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Retreat Reports

Silence, Koans, Gong and Incense

June 10, 2004
By Rob Stratton

A report on the Western Zen Retreat June 2004. This article appeared in the Independent on Sunday Newspaper 10th October 2004, view the scanned article. Holidays are a complete waste of time! That’s
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The Sound of Silence Pervades the Western Zen Retreat

April 28, 2004

What is notable about this enchantingly beautiful and remote wooded area of the Dharma Drum Retreat Center is silence, complete silence if you compare it with the continuous ninety decibel shock wave pounding
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Excerpts from Chan Retreat Reports

October 1, 1999
lotus in hands of Buddha statue

Excerpts from Retreat Reports. Originally published in the Fall 1999 issue of the Chan Magazine. The participants in this retreat came from over a dozen different countries and a wide range of experience,
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