow's famous Jizo Garden, a memorial garden for people who have died, and the newly dedicated Shrine of Vows, a place where people leave tokens of their deep aspirations.

Meals

Menu Types

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Meals are simple. Breakfast is usually hot grain cereal, nuts or nut butter, dairy and non-dairy milk, fruit, yogurt, and tea. Lunch is the most substantial with a main entree, salad, vegetable side, and condiments. Dinner is soup and bread. Many retreats are served as buffet. Zen-style retreats feature meals that are oriyoki, a Zen form of mindful eating in monasteries that goes back 1,000 years. Imagine Zen tea ceremony, but eating. Newcomers are guided on how to do it and people get the hang of it after a couple days. Meals are vegetarian with vegan options. Gluten-free alternatives can be accommodated. Coffee, caffeinated, and herbal tea are provided.

Customer Reviews

4.92 out of 5.0 average rating

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Zazenkai at Heart of Wisdom Temple, Portland, OR, 7/19/25
For experienced retreat-goers, perhaps one day doesn't seem like much. For someone new to practice, new to a particular group or place, and unfamiliar with zen forms, this was of great benefit. The schedule led gracefully from one activity to another so participants didn't have to worry about what to do next. Instructions were gentle and clear. The teachers offered additional meditation instruction and helpful suggestions.

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Drop of Stillness - 1/2 day retreat
My first time at Heart of Wisdom temple; I will definitely be back. The space, inside and out, is beautiful. The half-day sit was perfect (though I long for the ability to make a full day at some point). And the folks leading the sit held a great container. I used to sit Zen in NYC over a decade ago and this felt like I was right back there, no separation.

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Retreat and Refuge
Daylong in city zen retreat with chanting, zazen and a great vegetarian meal.

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again please...

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Such a blessing 🙏
This was my second time attending the Jizo Ceremony. I appreciate that the monastery and monks hold this sacred space for those who are grieving the loss of the unborn, the children and the others, including the victims of wars and conflicts. It was also very meaningful to hear the history the Great Vow Monastery as well as the inception of the first Jizo ceremony in the SF Bay area many years ago. I feel that this type of ceremony is a wonderful blessing and a gift of service to humanity.

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The event is 100% refundable if cancelled 30+ days before the event start date. The event is 50% refundable if cancelled 15-29 days before the start date. There's no refund for cancellation 0-14 days before an event.

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