Retreat Reports: Silent Illumination Retreat

We publish selections from retreat reports written after Western Chan Fellowship retreats, to illustrate the range of experiences people go through as they investigate themselves in silent meditation. These reports are printed anonymously and may be lightly edited.

Keep Practicing!

Calligraphy for the character Chan

The retreat was a scientific experiment and the constants were meditation, eating, working, sleeping, waking, meditating. The repetition of the same…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 2006 , Western Zen Retreat Reports , Anon

Everything In Its Place

Calligraphy for the character Chan

I approached the retreat with some trepidation owing to my being workmaster, my first time on a retreat of any size. Previously I had carried out…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 2006 , Anon , Koan Retreat Reports

Seeing the Wonder

Calligraphy for the character Chan

The context for attending this retreat feels important. It was the first retreat I had sat as a participant for 2 years - I had acted as Guestmaster…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 2006 , Anon , Silent Illumination Retreat Reports

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