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Annotated
Calendar of Retreat Dates
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click for more information on retreats during: July August October December
July
26-29 Young Adults Retreat
This retreat is open to those thirty years of age and under. The retreat
addresses spiritual concerns and interests of young people living in today's
complex world. In addition to sitting meditation, daily ceremonies and working
meditation, the retreat schedule includes Dharma talks, private religious
counseling, and Dharma discussions. We invite young people who have been
to the Abbey before, as well as those coming for the first time, to attend this
retreat. (Introductory instruction will be provided.)
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August
5-12 "The
Song That Attests to the Way" Retreat
We welcome all invite those who have been to a retreat at Shasta Abbey before to this seven-day
retreat led by Rev. Master Meian Elbert. We will be studying "The Song that
Attests to the Way," a well-known poem by the great Chinese Master Yungchia.
Meditation, Dharma talks and discussions, and private formal spiritual
counseling will be offered during the retreat.
The whereabouts of the Mani-pearl is beyond the ken of ordinary people
But you can find It for yourself within the Tathagata's Treasure House
which is within your own being.
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October
27–November 1, 2007
Feeding of the Hungry
Ghosts Retreat
This
retreat centers on the
teaching of the Festival
of the Feeding of the
Hungry Ghosts, which
includes looking at
how to convert craving
within ourselves. During
the ceremony we offer
the food of the Dharma
to those who have died
under painful or difficult
circumstances. We prepare
an altar with many kinds
of food, representing
our offering of unconditional
love, kindness, and
merit.
We end the retreat with the Festival
of our Founder, celebrating the life
and teaching of the Very Reverend
Keido Chisan Koho who, as the Transmission
Master of Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett,
is honored as the Founder of Shasta
Abbey.
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December 28, 2007--January
1, 2008 New Year Celebratory
Retreat
We
invite you to join us
for this retreat of meditation,
ceremonies and celebration.
This retreat is more relaxed
than our usual meditation
retreats, with a later
rising time and with monks
and lay trainees spending
more time together. On
New Year ’s Eve
we hold a Vigil for Maitreya,
the Buddha Who is to Come,
as well as the midnight
New Year’s Ceremony,
followed by ringing in
the New Year with the
great bell. During this
retreat we reflect on
and offer gratitude to
the Buddhas and Ancestors
for their teaching and
help in the past year
and we ask for their continued
help in the year to come.
The retreat ends on January
1 and you are welcome
to stay overnight until
January 2.
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