Dates: May 5-7, 2023. Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Drive (UBC)
Zoom link: click here Meeting ID: 846 5212 3259 Passcode: 199562
This non-residential silent retreat is suitable for both beginners and experienced students. It will include periods of zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), chanting, and talks by the teacher. There will also be opportunities for individual (dokusan) with the teacher, and with MRZC guiding teachers Shinmon Michael Newton and Myoshin Kate McCandless.
Norman Fischer is a Zen priest, a husband, a father, and a poet: a teacher with wide-ranging interests and passions. During almost 30 years at San Francisco Zen Center, he served in many positions. Norman retired as the abbot of Zen Center in 2000 to take his teaching out into the world. He continues his involvement with the Zen Center as a senior Dharma teacher. Norman believes in the possibility of "engaged renunciation": living a fully committed religious life that does not exclude family, work, and a passionate interest in the world. He is founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation (www.everydayzen.org) and author of Taking Our Places, Sailing Home, Training in Compassion, When You Greet Me I Bow and The World Could be Otherwise.
Please see links for MRZC Chant Book and Retreat Schedule:
To add names to the dedication for the Saturday evening memorial service please click here and for the Sunday noon well-being service, please click here.
In person: Is full! Waitlist is closed.
Please feel free to join us on zoom.
Retreat fees
Supporting amount: $200 supports MRZC’s capacity to offer reduced fees for those on limited income
Basic amount: $150 covers expenses and MRZC operating costs
Half-time or reduced fee full-time: $100
Online: sliding scale $40-150
Any income from this event will go towards our community's operational expenses, and building the long-term health of our sangha.
Below these amounts, people may still reach out for a further reduced fee by contacting registrar@mountainrainzen.org.
To register please choose in-person or online registration, then your choice of fee, a registration form will appear where in-person attendees can indicate whether you will attend full-time or part-time and if part-time which part.
