Blue Cliff Monastery 

Wo Fo Yo O?

Sept. 25 - 28, 2008

Art can be a Dharma door. How can the Dharma enter your art? Musicians, poets, writers, visual artists, performing artists, movement artists… we welcome your presence so that together we can explore, reconnect to, and deepen the sources of our creativity. 

What is our creativity and its sources?
How do they relate to our suffering and well-being?
How can mindfulness deepen, feed, and open our creative sources?
How can our at nourish ourselves, others, and community?

Rooted in the basic practices of mindfulness in the tradition of the Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh, we will explore how art can feed and nourish our creative sources and our well-being. The rhythm of the retreat will be retreat will be practices alternating between silent contemplation (vipassana), stopping (samatha) and relaxation, and expression.

“requirements” Artists and those with artistic souls who are familiar with mindfulness practice in the tradition of our teacher. 

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