Retreat and Dharma Teaching Schedule (2024)


January 23, 2024 (Tue, 7-8 pm E.T.) (In person)

Author’s Event for Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method (Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, NJ)


February 15, 2024 (Thu) 1-1:45 pm E.T. (In person)

Mindfulness Meditation Workshop (Rubin Museum of Arts (http://rubinmuseum.org/events/series/mindfulness-meditation))


February 15, 2024 (Thu) 1:45-2:30 pm E.T. (In person)

Author’s Event for Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method (Rubin Museum of Arts, New York City)


February 18, 2024 (Sun) 9 am to noon (In person)

Meditation Workshop and Dharma Talk: Releasing the Habits that Keep Us from Seeing Others and Ourselves Deeply (DDMBA-NJ Chapter, Edison, NJ (http://www.ddmbanj.org/en))


March 3, 2024 (Sun) 7-8 pm E.T. (In person)

Yale University Meditation Workshop: How to Stop Hiding from Ourselves (Yale University, chaplain.yale.edu)


March 8-10, 2024 (Fri-Sun) (In person)

Three-Day Chan Retreat (Dharma Drum Mountain San Francisco Bay Area Center)


March 10, 2024 (Sun, 6-7 pm P.T.) (In person)

Author’s Event for Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method (Dharma Drum Mountain San Francisco Bay Area Center, Fremont, CA)


March 14, 2024 (Thur, 7-8:30 pm P.T.) (Hybrid)

Author’s Event for Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method (SF Dharma Collective, 2929 24th Street, San Francisco)


April 14, 2024 (Sun) 9 am to noon (In person)

Meditation Workshop and Dharma Talk (DDMBA-NJ Chapter, Edison, NJ (http://www.ddmbanj.org/en))


April 19-21, 2024 (Fri-Sun) (In person)

Foundation Retreat (Dharma Drum Retreat Center (DDRC), 184 Quannacut Road, Pine Bush, NY  http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org/)


April 27, 2024 (Sat) 10:30 am to noon (Online)–postponed

Public Dharma Talk: Realizing the Four Noble Truths as a Chan Practitioner–Part 3 (Dharma Drum Retreat Center (www.dharmadrumretreat.org))


April 29 (Mon) 7-9 pm (In person)

Meditation and Dharma Talk (Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County, 65 North Main Streat, Yardley, PA (buddhistsangha.com)


May 5, 2024 (Sun) 1:30-3 pm (In person)–postponed

Discussion on Silent Illumination with Rebecca Li (All Souls NYC)


May 11, 2024 (Sat) 10:30 am to noon (Online)–postponed

Public Dharma Talk: Realizing the Four Noble Truths as a Chan Practitioner–Part 4 (Dharma Drum Retreat Center (www.dharmadrumretreat.org))


May 15, 2024 (Wed) noon to 1;30 pm (Online)–postponed

Silent Illumination and Peacemaking (Zen Peacemakers (www.zenpeacemakers.org))


May 25 to June 1, 2024 (Sat-Sat) (In person)

Intensive Silent Illumination Retreat (Dharma Drum Retreat Center, 184 Quannacut Road, Pine Bush, NY  http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org/)


June 11 to 16, 2024 (Tue-Sun) (In person)

Chan Practice of Silent Illumination Retreat (Great Vow Zen Monastery, Oregon)


August 9-11, 2024 (Fri-Sun) (In person)

Three-Day Chan Retreat (Dharma Drum Vancouver Center). Click here to register.


August 22, 2024 (Thu) 1-1:45 pm E.T. (In person)

Mindfulness Meditation Workshop (Rubin Museum of Arts (http://rubinmuseum.org/events/series/mindfulness-meditation))


August 23-25, 2024 (Fri-Sun) (In person)

Beginner’s Mind Retreat (Dharma Drum Retreat Center (DDRC), 184 Quannacut Road, Pine Bush, NY http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org/). Registration opened on May 21.


September 8, 2024 (Sun) 9 am to noon (In person)

Meditation Workshop and Dharma Talk (DDMBA-NJ Chapter, Edison, NJ (http://www.ddmbanj.org/en))


September 28, 2024 (Sun) 11:20 am to 12:20 pm (In person)

Saturday Morning Program (Brooklyn Zen Center, Brooklyn, NY)


October 4-9, 2024 (Fri- Wed) (In person)

Western Zen Retreat (Dharma Drum Retreat Center (DDRC), 184 Quannacut Road, Pine Bush, NY http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org/)


November 3, 2024 (Sun) 7-8 pm E.T. (In person)

Yale University Meditation Workshop: Bodhisattva Vows–My Path as a Chan Practitioner(Yale University, chaplain.yale.edu)


November 10, 2024 (Sun) 9 am to noon (In person)

Meditation Workshop and Dharma Talk (DDMBA-NJ Chapter, Edison, NJ (http://www.ddmbanj.org/en))


November 17, 2024 (Sun) 10 am to 4 pm (In person)

Daylong Meditation Retreat (Newark Center for Meditative Culture, Newark, NJ)


December 2 (Mon) 7-9 pm (In person)

Meditation and Dharma Talk (Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County, 65 North Main Streat, Yardley, PA (buddhistsangha.com)


December 19, 2024 (Thu) 1-1:45 pm E.T. (In person)

Mindfulness Meditation Workshop (Rubin Museum of Arts (http://rubinmuseum.org/events/series/mindfulness-meditation))


December 30, 2024 (Mon, 2-4:30 pm check in) to January 6, 2025 (Mon, 10 am) (In person)

Seven-Day Silent Illumination Retreat (Dharma Gates, El Tesoro Retreat Center, CO)

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