Retreat and Dharma Teaching Schedule (2019)
(revised 11/2/2019)
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DATE |
Event (Location) |
| Jan 10 (Thur) 7-9 pm (Taiwan time) | My Practice with Master Sheng Yen
(Dharma School at Nung Chan Monastery, Taipei, Taiwan (Live stream)) |
| Jan 12 (Sat) 9:30 am-12:30 pm (Taiwan time) | Meditation Workshop and Dharma Talk
(International Meditation Group of Dharma Drum Mountain, Taipei, Taiwan) |
| Feb 2 (Sat) 7 pm – Feb 3 (Sun) 7 am | Night of Philosophy and Ideas: Facing the Present
“Community Building as a Social, Political, and Spiritual Practice” (8 pm) (Brooklyn Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY) |
| Feb 17 (Sun) 9 am to noon | Meditation Workshop and Dharma Talk
(DDMBA-NJ Chapter, Edison, NJ (http://www.ddmbanj.org/en))
|
| Feb 20 (Wed)
1-1:45 pm |
Mindfulness Meditation Workshop
(Rubin Museum of Arts (http://rubinmuseum.org/events/series/mindfulness-meditation)) |
| Feb 24 (Sun) 10 am-4 pm | Winter Daylong Retreat “Relaxing in Clarity and Flow” (with Shaka Georges) |
| March 14 (Thu) 7:15-8:45 pm | Meditation and Dharma Talk
(Boston Meditation Center at Karma Yoga Studio in Harvard Square (1120 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge) |
| March 20 (Wed)
1-1:45 pm |
Mindfulness Meditation Workshop
(Rubin Museum of Arts (http://rubinmuseum.org/events/series/mindfulness-meditation)) |
| Apr 5-7 (Fri-Sun) | Foundation Retreat
(Dharma Drum Retreat Center (DDRC), 184 Quannacut Road, Pine Bush, NY http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org/) |
| April 9 (Tue)
5:30-6:30 pm |
Meditation Workshop: Working with Self-Doubt
(Yale University (http://chaplain.yale.edu/)) |
| April 24 (Wed)
1-1:45 pm |
Mindfulness Meditation Workshop
(Rubin Museum of Arts (http://rubinmuseum.org/events/series/mindfulness-meditation)) |
| April 29(Mon)
7-9 pm |
Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County Dharma Talk: Why do we meditation?
(65 N Main Street, Yardley, PA |
| May 15 (Wed)
1-1:45 pm |
Mindfulness Meditation Workshop
(Rubin Museum of Arts (http://rubinmuseum.org/events/series/mindfulness-meditation)) |
| May 19 (Sun)
9 am to noon |
Meditation Workshop and Dharma Talk
(DDMBA-NJ Chapter, Edison, NJ (http://www.ddmbanj.org/en))
|
| May 25 (Sat)-June 2 (Sun) | Silent Illumination Retreat (with Simon Child)
(Dharma Drum Retreat Center (DDRC), 184 Quannacut Road, Pine Bush, NY http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org/)
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| June 10-17 | Gen-X Dharma Teachers Conference
(Great Vow Zen Monastery, OR) |
| June 27 | Panel discussion and meditation workshops by Dharma heirs in the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Master Sheng Yen in Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of Master Sheng Yen’s Passing
(Dharma Drum Mountain, Taiwan) |
| June 28-30 | The 2019 International Conference on Buddhism and Social Science in Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of Master Sheng Yen’s Passing
(Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts, Taiwan) |
| August 1 (Thu) 7-8:30 pm | Public Dharma Talk: Harmonizing with the Rapidly Changing World
(Vancouver Chan Meditation Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada) |
| August 2-5 (Fri-Sun) | Four-Day Chan Retreat
(Dharma Drum Vancouver Centre, Richmond, B.C., Canada) |
| August 14 (Wed)
1-1:45 pm |
Mindfulness Meditation Workshop
(Rubin Museum of Arts (http://rubinmuseum.org/events/series/mindfulness-meditation)) |
| August 16-18 (Fri-Sun) | Beginner’s Mind Retreat
(Dharma Drum Retreat Center (DDRC), 184 Quannacut Road, Pine Bush, NY http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org/) |
| September 15 (Sun)
9 am to noon |
Meditation Workshop and Dharma Talk
(DDMBA-NJ Chapter, Edison, NJ (http://www.ddmbanj.org/en))
|
| September 17 (Tue)
5:30-6:30 pm |
Meditation Workshop: Working with Perfectionism in Relationships and Social Engagement
(Yale University (http://chaplain.yale.edu/) |
| September 21 (Sat) | Conference on Buddhism and Social Change
Title: Chan Practitioners as Agents of Social Change (Vancouver Chan Meditation Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada) |
| October 11-16 | Western Zen Retreat (with Simon Child and Fiona Nuttall)
(Dharma Drum Retreat Center (DDRC), 184 Quannacut Road, Pine Bush, NY http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org/) |
| November 8-10 (Fri-Sun) | Four Truths Chan Retreat
(Zen Mountain Monastery, Mount Tremper, NY) |
| November 18 (Mon) 7-9 pm | Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County
Title: “No self or not self? How should we consider the teachings on anatta?” (65 N Main Street, Yardley, PA |
| November 24 (Sun)
9 am to noon |
Meditation Workshop and Dharma Talk
(DDMBA-NJ Chapter, Edison, NJ (http://www.ddmbanj.org/en))
|
| December 15 (Sun) 11 am to 12:30 pm | Sunday Open House Talk
Title: Cultivating Dhyāna Meditation as a Chan Practitioner (Chan Meditation Center, Elmhurst, NY) |
| December 18 (Wed)
1-1:45 pm |
Mindfulness Meditation Workshop
(Rubin Museum of Arts (http://rubinmuseum.org/events/series/mindfulness-meditation)) |
