Events http://bluecliffmonastery.org Site Events daily 1 2010-02-10T21:19:53Z College Weekend http://bluecliffmonastery.org/retreats/college-weekend June 1 - 3 Forget about getting in shape for the beach!  Get your mind and heart back on the track to real happiness and freedom.  

Join us for this weekend retreat for young adults and college students interested in meditation and its correlation to our life at school, in our family and in our minds.

Check-in for the retreat starts at 2 pm on Friday, June 1st at Blue Cliff Monastery. Dinner on arrival day will be at 5:30 pm, followed by an orientation talk at 7:30 pm.  The retreat will end after lunch on Sunday, June 3rd.  Please plan to attend the entire retreat.

To register, DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM and email or fax it to our office.

]]> No publisher Lang Nghiem 2011-12-20T21:45:00Z Event Vietnamese Retreat http://bluecliffmonastery.org/retreats/vietnamese-retreat June 13 - 17 A retreat for Vietnamese-speaking people.

 

Khoá tu Chánh Niệm

Chủ đề “Xây Dựng Tịnh Độ Hiện Tiền”

Tu Viện Bích Nham – Blue Cliff Monastery

Pine Bush, New York

Ngày 13 đến 17 tháng 06 năm 2012

 

Tịnh Độ cũng như Thiên Quốc có thể được thiết lập trong giờ phút hiện tại với từng hơi thở và bước chân chánh niệm. Năng lượng chánh niệm giúp ta trở về với con người thật của chính mình, qua đó ta có cơ hội tiếp xúc với sự sống đang có mặt trong ta và xung quanh ta. Khóa tu học cho người Việt năm nay tại tu viện Bích Nham có chủ đề “Xây Dựng Tịnh Độ Hiện Tiền.” Về khóa tu, quí vị sẽ có cơ hội cùng thực tập với các thầy và các sư cô những pháp môn như thiền hành, thiền tọa, ăn cơm trong chánh niệm, làm việc trong chánh niệm, thiền buông thư, thiền lạy, tụng kinh, pháp đàm chia sẻ...Những phương pháp tu tập thực tiển này nếu được học hỏi thấu đáo và đem áp dụng thường xuyên vào cuộc sống hàng ngày sẽ đem lại cho chúng ta nhiều niềm vui, hạnh phúc và an lạc.

                                                                                                                                                                       

 

Tu viện Bích Nham là một trung tâm thực tập pháp môn Chánh Niệm theo truyền thống Làng Mai với sự hiện diện của 30 tăng ni thường trú. Tu viện tọa lạc tại vùng rừng núi thung lũng Hudson, về hướng tây bắc cách thành phố New York khoảng 75 dặm. Không gian yên tĩnh với suối mát rừng xanh sẽ đem đến sự thư giãn cho thân tâm quí vị. Chổ ở đầy đủ tiện nghi sẽ tạo cho quí vị một không khí gia đình vui tươi và đầm ấm. Những món chay thuần tuý sẽ giúp quí vị tiếp xúc lại với hương vị quê hương. Xin mời quí vị hãy sắp xếp thời gian để về tu viện Bích Nham cùng tu học và sinh hoạt với các thầy và các sư cô. Tu viện xin đón mừng đồng bào người Việt khắp nơi và ở mọi lứa tuổi, trong đạo cũng như đồng bào trong các tôn giáo bạn. Các em thiếu niên và thiếu nhi sẽ có chương trình sinh hoạt riêng.

 

Ghi danh

            Qua email hoặc bưu điện: Xin ghi đầy đủ họ tên của mỗi người, tuổi, địa chỉ, điện thoại và email.

Xin quí vị ghi danh càng sớm càng tốt để tiện việc sắp xếp chổ ở.

 

Địa chỉ:            Blue Cliff Monastery – Tu viện Bích Nham

                                                Attn: Khoá tu Xây Dựng Tịnh Độ Hiện Tiền

                                                3 Mindfulness Road

                                                Pine Bush, NY 12566

 

Điện thoại:      845-733-4959 ext 23

Email:              sisters@bluecliffmonastery.org

]]> No publisher Lang Nghiem 2011-12-20T21:50:00Z Event Cultivating Balance http://bluecliffmonastery.org/retreats/law-mindfulness-retreat A Mindfulness Retreat for Lawyers, Judges, Law Students, and Law Professionals While the practice of law can be rewarding, professionally and personally, and a source of inspiration and justice, it may also be a source of great stress. More than ever, lawyers face business development demands, are driven by time demands with escalating billable hours, are future-oriented, focused on goal setting, and are trained to be highly judgmental, thinking our way out of a problem to a solution. This weekend retreat, designed for lawyers, judges, law professionals and law students, is an opportunity to slow down, to experience and enjoy the deep connection that comes with awareness of the present moment. The retreat will include periods of silence, dharma talks by Lawyer Dharma Teachers, discussions, and an opportunity to present questions to help participants learn ways to integrate mindfulness into life, family, and work. We will engage in nourishing practices - sitting, walking, and eating meditation, deep relaxation; and mindful dialogue - to cultivate the non-judgmental mind and nourish our hearts. 

 
Cosponsored by CUNY Contemplative Urban Law Program, Project for the Integration of SpiritLawPolitics, City Bar (NY) Contemplative Lawyers' Group
 
To register, download a registration form in PDF or in WORD, fill it out and send it back to us.
To download a flyer of this retreat, click here.
 
Facilitators
Dharma Teacher Jack Lawlor
Practicing law in Chicago since 1976, he has worked for the Environmental Protection Agency, Cook County States Attorneys' office, and an international law firm. Jack began meditating in the mid-1970s as a student of Roshi Philip Kapleau. He was ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh as a Dharma Teacher in 1992 and assembled Friends on the Path, a book about community-based meditation practice. Jack has been married for 37 years, and has two children and three grandchildren. His spiritual community, Lakeside Buddha Sangha, just celebrated its 20th anniversary.
 
Dharma Teacher Leslie Rawls
Leslie has practiced law in North Carolina since 1983. A former civil and criminal trial attorney, she has focused solely on appeals since 1995 and is a board-certified specialist in Appellate Practice. She began studying Buddhism in the 1970s, but her practice did not come alive until she met Thich Nhat Hanh in the early 1990s. She was ordained into the Order of Interbeing in 1995 and received Lamp Transmission as a Dharma Teacher in 2009. 
 
Dharma Teacher Jeanne Anselmo 
Ordained in 1995 in the Order of Interbeing and as a Dharma teacher by Thich Nhat Hanh in 2011. A Senior Fellow in Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and Certified Holistic Nurse, Jeanne is a founding member of the Green Island Sangha, and in 2001, co-founded the Contemplative Urban Law Program at the City University of New York School of Law, where she currently co-teaches a one credit contemplative law course: LAW: Love in Action with Wisdom. 
 

Order of Interbeing Member Valerie Brown 
Valerie is a lawyer, registered independent lobbyist, mediator, and certified executive coach. She has studied with Thich Nhat Hanh since 1995 and was ordained in the Order of Interbeing in 2003. She studied mindfulness-based stress reduction at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society; is a founding member of Old Path Sangha in New Hope, PA; and has helped organize People of Color Retreats throughout the US. Her essay on relationships was featured in Together We Are One: Honoring Our Diversity, Celebrating Our Connection 
]]> No publisher Lang Nghiem 2011-12-20T21:50:00Z Event Summer / Family Retreat http://bluecliffmonastery.org/retreats/summer-family-retreat July 1 - 7 DON’T WORRY!  Be Happy!

Cultivating Harmony Within Oneself & With Others

A Retreat for individuals & families at Blue Cliff Monastery, Pine Bush, New York

Life can be so stressful. We invite you to join us this summer to water our seeds of joy and happiness together and wash away our worries. In this retreat, we will learn how to truly stop, look, and listen to our body and mind. We will use the practices of mindfulness to touch the miracles of life in the midst of the mundane. The retreat includes daily teachings on mindfulness and sessions of walking meditation and sitting meditation. We will also have the chance to strengthen our capacities for deep listening and loving speech through the practices of Deep Relaxation, Touchings of the Earth, Beginning Anew, and Dharma sharing.  

There will also be opportunities to share mindfully and joyfully in the daily tasks of maintaining the monastery through the practice of working meditation. Everyone will work together in small groups―washing  pots, gardening, cleaning the meditation hall, and so on.

The retreat is open to all, including beginners, those who have previously attended retreats, and families with children. The first part of the Dharma talks is normally dedicated to children.  The nuns and monks will offer separate practice programs for teens (ages 13-17) and children (ages 6-12).  Parents are welcome to participate/volunteer to help out in the children’s program if they would like.

To register, please download a registration form, then email or fax it to our office.
 
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FORM IN WORD DOCX FORMAT.
 
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FORM IN PDF.
]]> No publisher Lang Nghiem 2011-12-21T15:10:00Z Event August Retreat http://bluecliffmonastery.org/retreats/august-retreat English Speaking Retreat, August 22 - 26, 2012 “Light up the Torch of Wisdom”

Refreshing Our Relationship With Life

A Mindfulness Retreat led by Monks and Nuns of Deer Park Monastery, Magnolia Grove Monastery, and Blue Cliff Monastery
Trained by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh


We invite you to join us for our English speaking retreat here at the beautiful Blue Cliff Monastery, a branch monastery of Plum Village. Blue Cliff located only 90 miles northwest of New York City in the lush Walker Valley close to the Catskills. While practicing together over these 5 days, we shall learn how to come back to ourselves and to discover that enlightened living is possible with the practice of mindfulness in everyday life. We will learn to practice walking and sitting meditation, touching the earth, Dharma discussion and beginning anew. These practices shall help to bring about healing and transformation in ourselves and refreshing our relationship with our families, society, and the world. 
    The retreat is open to all including beginners and those who have previously attended retreats and families. We will have separate programs for children, teens, and young adults. Children under 6 years old are welcome to join the children’s program under the care of their parents. We welcome the participation of people from all backgrounds. We are committed to fostering a practice environment where all may touch the Dharma and find healing and nourishment.

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]]> No publisher Lang Nghiem 2012-04-09T16:50:00Z Event Creative Arts Retreat http://bluecliffmonastery.org/retreats/creative-arts-retreat Sept 26 - 30, 2012 Please check again soon for more information.

]]> No publisher Lang Nghiem 2012-04-28T01:41:35Z Event College Weekend http://bluecliffmonastery.org/retreats/college-weekend-1 Oct 6 - 8 Please check again soon for more information.

]]> No publisher Lang Nghiem 2012-04-28T01:50:00Z Event Living Beautifully, Living Solidly http://bluecliffmonastery.org/retreats/living-beautifully-living-solidly A Mindfulness Retreat For People of Color, Oct 24 - 28 Through the daily practices of mindful living offered during the retreat, we will have the opportunity to reconnect with the beautiful sources of joy and peace within ourselves. Practicing to stop, rest, and listen deeply to our body and mind, we can rediscover and nurture the deepest roots of solid living. At the same time, we will also learn concrete ways to embrace and take care of our difficulties and suffering in order to open the path to healing and growth.

Download PoC Reg-form (word doc) 

Download PoC Reg-form (pdf)


To help pass the word, please download and distribute one of these flyers, thanks!

POC flyer 2012 version 1

POC flyer 2012 version 2

 

]]> No publisher Lang Nghiem 2012-04-28T01:55:00Z Event Three-Month Winter Retreat http://bluecliffmonastery.org/retreats/three-month-winter-retreat (Exact Dates TBA)  

Winter Retreat is a time in the life of both the monastic and lay communities when we simplify things, committing ourselves to stay within the boundaries of the monastery, and focus deeply on cultivating the practice of mindfulness.

The Winter Retreat is the equivalent to the 3-month varśa (rainy season) retreat held in monasteries of various Buddhist traditions. It dates back to the time of the Buddha when the monks and nuns were traveling and teaching the Dharma throughout various regions of India during the year. During the rainy season, when traveling became difficult, they collected together as a community to learn and practice the Dharma, and to share their way of life and experience in the practice.

Today, the monastic members still continue this tradition of gathering together to practice for 3 months every year. We are happy to receive lay friends who wish to attend this special retreat and share their practice and way of life with us during this period. We recommend a minimum stay of one week. If you would like to follow the courses offered during the retreat and deepen your practice you can apply to stay for the whole retreat (3 months). Just as in the time of the Buddha certain boundaries will be observed during this retreat, for us the grounds of Blue Cliff Monastery. We would like to ask your support in sharing this practice with us even if you only stay a short period of time or if you have your own car. Specifically, that means we should refrain from going into town or taking outings without asking the permission of our retreat mentor and of the community.

]]> No publisher Lang Nghiem 2012-04-28T01:55:00Z Event Holiday Retreat 2012 - 2013 http://bluecliffmonastery.org/retreats/holiday-retreat-2012-2013 Dec 29 - Jan 2 More information coming soon!

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