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8–13 December 2026 · Barre

Gateway to Chan: Silent Illumination Six-Day Hybrid Retreat

Guo Gu guides six days of practice in both silent illumination and huatou at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, with thirty-minute sitting periods alternating with mindful yoga and walking meditation, joinable in person or online.

GGWith Guo Gu ZenBarre, Massachusetts, United States
8Decemberto December 13, 2026
Six-day hybrid retreatTue 09:00 AM to Sun 05:00 PM
FormatSix-day hybrid retreat
PeriodWinter 2026
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CapacityOpen
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Gateway to Chan: Silent Illumination Six-Day Hybrid Retreat

Guo Gu guides six days of practice in both silent illumination and huatou at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, with thirty-minute sitting periods alternating with mindful yoga and walking meditation, joinable in person or online.

Chan is freedom, expressed through wisdom and compassion. Awakening in Chan means the direct experience of being freed from self-referentiality and vexations.
Guo Gu
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Chán · Dharma Drum lineage

Guo Gu

Founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center, teaching Chán Buddhism in the Dharma Drum lineage of Chan Master Sheng Yen.

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Zazen & everyday awareness

Zen

Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.

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Location

Barre, Massachusetts, United States

Barre Center for Buddhist Studies


Barre, Massachusetts, United States

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