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New Year's Retreat 2012

A five-day silent retreat at Empty Nest Zendo in the Sierra Nevada foothills
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    Michèle.

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  • In silent contemplation and concentration.

    In silent contemplation and concentration.

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  • A nearby landscape in an area we silently walked through.

    A nearby landscape in an area we silently walked through.

  • View to north from second-floor stairs.

    View to north from second-floor stairs.

  • Outside the meditation hall north entrance; room in the zendo are upstairs, and also along the west side. Doors to showers on left.

    Outside the meditation hall north entrance; room in the zendo are upstairs, and also along the west side. Doors to showers on left.

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  • The kitchen.

    The kitchen.

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  • Bowing to the temple bell. One hundred strokes, one a minute, with the final stroke at Midnight on the beginning of the New Year.

    Bowing to the temple bell. One hundred strokes, one a minute, with the final stroke at Midnight on the beginning of the New Year.

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  • The sound of the bell carried quite a distance; I walked away at least half a mile and could still clearly hear it.

    The sound of the bell carried quite a distance; I walked away at least half a mile and could still clearly hear it.

  • Hmmm, a movie, but doesn't seem to run. Will investigate further.

    Hmmm, a movie, but doesn't seem to run. Will investigate further.

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