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Daylong and Annual Retreat, San Jose, California

[San Jose, CA] Dear Friends,  we have decided to cancel all of the in-person Zen classes and meditation sessions again at our San Jose Center, California, as of Tuesday, Nov 16th, 2020, until further notice.

We will provide real-time Zoom meditation sessions on Saturdays, Nov 21st, Dec 5th, and Dec 12th from 10 am to 10:45 am. We will also continue our real-time Advanced Class on Wednesdays, Nov 18th, Dec 3rd, and Dec 10th from 7:15 pm to 8 pm. Please contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org if you are interested in joining us for the sitting sessions or Advanced Class.

As for Zen beginners, please enroll in our Online Zen School AND the Beginner’s and Bridging Class to learn basic Zen concepts and meditation methods https://nonezencenter.teachable.com/.

We will start to provide real-time Zoom classes for our daylong (half-day) from Feb 6, 2021. You may find the class calendar below.

Be healthy and stay safe. We look forward to meeting you soon at our San Jose Center.

Sincerely Yours,
None Zen Center


Daylong Retreats are designed for students in the Training Class and Disciple Program, and aim to deepen students’ Zen experience by increasing the frequency and duration of sitting sessions. Daylong class is conducted on the third week’s Advanced Class, on Saturdays at 9am–3pm. We provide this monthly Daylong Class as a checkpoint for students to check their progress for that month.

Annual Retreat is an intensive training to help people deepen their Zen experiences, break through the forms of duality, and see the true nature of self within a set time period. Each year, we provide annual 5-or-more-day Zen Retreats for students in the Advanced Class and Disciple Program.

The Daylong and Annual Retreats are designed for students in our Advanced Class and Disciple Program, but we do reserve 1–2 seats for practitioners who are interested in joining us.

We will be practicing the Zen technique of doubting meditation (Chn. huatou, Jpn. wato, Krn. hwadu) in the monthly Daylong and Annul Retreats. Practitioners who are not familiar with doubting meditation will be required to take a Bridging Class in advance. If you are interested in our Bridging Class, please feel free to contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org.

We provide vegetarian meals in Daylong and Annual Retreats. Annual Retreat participants will be required to pay for the retreat fees (mainly board and lodging expenses), however, all classes provided by the None Zen Center are tuition-free. We do ask that you consider providing a donation. Your gifts make it possible for us to keep the None Zen Center operating, and for people to learn and practice Zen continuously.

You may give the gift at the Center or donate online.

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* Prior registration is a must. Please contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org if you are interested in joining our Daylong Classes and Zen Retreats.

Daylong and Retreat 2021

San Jose, California

Class Names Class Dates Class Hours Type

Winter Break

No class between mid-Dec and mid-January

SJCHD 7 2/6 Sat 10am – 12pm Half-day retreat, real-time Zoom class
SJCHD 8 3/6 Sat 10am – 12pm Half-day retreat, real-time Zoom class
SJCHD 9 3/27 Sat 10am – 12pm Half-day retreat, real-time Zoom class
SJCHD 10 4/24 Sat 10am – 12pm Half-day retreat, outdoor class
SJCHD 11 5/15 Sat 10am – 12pm Half-day retreat, outdoor class
SJC2D2 6/12 Sat 10am – 3:30pm Daylong retreat
6/13 Sun 9am – 3:30pm Daylong retreat

Summer Break

No class between mid-June and mid-July

SJCHD 12 7/31 Sat 10am – 12pm Half-day retreat
Zen Retreat 2021 8/14 – 8/19 Check in at 5:30pm, 8/14
Check out at 11:30am, 8/19
Annual Retreat 
SJCHD 13 9/18 Sat 10am – 12pm Half-day retreat
SJC2D3 10/9 Sat 10am – 3:30pm Daylong retreat
10/10 Sun 9am – 3:30pm Daylong retreat
SJCHD 14 11/6 Sat 10am – 12pm Half-day retreat
SJCHD 15 12/11 Sat 10am – 12pm Half-day retreat

Winter Break

No class between mid-Dec and mid-January

Daylong and Retreat, San Jose                                                            Year 2020
Class Dates
(Daylong retreat: Saturdays 9am-3pm)
(Annual retreat: 6am – 10pm)
No class in January
SJC1D 20 2/22
SJC1D 21 3/28
SJC1D 22 4/25
SJC1D 23 5/16
SJC1D 24 6/13
No class in July
SJC1D 25 8/15
SJC1D 26 9/19
Retreat 2020 10/3 – 10/9
Check in at 10:30am on Oct 3rd (Sat)
Check out at 11am on Oct 9th (Fri)
SJC1D 27 11/7
SJC1D 28 12/5

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