Saint Ignatius Retreat House, Inisfada - Manhasset, NYINISFADA INTERFAITH ZEN CENTER
St. Ignatius Retreat House, 251 Searingtown Road, Manhasset, NY 11030; Phone: (516) 621-8300; e-mail: roconnell8@aol.com; inisfada@inisfada.net; www.kennedyzen.tripod.com.
Six-day zen retreat with Robert E. Kennedy, S.J., Roshi, June 10-16, 2005, $345 ($300 shared). Silent meditation and zen practice beginning on Friday with dinner and ending on Thursday with lunch noon. Cushions and/or chairs provided. Some experience with zen practice recommended. Please register directly with St. Ignatius Retreat House. For questions about zen, please contact roconnell8@aol.com .
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"When you are a truly happy Christian, you are also a Buddhist. And vice versa." So concludes best-selling author and Buddhist monk Thich Hhat Hanh near the end of his popular book Living Buddha, Living Christ.
Some Catholics agree. For example, Jesuit Father Robert E. Kennedy, a Roshi (Zen master), holds Zen retreats at Morning Star Zendo in Jersey City. He states on his web site: "I ask students to trust themselves and to develop their own self-reliance through the practice of Zen." The St. Francis Chapel at Santa Clara University hosts the weekly practice of "mindfulness and Zen meditation." Indeed, the number of Buddhist retreats and workshops being held at Catholic monasteries and parishes is growing.
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Self-reliance? What about 'trusting in God and God alone!! What ever happened to that?