Center of Solitude

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.

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To inquire about accommodations, please email: 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.

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