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Welcome to Blue Cliff Monastery Webpage
Updated Friday, Jan. 30, 2010 Our new site is still under construction. Thank you for your patience. :)
We had a wonderful Holiday retreat (Dec 29-Jan 02) with 80 friends. The practice of sitting meditation, walking meditation, deep relaxation, eating in mindfulness, listening to Dharma talks, participating in Dharma sharings, singing and chanting nourished all of us. Thank you all for supporting the retreat. Photos from the retreat can be found on http://www.flickr.com/photos/lamnghi. February 13th-15th, 2010 Celebrating Tết (Lunar New Year) Tết is a new year celebration based on the Lunar calendar which is generally one month behind the conventional Solar one. This year, it falls on February 13 and 14, 2010. Tết is festively celebrated through out Vietnam. It is also called Lunar New Year in Korea and China. Many traditional activities, stories, folklores… have been woven into the fabric of Tết. At Blue Cliff, we shall experience and enjoy Tết in both the old and new ways. Immerse in the practice of mindfulness, we shall together celebrate Tết in a joyful, lighthearted and mindful way. A tentative schedule will be posted soon. For registration, please email us at office@bluecliffmonastery.org. March 15th-19th, 2010 A Mindfulness Retreat for Young Adults (18-32 yo) Wake Up: Get Real “Reality is reality. Its transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence” We spend so much of our lives taking in information from books, teachers, media, family, and society telling us what is good, bad, right, wrong, etc. In today’s busy world with all of its pressures and expectations we often do not have the time to look into our deepest questions and concerns about our lives and the world. Is it possible that everything we need to know is already available to us if we are still and allow the realities of life to reveal themselves naturally? During the 5-day relaxation, meditation, and healing retreat, we will cultivate the energy of mindfulness to awaken our innate capacity to deeply understand ourselves and the world around us. Together we will cultivate the energy of mindfulness by engaging in practices of sitting, walking, eating and working meditation as well as participating in sharing groups, creative activities, and body awareness techniques such as yoga and qigong. When we can touch mindfulness, concentration, and our inner wisdom, we have the capacity to dwell in true freedom wherever we are. For registration please call us at 845-733-5912 ext 24 or email us at office@bluecliffmonastery.org 2010 Program for BCM
January - On-going Winter Retreat February 13th-15th - TET Lunar New Year Celebration February 21st - End of Winter Retreat Ceremony March 9th - Spring schedule starts March 15th-19th - Young Adult Retreat May 23rd - Buddha's Birthday (Vesak) Celebration August 04th-08th - Summer Retreat August 20th-25th - Retreat at YMCA in Estes Park, Colorado September 25th-28th - Creative Arts Retreat October 22nd-26th - People of Color Retreat November - Winter Retreat starts November 25th - Thanksgiving Celebration December 24th - Christmas Eve Celebration December 31th - New Year's Eve Celebration December ? - Holiday Retreat This tentative program is subject to change with notice. Please email and/or telephone us for up-to-date changes. The sisters and brothers at BCM invite you to come and experience the art of living mindfully and joyfully together as a community. Here we shall learn the methods of living happily in the present moment, being in touch with the wonders of life in each step, in each breath.
You may like to come join us for a weekend or a week-long stay. To register, please email or phone us at least one to two weeks in advance.
Day visits are also possible on Thursdays and Sundays, our Days of Mindfulness. We are open to the public from 9:00am - 4:00pm. The day's program includes Dharma Talk, Walking Meditation, Mindful Lunch, and Dharma Sharing or other activities.
For more information, please contact us at:
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