Half-day and Annual Retreat, Taipei
Half-day 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. Half-day Retreat is conducted on Saturdays from 9:00 am–11:30 am once a month. We provide this monthly Half-day Retreat 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 3-or-more-day Zen Retreats for students in the Advanced Class and Disciple Program.
The Half-day 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. For details, please feel free to contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org.
We will be practicing the Zen technique of doubting meditation (Chn. huatou, Jpn. wato, Krn. hwadu) in the monthly Half-day and 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.
Tuition-Free
We provide tuition-free meditation classes, but we do ask that you consider providing a donation. The None Zen Center is run entirely by donations. It is the loving gifts from our teachers, students, and friends which create a tuition-free learning environment for Zen meditation, and so will your generosity surely pass on the same love to others.
We recommend a NT$800 donation for a half-day retreat, but donations of greater and lesser sums are all appreciated. No one will be turned away for lack of donations.
Please feel free to contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org if you have any inquires.
* Prior registration is a must. Please feel free to contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org if you are interested in joining our Half-day Retreat and Zen Retreats.
| Half-Day Retreat Taipei, Taiwan, 2023 | |
| Class | Class Dates Saturdays, 9-11:30 am, Hybrid Class |
| TWHD97 | 3/11 |
| TWHD | 4/15 (Cancelled) |
| TWHD98 | 5/6 |
| TWHD99 | 6/3 |
| No Half-day Retreat in July or August | |
| TWHD100 | 9/9 |
| TWHD101 | 10/14 |
| TWHD102 | 11/4 |
| TWHD103 | 12/9 |
| HALF-DAY AND RETREAT 2021 | |
| Class | Dates (Saturdays, 8:30am-12:00am) |
| TW1D75 | 1/16 |
| TW1D76 | 3/6 |
| TW1D77 | 3/27 |
| TW1D78 | 4/24 |
| TW1D79 | 5/15 |
| TW3R11 | 6/12(Sat.) – 6/14(Mon.) Check in at 8:30-9pm on Fri., June 11th Check out at 11:00am on Mon., June 14th |
| TW1D80 | 7/31 |
| TW1D81 | 9/11 |
| TW3R12 | 10/9 (Sat.) – 10/11(Mon.) Check in at 8:30-9pm on Fri., Oct. 8th Check out at 11:00am on Mon., Oct .11th |
| TW1D82 | 11/6 |
| TW1D83 | 12/11 |
| Half-Day Retreat Taipei, Taiwan, 2020 | |
| Class | Dates (Daylong: Sundays 9am-4pm) |
| No class in January | |
| TW2R1 2-day retreat | 2/28 (Fir) – 2/29 (Sat) Check in at 8:30-9pm on Thu, Feb 27th Check out at 5pm on Sat, Feb 29th |
| TW1D 69 | 3/29 |
| TW1D 70 | 4/26 |
| TW1D 71 | 5/17 |
| TW1D 72 | 6/14 |
| No class in July | |
| TW1D 73 | 8/16 |
| TW1D 74 | 9/20 |
| TW3R10 | 10/9 – 10/11 Check in at 09:00pm on Thu, Oct 8th Check out at 12pm on Sun, Oct 11th |
| TW1D 75 | 10/24 |
| TW1D 76 | 11/14 |
| TW1D 77 | 12/12 |
None Zen Center 無有禪社 