Workshops

Seeing Through Obstacles - Inner Critic Weekend Retreat

With Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi and Patrick Bansho Green

August 1 - 3, 2025

Great Vow Zen Monastery

“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.” – W. Whitman Transformation of our hearts and minds has never been more vital. The very possibility for future humans to experience Truth, Beauty and Goodness is up in the air! And yet, most of us have significant challenges following […]

Deepening Freedom through The Work: A Gentle Deconstruction of Identity

With Eduardo Kyozen Zambrano

September 4 - 7, 2025

Great Vow Zen Monastery

There is a true person of no rank who is constantly coming and going from the portals of your face. Who is that true person of no rank? ~ Rinzai Why Come: In the quiet of the monastery we will combine zazen with Byron Katie’s inquiry, The Work, to question the stories that hold the […]