{"id":5802,"date":"2016-04-18T13:27:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T19:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/?p=5802"},"modified":"2016-04-18T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T19:27:23","slug":"your-summer-in-a-chinese-buddhist-monastery-woodenfish-hbmlp-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2016\/04\/your-summer-in-a-chinese-buddhist-monastery-woodenfish-hbmlp-in-china.html","title":{"rendered":"Your Summer in a Chinese Buddhist Monastery – Woodenfish HBMLP in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In 2009 I traveled to China<\/a> to experience Chinese Buddhist monastic life and learn about the practice, philosophy, and history unique to Chan\/Zen Buddhism<\/a>.\u00a0Back then, it was focused mostly on graduate students in Buddhism or Chinese culture\/religion\/history but it has since grown in size and scope to look a bit like the program that was then run separately\u00a0at Fo Guang Shan monastery in southern Taiwan.<\/p>\n

My experience with the 2009 program was so positive that I applied for and participated in the 2010 Taiwan program as well and\u00a0wrote about my experience here<\/a>\u00a0(and posted additional reflections and photos here<\/a>). Today the Woodenfish Project, run by Ven. Yifa, is no longer affiliated with Fo Guang Shan, but continues its mission of bringing Westerners first-hand experience of Chinese Buddhist monastic life.<\/p>\n

The program based in Taiwan continues separately under Fo Guang Shan\u2019s leadership and more information about it is available at\u00a0https:\/\/www.fgs.org.tw\/events\/fgmonasticretreat\/<\/a>. Unfortunately we\u2019ve just missed the deadline for joining that program this year (but bookmark the site if you\u2019re interested in future years!).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Below is the press release for Woodenfish in China, which I highly recommend.<\/p>\n

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Photo from a rainy day at Fo Guang Shan in southern Taiwan, 2010 (Copyright the author).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Deadline for applications: April 30th<\/span><\/span>!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Woodenfish Project\u00a02016
\nHumanistic Buddhist Monastic Life Program\u00a0<\/strong>
\nLongquan Temple (\u9f99\u6cc9\u5bfa) in Taiyuan (\u592a\u539f), and Mt. Wutai (\u4e94\u53f0\u5c71), Shanxi Province (\u5c71\u897f), China<\/p>\n