{"id":8644,"date":"2019-03-10T13:07:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T19:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/?p=8644"},"modified":"2019-03-10T13:08:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T19:08:26","slug":"spend-a-month-in-a-chinese-buddhist-monastery-this-summer-woodenfish-hbmlp-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2019\/03\/spend-a-month-in-a-chinese-buddhist-monastery-this-summer-woodenfish-hbmlp-in-china.html","title":{"rendered":"Spend a month in a Chinese Buddhist Monastery this summer \u2013 Woodenfish HBMLP in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In 2009 I traveled to China<\/a>\u00a0to 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\u00a0here<\/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

In 2016, 17, and 18, I taught on the program, covering topics in early Buddhism, Buddhist ethics, Yogacara philosophy, and meditation. This year I plan to return, but will also be starting a full-time writing position for Buddhistdoor Global in Hong Kong, so I will have to work out travel possibilities in the next month or so. In any case, there is a fantastic Woodenfish faculty and staff with many years of experience<\/a> teaching and working on this program in China.<\/p>\n

Below further information for Woodenfish in China.<\/p>\n

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Photo from a head-shaving ceremony at Jin-e Temple, 2017 (Copyright the author).<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Read an account of the experience<\/a> of one of the students from our 2017 program.<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

Deadline for applications:\u00a0April 30th<\/span><\/span>!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.woodenfish.org\/hbmlp-2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Woodenfish Project\u00a02019
\nHumanistic Buddhist Monastic Life Program\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n