Upcoming events with Red Cedar Zen Community

SPRING STUDY SERIES: THE ZEN PRECEPTS

Wednesday March 27, 2013 6:00 pm - Wednesday June 12, 2013 9:00 pm

A series of lectures, discussions and investigations of the Zen precepts. For more information about the precepts that their central role in Zen practice and ordinations see the website (Info -> Precepts). In the below talk schedule the #'s refer to the Ten Grave Precepts in order.

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Samish Island Sesshin 2013

Friday June 14, 2013 5:00 pm - Saturday June 22, 2013 12:00 pm
Registration required.

Our annual 7-day (8 nights) silent Zen sesshin with Zoketsu Norman Fischer includes seven days and eight nights of silent practice of sitting and walking meditation in this beautiful church camp on the water on Samish Island in the Skagit Valley. Retreat includes dharma talks by Norman and other Northwest teachers, doksusan and practice discussion, sitting and walking meditation, and delicious vegetarian meals. A deep time for practice and reflection with the support of sangha and teachers.

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Opening the Mountains Hike

Saturday July 13, 2013 8:30 am - 6:00 pm

A full day hike to open the mountains to practice.
Join us for a meditation hike to Skyline Divide - our first mindful foray into the deep mountains to open the season.

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Meditation in the Old Growth

Saturday August 3, 2013 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

An easy stroll into the deep primeval woods of our region. Mediation, ritual, contemplation and community.
Join sangha for a Zen experience in the Old Growth forest remnant off of Mount Baker Highway.

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Ordination Retreat

Sunday August 11, 2013 6:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join us in supporting Zaren Edie Norton in taking priests' vows in the shukke tokudo ceremony. With this ceremony Edie becomes a novice priest in our lineage.

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Ordination of Zaren Edie Norton

Sunday August 11, 2013 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Edie NortonJoin us in supporting Zaren Edie Norton in taking priests' vows in the shukke tokudo ceremony. With this ceremony Edie becomes a novice priest in our lineage.

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Mountains and Rivers Hiking Retreat with Bob Penny, M.S., and Nomon Tim Burnett

Wednesday August 14, 2013 6:00 pm - Sunday August 18, 2013 6:00 pm
Registration required.

Our original wilderness exursion: now in it's 13th year. An introductory day plus a three-day meditation backpack onto the slopes of Mount Baker. $250 - $160 sliding scale + dana.
Inspired by Dogen's Mountains and Rivers Sutra (Sansuikyo), this retreat includes silent backpacking through a beautiful old growth hemlock forest to a seldom-visited base camp at Mazama Park, just south of Mount Baker at the foot of Park Butte. Activities include traditional Zen practice, a short solo exercise, and opportunities for day hiking. The retreat is appropriate for new meditators and beginning backpackers.

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Available Spaces: 8


Nature Awareness Workshop

Thursday August 15, 2013 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Registration required.

Nature Awareness Day – Thursday, August 15th, 9-3, $60 - $40 sliding scale.
A day of nature-inspired mindfulness and awareness exercises, explorations, and rituals which will help you attune to, and find deeper appreciation for, the rich miraculous qualities of life that are here every day in our local surroundings.

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Available Spaces: Unlimited


Samish Island Women’s Retreat

Thursday August 29, 2013 9:30 am - Sunday September 1, 2013 11:30 am

Hold the date for the regional Zen Women's retreat led by Myoshin Kate McCandless and others. Check back her or at www.MountainRainZen.org for more information.

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Circumambulation of the Three Sisters (Oregon)

Thursday September 12, 2013 5:30 am - Thursday September 26, 2013 9:00 pm
Registration required.

A 14-day wilderness backpack integrated with Zen Dharma practice and study. September 11-26. $500 - $650 sliding scale.
Red Cedar Zen Community invites you to join us for our annual longer backpacking meditation retreat expedition for 2013, from Sept. 11th to 26th.  This year our theme for this fourteen day backcountry practice period in Oregon’s Three Sisters Wilderness will be an exploration and study of the Three Treasures of Buddhism – Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.  The daily schedule of hiking, meditation, talks and discussions will follow forms adapted to the backcountry from the Soto Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki.  Red Cedar Zen Wilderness Retreats offer a unique blend of the formalism and mindfulness practice of a traditional Zen meditation retreat in the gentle Soto style with a deep immersion into the beauty and wildness of nature of a wilderness expedition.  This retreat will be the first of its kind in the Three Sisters Wilderness, and will extend the work Red Cedar has built over the last twelve years of honoring and practicing with the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

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Available Spaces: 11


Zen Studies Retreat with Nomon Tim Burnett

Friday October 4, 2013 7:00 pm - Sunday October 6, 2013 2:00 pm
Registration required.

Schedule:
Friday 7pm - 9pm,   Saturday 8am - 9pm,  Sunday 8am - 2pm

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Available Spaces: Unlimited


Closing the Mountain Hike

Saturday October 12, 2013 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

A full day hike closing mountain event in our Wilderness Meditation season.
Join us for a meditation hike to the base of the Nooksack Glacier - a powerful mountain source place - our final mindful foray into the deep mountains to open the season.

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Available Spaces: Unlimited