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January 27 - January 29
February 6 - February 12
February 17 - February 19

Welcome to the website for Great Vow Zen Monastery. We are a residential, Zen Buddhist training monastery guided by the vow to help relieve suffering in the world. We aspire to maintain authentic, wholehearted practice while keeping the teachings open and accessible to anyone with a sincere desire to experience the Buddha-Dharma. Our practice is a synthesis of Soto and Rinzai Zen traditions informed by the practice and study of our teachers, Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi and Zen Teacher Hogen Bays. The monastery is an arm of the Zen Community of Oregon.