Seizing Our Opportunity to Live | Koshin Paley Ellison

Wholehearted Sesshin: Summer Silent Retreat 2023 at Garrison Institute

When

Wednesday, August 2, 2023 5:00PM to

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 1:30PM

Where

Garrison Institute

Phone: (845) 424-4800
14 Marys Way
Route 9D
Garrison, NY
10524
Website

Wholehearted Sesshin: Summer Silent Retreat 2023

with Chodo Robert Campbell Sensei, Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei, Dorothy Dai-En Friedman Sensei, & Jose Shinzan Palma Sensei


Wednesday, August 2nd - Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 at the Garrison Institute in Garrison, NY


Join us for an eight-day intensive silent retreat focusing on rediscovering our values and living life to the fullest.


We each have an enormous capacity for love — a deep well from which we can draw compassion and support for ourselves and for others. Teachings on the Precepts are both simple and transformative and are an invitation to close the gaps we create between ourselves and others — to wholeheartedly wake up to ourselves and to the world around us.


Noble Silence is observed throughout the daily schedule of sitting and walking meditation, chanting, dharma talks, personal interview with a teacher, and body practice.


Summer Sesshin culminates with a Jukai Ceremony where Formal Soto Zen Students of Koshin and Chodo Sensei receive the Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts. This is a culmination of Formal Zen Students steady engagement in practice and serving the New York Zen Center sangha, attending two prior NYZC sesshin, a year of precept study and a deepening relationship with their teacher.


VACCINATION POLICY: It is the Garrison Institute's policy that every guest and participant must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 including any eligible boosters, and show proof (vaccination card). Please see their Safety Protocols for Covid-19 page for more information.


The Garrison Institute is closely monitoring the impact of the pandemic and may require proof of negative COVID test results in order to ensure the safety of the community. We will send an announcement if this additional step is required.

HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY: Please review and complete the required questionnaire and waiver found here. Registrations are not considered finalized until this form has been completed.

SCHOLARSHIPS: A limited number of partial scholarships are available for this retreat. Scholarship accommodations are for shared (double or triple) rooms only. Please apply for support by completing a Scholarship Application Form. Due to limited funds, preference will be given to sangha members who regularly participate at the Center. Priority deadline: June 21, 2023.

GETTING THERE: The Garrison Institute is reachable by car or Metro North Railroad. There is also a Shortline Bus to Poughkeepsie, which is 30 minutes from the Garrison Institute. For further information, please see this Travel and Transportation pdf on the Garrison website.


Please anticipate an arrival time between 3:00pm and 4:00pm, with dinner at 5:00pm. Please check your registration confirmation email for more information on what to bring.


REFUND POLICY: More than 2 weeks ahead of the retreat - 100% refund. Within the two weeks prior to the start of the retreat - non-refundable. Registration will close at 4pm Eastern Time on July 21st, 2023

All prices include tuition, lodging, and three vegetarian meals a day. Mid Level and Sustaining Level pricing are available for those who wish to increase their support of NYZC and our work to make the dharma accessible to all.


Donations (dana) to teachers are not included in registration cost. Dana is a foundational practice that emphasizes the importance of cultivating generosity without attachment or expectation of reward. In the Soto Zen teachings, we practice the act of giving not for benefit but to transform the mind of the giver and receiver equally.

The teachers offer themselves freely as an expression of dana. We encourage you to contribute an amount meaningful to you at the end of the retreat.

Event Registration

Ticket Type Price
Single Room - Sustaining Level
$1,745.00
Single Room - Mid Level
$1,695.00
Single Room - Standard Pricing (Actual Cost)
$1,645.00
Double Room - Sustaining Level
$1,514.00
Double Room - Mid Level
$1,464.00
Double Room - Standard Pricing (Actual Cost)
$1,414.00
Triple Room - Sustaining Level
Note: Triple Rooms are located on the 4th Floor. There is no elevator.
$1,374.00
Triple Room - Mid Level
Note: Triple Rooms are located on the 4th Floor. There is no elevator.
$1,324.00
Triple Room - Standard Pricing (Actual Cost)
Note: Triple Rooms are located on the 4th Floor. There is no elevator.
$1,274.00
  • Registration is now closed for this retreat. For questions about the Wholehearted Sesshin: Summer Silent Retreat 2023 please email the NYZC office at info@zencare.org.