Yong Maeng Jong Jin: to leap like a tiger while sitting.

Intensive week, led by Arne Schaefer JDPSN (7 days WITH MIDNIGHT PRACTICE).

Because of the rigorousness of this retreat, it is not suitable for complete beginners to zen practice. It is limited to those who have previously sat at least one retreat.

In this traditional retreat there is an extra practice period at midnight (between midnight and 2 o’clock there is a special energy and the effect of the practice is very powerful). At the end of the retreat we’ll held the Buddha’s Enlightenment Day Ceremony.

The retreats are silent, in our mountain Zen Center located in the middle of nature, in the incredible Natural Park of the Alta Garrotxa in the Pyrenees, the ideal place for a retreat. Participants follow an intensive schedule of sitting and walking meditation, chanting, prostrations and formal meals, in which one tries to keep alive the practice of attention at all times. With kong-an interviews and Dharma talk.

About the teacher:

Arne Schaefer JDPSN began practicing in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition — Diamond Way — in 1990. He started practicing Zen in the Kwan Um School of Zen in 1992 when he attended a YMJJ in Berlin with Zen Master Seung Sahn and since then has practiced with many teachers of the Kwan Um School of Zen in Europe, Korea and the USA. In April 2010, Arne Schaefer received Inka from Zen Master Wu Bong. He is guiding teacher of the Zen Centers in Dresdenand in Bad Bramstedt and of the Hamburg Zen Group. He was awarded a Master’s degree in religious studies in 1996 and a Master’s degree in psychology in 2002, both from the Free University of Berlin. Additionally he has furthered his studies in solution-focused consulting and co-active coaching. Together with his wife, Irmi Jeuther, he established Lotus Consult to integrate their shared Buddhist background with their work as coaches and consultants. In 2010 Arne also started mindsweets, a small enterprise creating and selling organic sweets for medita(s)ting.

Price: 280€ / 230€ (KUSZ member) / 200€ (practicing member Bori ZC)

Download practical information (how to get there, what to bring, program, retreat rules, etc), please read it carefully as it forms the basis of your participation in the retreat.

(The deadline for registration is 3 days before retreat)