White Plum Association Meeting

White Plum Gathering at Great Vow

This is an opportunity to gather with old friends and new. Great Vow is a Residential Zen Training Community. Alongside this meeting, practitioners in residence will be sitting zazen and doing work practice, cooking meals and caring for the gardens and grounds. Come fold yourself into this welcoming and steady practice container.

Each day there will be opportunities for Dharma talks and discussion, along with Zazen and Chanting service in the morning and evening.

Meetings via zoom with the global Sangha will also be scheduled.

More information about the day to day schedule will be forth coming as the date approaches.

Offerings:

Zazen morning and evening 

Zoom meetings with other WPA gatherings. 

Dharma talks and discussion. 

Discussion groups.

Free time for rest or outdoor activities. Great Vow has 40+ acres of woods and meadows with ample trails to explore. There will also be time to ask questions and deepen connections with practitioners living and working at the Monastery. 

For further information

:

Contact name:  Myoyu Haley Voekel

Contact email:  Myoyu@zendust.org

Great Vow Zen Monastery, 

79640 Quincy Mayger Rd. 

Clatskanie OR, 97016

White Plum Asanga Schedule

Thursday June 20, 2024 – Sunday June 23, 2024

3:30 – 5:30p Arrivals
5:30p Informal dinner – Dining Area 

7:30p Welcome Meeting – 

Friday, June 21

5.20a Wake-up
6:00a Zazen (Buddha Hall)
8:00a – Breakfast
10:00a Maezumi Roshi Memorial Service & Discussion (Zoom-Inryo)
12:45 Lunch (Dining Area)

3.00p – Tour + Group meetings

5:30p Buffet Dinner

7:30p Evening Zazen 

Saturday, June 22

5.20a Wake Up

6:00a Zazen

8:00a Breakfast 

10:00a The White Plum: Looking Forward (Zoom)

 12:45p Lunch (Dining Area)

1:30p Rest, Outdoor Activities, Group conviviality 

5:30p Dinner 

7:00p Group Gathering 

Sunday, June 23

6:30a Optional Zazen (Buddha Hall) 

8:00a Breakfast

10:00 Great Vow Sunday Public Program