Retreats
Our Zen Center offers numerous non-residential retreat opportunities throughout the year. We do short 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day retreats throughout the year. These retreats give you the opportunity to step back from your life and find clarity and direction. They involve immersive meditation practice and are held in deep silence. They include morning services, private meetings with teachers and daily dharma talks.
Upcoming Retreats
Three-Day Retreat: May 23–25
Fall Retreat: September 1–7, 2024
Three-Day Meditation Retreat Retreat:
Strengthen your Meditation
May 23-25, 2024
Join us for this Three-Day Retreat, beginning Friday night, April 12th at 7 pm, and continuing all day Saturday, April13th. The retreat will be lead by Roshi Robert Althouse and Roshi June Tanoue and will include 3 meals on Saturday. The retreat is hybrid so you can attend in-person or online. The retreat is non-residential, so there is no overnight accommodations.
Schedule:
THURSDAY
Opening Remarks/Meditation: 7:00-9:00 PM
FRIDAY–SATURDAY
Meditation: 6:30-7:30 AM
Morning Service: 7:30 AM (See Service Liturgy)
Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Samu work practice: 8:30-9:30
Rest: 9:30-10:00 AM
Meditation: 10:00-10:30 AM
Dharma Talk: 10:30–11:30 AM
Lunch: 11:30 AM
Rest: 12:00-3:00 PM
Meditation: 3:00-4:30 PM
Sutra Reading: 4:30 PM
Supper: 4:45 PM
Closing Council Circle: 7:00 PM
Fall Meditation Retreat:
Harvesting the Dharma
Seven-Day Retreat:September 1–7, 2024
Three-Day Retreat: September 1–4, 2024
Join us for this Fall 7-Day Retreat from Sunday evening to Saturday evening. Our co-founders, Roshi Robert Joshin Althouse and Roshi June Ryushin Tanoue will join us in exploring this rich experience. We encourage you to step back and align yourself with the Spring season with grace, rest, growth, and an open heart.
This will be a non-residential meditation retreat held at ZLMC in Oak Park. You may attend in-person or online. This retreat may attended as a 7-Day retreat or a 3-Day Retreat or Part-time (all mornings or all evenings). The schedule will involve intensive meditation, morning services, face-to-face interviews with teachers, and dharma talks. 3 meals a day will be served for those participating in-person.
Retreat Donation and Registration:
KELLY, OAK PARK, IL, USA