White Forest Zen Monastery
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Catskill Zendo |
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Venerable Hye Seong Sunim, Abbot and Zen Master
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The Catskill Zendo is located in the White Forest Zen Buddhist Monastery (Bak Lim Sa) located in Summitville, Sullivan County, New York. Regular Zen services are held on Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. Practice includes seated meditation (chamson [Korean], zazen [Japanese]), koan (zen paradox) study, chanting, bowing, and Dharma (teaching) discourses. This style of Zen traces its roots to the ancient Chinese Zen Masters Hui-Neng (the Sixth Patriarch of Zen) and Lin-Chi (Rinzai). Personal instruction in meditation and Buddhist Teachings, and guidance in establishing a home practice schedule, are given by the Dharma teachers in English.
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Bak Lim Sa
Summitville, NY 12781
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The Zendo provides a special transmission outside the scriptures, with no dependence on words or letters and a direct pointing to the Mind. The Zendo, situated on 180 acres of mountain property, is presently non-residential, with members commuting from the Mid-Hudson, Catskill, North Jersey areas. However, limited accommodations for overnight or short-term stays are available by special arrangement with the Abbot or resident monk. In the very near future, the Zendo will hold weekend temple-stays (retreats). Check back with us soon for temple-stay times and dates. Plans are also being made for a long-term residential facility. The Abbot and Zen Master of the Catskill Zendo, is Hye Seong, Sunim, a renowned Buddhist Monk of the Chogye Order. He is also Abbot of Kum Kyang Sa Temple in Pusan, South Korea.
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