Other Retreat Reports

At the end of each of our retreats participants are asked, if they wish to do so, to submit a written retreat report. This gives us valuable help in understanding the retreat process. These reports also provide some insight into the difficulties and benefits of attending a retreat. We publish some of these accounts anonymously in New Chan Forum.

Other pages list reports from participants of Western Zen Retreats and Chan Retreats. This page lists reports submitted by participants of some of our Other Retreats, e.g. Mahamudra retreats.

The retreat reports are quite varied, most being in prose but some in poetry, some reporting on good experiences and some on the difficulties. Some comment on the retreat process and meditation experience, whereas others comment on the novelty of finding oneself in the unusual environment of a silent