Exploring Great Vow Zen Monastery in Oregon

A residential Zen community of lay and ordained people. This guide is compiled from the monastery's own published information; we have not visited, and it is not a review.

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The place

The Zen Community of Oregon (ZCO) says its primary purpose is to express and make accessible the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha's teachings, as transmitted through an authentic, historical lineage, and to support Zen practice. Great Vow Zen Monastery is described as a residential Zen community of lay and ordained people.

What it offers

Before you go

  1. Read what a sesshin is and your first visit to a Zen center.
  2. See Oregon directory.
  3. Check details on the monastery's own site.

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Questions people ask

Is it residential?

Yes, a residential Zen community of lay and ordained people.

Where is it?

Clatskanie, Oregon.

What is the community's purpose?

To make the Buddha's wisdom and compassion accessible and to support Zen practice.