June Sesshin - Loving Kindness
With Amy Kisei, Sensei and Patrick Bansho Green
June 6 - 12, 2022
Our Original Heart is always open. Loving Kindness practice can help dispel fear and anxiety, that prevents us from experiencing the ease and joy of the present moment. This is not a complacent practice but a call to honest intimacy with ourselves and the world in which we live.
Join us for this meditation retreat where we immerse ourselves in the teachings and practices of Loving Kindness.
This Sesshin will take place both in-person at Great Vow Zen Monastery and Online.
Sesshin is a rigorous and, at times, challenging silent meditation retreat that is not recommended for beginners. In order to attend in person, we ask that you attend one of our silent weekend retreats or a five-seven day silent retreat at another Zen Center before registering for our longer zen retreats. For more information about what to expect when attending a sesshin, click here.
Proof of vaccination and booster is required to attend events at Great Vow Zen Monastery. For the latest on our health policies click here.
$50 deposit holds your space; balance due on arrival.
Monday7:30pm Orientation
8:30pm Zazen/Opening Talk
Tuesday – Saturday
5:30am Zazen
6:50 Chanting Service
11:30am Zazen
12:50pm Chanting Service
3:00pm Movement
3:30 Teisho (Dharma Talk)
4:30 Zazen/Group Sanzen
5:20 Chanting Service
7:00pm Zazen
9:20 Formal Tea / Closing Chant / Yaza (Night Sitting)
Sunday Morning
6:30 Zazen/Closing Remarks
7:30 Closing Circle
10:00 Sunday Program Chanting Service/Zazen
11:30 Dharma Talk
About the Leaders
Amy Kisei, Sensei
Amy Kisei, Sensei is an authorized Zen teacher, zen priest, spiritual counselor and mindfulness instructor. She has been practicing meditation for almost 20 years. Kisei has 12 years of monastic training and teaching experience from Great Vow Zen Monastery, and holds a BS in Earth Science and Gender Studies. She is trained in Mindful Eating […]
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Patrick Bansho Green
Patrick Bansho Green has practiced with the Zen Community of Oregon since 2004 and received Lay Transmission from Chozen Bays and Hogen Bays in 2019, priest ordination in 2021, and completed Preceptor Authorization and Dharma Transmission in 2023. As board president, he led the effort to found Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple, a lay practice […]
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