An American Zen Buddhist Monastery - PT 1

A look at the daily practices and monastic rhythm of residents at Great Vow Zen Monastery in the Pacific Northwest.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• zen
• buddhism
• meditation
• monastery
• monastic
• dharma
• spiritual
• community

[deathtobill5]

i am an american and i am a practicing buddhist

[clemmoylan]

a buddhist teacher isn't hard to find, i'm a practising buddhist and have been for my whole life. there are many soto zen monasteries around and you can find one, it doesnt really matter which one

[evilunixuser1]

Gotta say, Buddhism is COOL! If a person becomes a Jehovah Witness, Muzlim, or even a homosexual, society in general shuns them (not personally speaking). But becoming a Buddhist, everyone says thats cool.

[thiminhthao]

@FantasticArts95 Excuse me, I think my first message is for another who would like to find a zen monastery.

Peace love and compassion

From Vietnam France and Switzerland

[thiminhthao]

@FantasticArts95 Dear friend,

In Europe ? me too. Why don't you go to Thich Nhat Hanh's monastery in France, "village de pruniers"? His teaching is very simple to practice. Thich Nhat Hanh is an atypical zen with more than 100 books published . It seems there is also in England, Italie and Germany but I am not sure. If not, you can find other monasteries but unfortunately I don't know. Go to internet and tape " Thich Nhat Hanh" please.

Hope you can find your peace

Peace, love and compassion.

[tmlee51]

Check out with Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston. This Zen temple doesn't charge for meditation nor Buddhism lectures. Chung Tai Chan Monastery is the main temple which is one of the most prominent temples in Taiwan.  I believe it doesn't charge anything to go though its Buddhism education to become a monk or nun. Its phone number is 1-281-568-1568 (in US).

[FantasticArts95]

@obscure1956 I live in Europe and we don't charge money for going to a monastery. If you are seriously in the concerns of going to a monasery, you nmight consider wanting to go to the origin countries of the Zen way or Europe.

[ruralgent]

I contacted Great Vow about a retreat there. They refused to accommodate my disability and intimated that I was just being lazy in my practice, so I decided to not risk staying there.

[JenkemLover]

I want to become Buddhist but don't know how. How do I practice.

[minghan05]

@Sakedrinker007 That looks like the chinese character for "sky" . Calligraphy has the purpose of - as a chinese proverb goes - "repairing the body" and "nurturing the mind/character".

[jqlian]

understanding our own mind.....