Category: Northern Light Zen Center General Interest

These blog posts are general interest posts that may be funny, contain information about zen, or simply some news about Northern Light Zen Center.

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One Day Retreat at Northern Light Zen Center, June 25th!

Northern Light Zen Center is hosting a One-Day Sitting Meditation Retreat on Saturday, June 25th lead by Terrance Cronin, JDPSN.  This ought to be a great day.  As the year moves into summer there is no better time to kick start your practice with a day of sitting at Northern Light.  Join us and other Zen Practitioners for a day of quiet contemplation, Zen Interviews and a temple style meal.  The Dharma Room is beautiful!

Arrival and registration for new participants will begin at 6:50am. For experienced participants arrival and registration begins at 7:50. Retreat ends at 4:30pm. FMI or to register, email northernlightzencenter@gmail.com or  call 729-6013.  We hope to see you!

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And there we were at Buddha’s Birthday … Providence Zen Center.

This years Buddha’s Birthday ceremony weekend was a special one for the Northern Light Zen Center.  We had Four, count em, Four people taking precepts this year!  Lisa, Sally and Pat took 5 precepts and Jay (me) took 10 precepts.  There were many other preceptees from other zen centers all over the country, it was a beautiful ceremony and a lovely day! Also this weekend marked the end of Kyol Che.  The 90 day retreat that takes place at the Diamond Hill Monastery. During this time our own Colin Fay did a 90 day solo retreat.  So this was a nice way to commemorate that as well.  Well Done everyone!

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Colin Fay

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L-R, Lisa Hammer, Sally Blauvelt, Patrick Clancy, Jay Seiler

 

 

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L-R, Lisa Hammer, Sally Blauvelt, Patrick Clancy, Jay Seiler

 

 

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L-R, Jennifer Mancini, Terry Cronin JDPSN, Bill Robitzek, Sally Blauvelt, Lisa Hammer, Patrick Clancy, Jay Seiler, Colin Fay

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Our New Dharma Room is Completed!

Yay!  After a little more than a year we have finally completed our dharma room.  It is beautiful! Check out the dharma room tab on the website here for a full complement of photos!  We are sitting there for our first retreat in our new room on the 27th of February.  We have some transitions to make as we get used to using the new room, some cleaning in adjacent rooms and removing some clutter.  But this is a huge step forward! The next big project may be putting in a small bathroom downstairs.  hmmmmm.

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New Schedule published!

Greetings to all!

Please check out our events page and see our schedule for the upcoming year.  We have a number of great one day retreats with Terry Cronin, JDPSN.  Perfect for a new or experienced person alike!

-peace