Weekly zazen periods are held at the Zen Center (1110 Sparta Drive, Lafayette CO) on Tuesday and Thursday mornings 5:45 AM, and Wednesday evenings 7:00 PM. Chanting service, zazen and dharma talk are held on Sunday mornings 8:00 AM -10:30 AM followed by work practice until 12:30. Weekly zazen includes opportunities for interview with Shishin Roshi. All sittings except Wednesday evening include Zen service and chanting.

Sesshin, an intensive retreat, includes zazen, sutra chanting, formal oryoki meals, work practice, Dharma talks, and private interviews with Shishin Roshi and Shinko Sensei. Weekend sesshins are held 6 times a year and formal week-long sesshins are held twice a year, in June and December. Cost for a weekend sesshin is $120 for members and students, $150 for non-members. Cost for a week-long sesshin is $425 for members and students, $525 non-members. Part-time participation is allowed. See the schedule for dates. Download an application form, and contact the Center via e-mail or at 720-890-1800 to register. Early registration is greatly appreciated. Information on sesshin schedule and what to bring.

Great Heart Zen Practice is a program that combines traditional Zen meditation with intensive workshops, aimed at uncovering how personal conditioning obstructs our experience of oneness. Great Heart retreats are held several times a year. Download an application form and contact the Center via e-mail or phone to register. This program is being developed by Shishin Roshi and Shinko Sensei in association with a grant from the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism, an organization that promotes the benefits of Zen Buddhism and related Buddhist practices in a manner complementary to our modern American society.

Join Members of the Great Mountain Zen Center on Monday evenings from 5:00pm-6:15pm for Zen meditation at Naropa. Sittings are held in the Lincoln Shrine Room on the main campus of Naropa University and include two 30 minute periods of zazen and one ten minute period of kinhin (walking mediation). Sittings are led by teachers and senior students.

Introduction to Zen Practice and GMZC is held the first Sunday of each month at the Zen Center. The session includes posture instruction, short sitting periods, discussion of Zen lineage and introduction to programs and protocols at GMZC. A $20 donation is requested. Contact the center at 720-890-1800 or gmzc@gmzc.org if you are interested. See more details.

Classes are available for anyone interested in Jukai, the reception of the Buddhist precepts. Please speak to Shishin Roshi if you are interested.

Ango is a 90 day period during which all practitioners are invited to increase their commmitment to practice. Ango occurs from September through the end of Rohatsu retreat in early December.

To support our practice during Ango, the Center has increased structured practice time according to a monastic schedule as shown below. All zazen periods are open to all sangha members.

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Updated Weekly Monastic Schedule

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
3:50-5:00am Zazen (optional)
4:35 Wake Up
5:00-5:35 Zazen
5:45 Zazen & Kinhin, Service (Dokusan on Tuesdays and Thursdays)
7:30 Yoga/Body practice
8:30 Breakfast
9:15 Samu (leave for Abbey at 9:15)
12:00pm Zazen (at Abbey)
12:30 Lunch & break/zazen (optional)
1:30 Samu
4:30 Return to GMZC
6:00 Dinner
7:00-8:30 Zazen & Kinhin (Dokusan on Wednesdays)
9:30 Lights Out

* Residents maintain Noble Silence from 8:30pm-7:30am during

Sunday
4:35am Wake-up
5:00-7:00 Zazen & Kinhin
8:00 Samu
9:30 Service, Zazen & Kinhin (Dokusan)
11:15 Dharma Talk
12:15pm Lunch & Cleanup

Hossan (relaxed schedule)

Sunday 1:30pm – Tuesday 4:35am

Days off
Nov. 26 – Thanksgiving
Dec. 4 (Friday)
Dec. 5 (Saturday) until 6pm