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The Chapel Hill Zen Center (also called the Red Cedar Mountain Temple [5]) is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina founded in 1981. The center has been led by Josho Pat Phelan since 1991, who officially became abbess of the center in 2000.
Meditation Room at Esalen Esalen Art Barn, 2005. The Esalen Institute, commonly called Esalen, is a non-profit American retreat center and intentional community in Big Sur, California, which focuses on humanistic alternative education. [2]
Landmark holds seminars in approximately 125 locations in more than 21 countries. [ 4 ] [ 14 ] Landmark's revenue surpassed $100 million in 2018, with profits of about $5 million. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The organization has 500 employees, and about 7,500 volunteers, an unusually large number of volunteers for a for-profit company.
Dipa Ma's mettā (loving-kindness) meditation instruction was a core component to be practiced after each Vipassanā session. It involves five stages, the first of which was the mastery of self-compassion in mind and heart, then continuing to the other stages. The prayer of the first stage, given in English is as follows: Let me be free of enemies
Erhard Seminars Training, Inc. (marketed as est, though often encountered as EST or Est) was an organization founded by Werner Erhard in 1971 that offered a two-weekend (6-day, 60-hour) course known officially as "The est Standard Training". The purpose of the training was to use concepts loosely based on Zen Buddhism for self improvement. The ...
Young monk in meditation retreat, Yerpa, Tibet in 1993. A retreat can either be a time of solitude or a community experience. Some retreats are held in silence, and on others there may be a great deal of conversation, depending on the understanding and accepted practices of the host facility and/or the participant(s).
The Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) Encinitas Hermitage and Meditation Gardens is a religious center and tourist attraction in Encinitas, California, United States, created by Paramahansa Yogananda in the 1930s. [2] [3] [4] Its Golden Lotus Tower rises above the white wall along Highway 101 near Swami's Seaside Park.
Science of Spirituality is a 501(c)(3) non‑profit organization [1] [2] [3] founded in 1979. The spiritual head of Science of Spirituality is Rajinder Singh. [4] He teaches meditation on the inner Light and Sound so people can experience for themselves the spiritual riches within. [5]