Exploring Zen Residency: A Q&A with Zen Monastics and Residents

This event is for you if….

• You are curious about life in a Zen Buddhist monastery

• You feel called to explore a life that moves away from consumerism and busy culture.

• You have questions about how Zen training can support your personal and spiritual growth.

• You're looking for an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals committed to spiritual practice.

• You’re considering a spiritual path that involves living close to nature and the seasons.

• You’d like to hear firsthand accounts from those currently living and training in a monastic environment.

There are many amazing opportunities to live at a monastery. And Zen Mountain Monastery is a wonderful example.

Whether for a week, a month or longer, residential training at Zen Mountain Monastery provides a unique and powerful way to nourish your spiritual life through lived experience. 

Residency at Zen Mountain Monastery provides structure and support to delve into your meditation practice, take up your deepest questions about life and death, and cultivate a refuge from the consumerism, distraction and self-centered ambition of the dominant culture.

The day-to-day schedule and monthly cycle of training unfolds with the seasons. Staying close to the mountain, living and working alongside other practitioners, and studying the Dharma as a way of life can allow your aspiration to develop and deepen one moment at a time. It is one way to bring goodness into the world. 

This online zoom event will be a chance to learn a little more about residential Zen training and hear from monastics and current residents about their experiences—both the challenges and the benefits. If the prospect of residency intrigues you, we hope you’ll join us. Residency isn’t for everyone–but if you’re looking for a life-changing experience of a different nature, then it might just be for you.  In this zoom your questions will be answered, and your answers may be questioned.