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Blue Cliff Zen Sangha<\/a>\u00a0held its first sesshin, intensive Zen meditation retreat, between the 1st & 4th of February, 2018. We met a Harwood Lodge<\/a> nestled in the upper reaches of Mt Baldy, itself perched above the Los Angeles basin. We had members and friends of our sangha come from Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Long Beach, and Orange County. Thanks to Chris Hoff for the lovely photographs\u2026<\/p>\n

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