Retreat Reports: Other Chan Retreats

We have not always designated a retreat as being for one specific practice alone. The following reports relate to retreats designated simply as “Chan”, and which may have included teaching and practice of general Buddhist meditation as well as of Silent Illumination, Koan (Gongan) or Huatou practice.

Finely Tuned

Calligraphy for the character Chan

As I write this, two days after my return, I am fine tuned. My heart is brilliant, clear and unobstructed. Someone throws a ball for a dog, which…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 2012 , Anon , Koan Retreat Reports

Letting go of this, letting go of that: what then?

Calligraphy for the character Chan

I arrived at my first Western Zen retreat with no expectations and was looking forward to spending five days meditating in the beautiful Welsh…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 2012 , Western Zen Retreat Reports

Not a Bad Starting Point!

Calligraphy for the character Chan

The WZR was my first retreat with the WCF. Before that I had been practicing Zen in the Soto tradition for about eight years. I participated in about…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 2012 , Western Zen Retreat Reports

30 Years Later

Calligraphy for the character Chan

The retreat gave me a space and context to deal with a situation that seemed overwhelming and allowed me to feel grief and sadness freely, without any…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 2012 , Western Zen Retreat Reports

Until Next Time...

Calligraphy for the character Chan

As I neared Maenllwyd I could see where I needed to get to as I recognised it from the pictures but I wasn’t sure which way to go. One way had a…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 2012 , Western Zen Retreat Reports

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