Online Registration
9:00 am
Introduction/Orientation/
Moving meditation
Sitting meditation, walking meditation, etc.
11:20 am
Vegetarian Lunch
Working Meditation
Rest
Dharma talk, meditation, etc.
Sharing
5:00 pm
Finish, Closing words
David Listen has been studying and practicing Chan/Zen meditation for over 10 years. During these years of training, he simultaneously has gained extensive experience in teaching meditation classes and leading meditation retreats. He has led many activities at various meditation centers, as well as taught at many college campuses and private institutions throughout the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. Previously known as Venerable Chang Wen (常聞) in a well-known Buddhist organization, Dharma Drum Mountain, he was one of the few western monastic disciples of Chan Master Sheng Yen. He had been a monk for over a decade, and has since returned to lay life to share Buddhism in a more engaged way.
From 2009 – 2014, he was the director of the Dharma Drum Retreat Center (DDRC), NY, beloved by many. David holds BS in Environmental Science and Forestry, and is fluent in Chinese. He nowadays has his own life mentoring/coaching practice, and continues to guide people in their Chan/Zen life practice on an individual and group basis, in and outside of retreat.
Fee: There is no fixed fee. Any amount of donation to the monastery is great appreciated.
Retreat will be held @ Woo Ju Memorial Library (Main Floor)
Transportation: Monastery will provide transportation from Cold Spring Station to Chuang Yen Monastery on 7/31, 8:10 am at the Cold Spring Train Station. (Please take train from Grand Central Station at 6:43 am on 7/31 and arrive at the Cold Spring train station at 8:05 am. The pick up van will leave on time at 8:10 am. Please wait at the exit door on the train after passing “Garrison” station to prepare to get off at Cold Spring station, once getting off from the train, please cross the platform and wait at the train station parking lot.)
For more information, please contact kaity@baus.org or (845) 225-1445