Fall Retreat Oct 4-5, 2025
The Heart Sutra
Practicing the Liberating Insight
The Heart Sutra is a brief text that distills the highest wisdom of Mahayana Buddhism. This retreat will explore ways to practice the “liberating insight” that enables one to live joyfully with compassion for oneself and others. Discussion of Buddhist and Christian masters will provide context and guidance in discerning and cultivating spiritual progress.
This event is fully booked, but you can request a spot on the waitlist by emailing: CenterofSolitude@gmail.com.
Retreat Times: Oct 4, 9am-5pm; Oct 5, 9am-4pm
This retreat is multidimensional and highly interactive. The schedule includes multiple periods of teaching, chanting, meditation, journaling, and discussion.
Vegetarian lunches are provided, as are meditation mats, cushions, benches, and chairs.
Featured Presenters
Meido Barbara Anderson: Founder and Resident Guiding Teacher of O-An Zendo in Julian, PA.
Sensei Dean Williams: Guiding Teacher of the Crooked River Zen Center in Cleveland, OH.
Both Meido and Dean are transmitted Dharma heirs in the Cloud Phoenix lineage of Kobun Chino Roshi (1938 - 2002). They teach with warm-heartedness and penetrating insight that encourage us to be who we are in living life intelligently and creatively.