A contemporary Zen monastery in the Catskill mountains offering retreats, residencies and Zen training. 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
Zen Mountain Monastery describes itself as a contemporary Zen monastery nestled in the foothills of the Catskill mountains, offering in-person retreats, residencies, Zen training and online programmes. It is the main house of The Mountains and Rivers Order, a Western Zen lineage that says it shares the dharma as passed down since Shakyamuni Buddha.
Ways to take part
- In-person retreats and residencies.
- Zen training with the monastery community.
- Online programmes, such as an art-practice series.
Before you go
- Read your first visit to a Zen center, zazen for beginners and what a sesshin is.
- See New York directory.
- Plan on the monastery's own site.
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