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You cannot take hold of It, but neither can you lose It. In not being able to get It, you get It. When you are silent, It speaks. When you speak, It is silent. The Great Gate is wide open to bestow alms, And no crowd is blocking the way.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1770783104346-XLVZT7HXKJYLGPFE6372/unsplash-image-ExnAdmi-Asc.jpg Schedule - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1763487937725-LCJWE1UOJAJJW13VDBEH/unsplash-image-8c6eS43iq1o.jpg Schedule - Make it stand out “Facing the Direction of the Sunrise, He did not Move.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/a631c508-6e01-4476-bc90-28cd70eab927/IMG_9672.JPG Schedule “What happens when the tree withers and the leaves fall?” Yunmen answered, “GOLDEN WIND.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/a631c508-6e01-4476-bc90-28cd70eab927/IMG_9672.JPG Schedule - Golden Wind Sesshin SEPTEMBER 24 - 27, 2025, Wednesday evening - Saturday morning. Visit the Retreats page for details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/66688974-cb50-44af-9d61-0dce965ba966/August+2025.jpg Schedule - August 2025 Sangha Gatherings: Saturday Morning Practice and Teisho with Roshi Sanchi: August 16, 9:00 - 10:45 am (In-person at THE BARN and Online Teisho) BMZC Summer Picnic: Sunday, August 24, 5:15 - 8:00, Thompson Park in Longmont Announcements for each event will come in advance of our gatherings. Stay tuned for our “Late Summer into Autumn” Schedule and find your Practice Home with the Boulder Morningstar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/818dfabe-ff4c-414a-a435-68121afb143b/Summer+25.jpg Schedule - June 2025 Monday afternoon practice at the Barn 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm (3:15 pm entry) ONLINE morning zazen practice: Tues. & Wed. 7:00 am - 7:30 am (6:45 am entry) ONLINE evening zazen practice: Thurs. 7:30 pm -8:00 pm (7:15 pm entry) Meditation among the Trees (Thompson Park, Longmont) Sunday, June 29, 2025 - 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm (arrival by 6:15 pm). Announcement with details to follow. The Summer Practice Period Schedule for July to follow. 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When we succeed in slowing down our experience enough to pay attention to our individual senses, such that our feelings and their interaction with the whole of the world become perceptible, something astounding happens: With tender gratitude, we understand we have always already been the recipients of THE GIFT.” -Andreas Weber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/e6f46faa-4cc2-444f-bd02-c5cfd2269492/Spring2023.png Schedule - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1672685115264-9U40ARUH5AFNYHA6J7SS/unsplash-image-xtIYGB0KEqc.jpg Schedule - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/4a006275-94e1-4e16-81e5-f07eb962d2c2/KMH_0167.jpg Schedule - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1633830039605-GSRDFDPRQR7279PGKM1L/DSC_0037+%281%29.jpg Schedule - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1623523012469-QCEL3F4IZ0YSC077Z0NN/summer2021.png Schedule - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1599069658885-5XTLVHT6XWCIXR1YOH5H/GoldenWind.png Schedule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1592848532254-8AKUJNA6YBF8J4X8KFVW/lightning.png Schedule https://www.bouldermorningstarzencenter.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1448163161383-FVFKNM5I65AFASD2THVI/171_kuan_yin.jpg Contact and Support https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1469402176650-OALP1Y2YXSF9O6ZA70KY/image-asset.jpeg Contact and Support https://www.bouldermorningstarzencenter.com/registry daily 0.75 2018-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1469403139841-C1FHGOFG02OLLWAH9E9C/IMG_1651.jpeg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1558975416619-NAS18XOULCT98F4ZGRQM/SuzanRefuge3+-+1.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1469403138986-Q0R81A4UBDN3BVR9APPF/image2.jpeg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1469403139457-P542WWZF1SS1NMFAF4DW/IMG_1626.jpeg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1543614069784-2AFKB420GEZQDGG7JP19/IMG_3569.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1447134273648-LMT9STG0AMZ7SB93K3YY/summer2015.jpg Gallery - Summer Retreat 2015 Our sangha was invited to COOL SPRINGS for our annual summer retreat in the Wild! 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Our aspirations for Peace and Blessing was broadcasting to the Entire World." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1453072683962-JYCC6DQV3CMEKJMXQKBC/393_springretreat2014.jpg Gallery - Spring Retreat 2014 Sunrise Ranch, Colorado https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1558975607381-HWTC4CS1TAN73GEO3KDT/Refuge+Vow+Ceremony.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1447134271974-7W2S7RK0BLYPB5SY3HC3/Glastonbury.jpg Gallery - Summer Retreat 2013 Glastonbury https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1715981964986-70HWW9VXGBYT5ILGK5N9/IMG_1045.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1715981999567-DJL7AG4MDSMHDZST4DLE/IMG_4853.JPG Gallery https://www.bouldermorningstarzencenter.com/bmzcceremnies daily 0.75 2021-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1633828371700-4SYIPR8HZQZV6G0N6OE8/IMG_8243.jpeg Morningstar Zen Center Ceremonies - 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For our Life practice, our koan is “What Is IT that holds you throughout ALL circumstances?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/a850199b-d07d-48b2-80f8-e1a3fc501918/Rohatzu+2024.jpg Retreats - True Confidence “Whatever confronts you, don’t believe it. When something appears shine your light on it. Have confidence in the light that is ALWAYS working inside you.” —Ch’an master Linji (Rinzai) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1726072017584-FXMUYLOACXWXKA392V29/unsplash-image-yfH5coWaLO8.jpg Retreats She asks Yunmen, “What is it when the tree withers and the leaves fall?” Yunmen replies, “The Golden Wind reveals itself.” ONLINE: Tuesday evening, 6:45 - 8:00; Wed. - Fri, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm. IN-PERSON at The BARN: Wed. - Fri.: 2:30 - 5:00 pm. and Saturday morning, sesshin closing at THE BARN, 9:00 - 11:00 am. (Optional evening sessions online, Wed. and Thurs.: 6:45 - 7:30 pm.) FULL participation of the schedule required. SESSHIN FEE: $475. Registration and non-refundable deposit of $200, NO LATER THAN SEPT. 12, REMAINDER by Sept. 20. Scholarship and Payment plans available for early registration. For Information and Registration: shericoldwell@att.net. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1713384641960-VNUTWCR3UFX0QZKC2UZY/image-asset.jpeg Retreats - KANZEON SESSHIN SILENT ILLUMINATION: “Silent and serene, forgetting words, bright clarity appears before you. When you reflect it, you become vast, where you enact it, you are spiritually uplifted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1706808579637-J9NWAIS7B9E599FKAYT5/image-asset.jpeg Retreats “How could we not love the bright pearl? Its color and light, as they are, are endless. Each color and every ray of light at each moment and in every situation is the virtue of the whole Universe in ten directions: who would want to plunder it? No one would throw a tile into a street market.” -Dogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1701384329896-DE2JPEKQU8DTFHYM3XZ3/image-asset.jpeg Retreats - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1693505172384-Y0DAM7LCU1C4UH6GPVYH/image-asset.jpeg Retreats “Through our practice, we find our PLACE and our PEACE, as vulnerable , noble, embodied beings, exposed in the Golden Wind.” -Kogen roshi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1674958732378-HH8JNKFQP8V28SAAFC5M/unsplash-image-OABoJYcLNrQ.jpg Retreats One Bright Pearl Sesshin MARCH 7 - 12, 2023 Join the Morningstar Sangha for the annual late winter sesshin! Plan NOW to grant yourself the great gift of deep concentrated retreat to Walk in the Awakening World with dedicated sisters and brothers of The Way! As in the past few sesshins, we will continue our format of morning online practice, and afternoon IN-PERSON practice at *The Barn (online practice for those out of town). Announcement and Registration will come soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/c1a8f7e0-883f-4dc1-9673-966a865bd09d/rosesummer2022.png Retreats - Announcement: This year’s Golden Wind Retreat is cancelled. Instead, the Center will host a weekend zazen retreat in late September and November. We will continue with our Rohatsu Retreat, December 5 - 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/950de6bd-cde0-45e8-add6-dc86c072a6e3/kanzeon2022.png Retreats - KANZEON RETREAT 2022 “Silent Illumination: Whose qualities are Freedom, Openness, and Clarity” Wednesday, June 8 - Saturday, June 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1622041209401-I0G7ZYQIOTHPFV6AQ5Y9/kanzeon2021.png Retreats - KANZEON 2021 URBAN ONLINE RETREAT SILENT ILLUMINATION 8:30am - 5pm, June 7 - 11, 2021 Ending with Saturday morning Teisho, June 12, 9am Join the Boulder Morningstar Zen Center, ONLINE, for our annual Kanzeon Urban Retreat. This year’s retreat will offer the teachings of SILENT ILLUMINATION each morning, and will entail outdoor meditation practice along with zazen. Together, we will hold the dynamic of deep and abiding retreat while plunging into these time-honored Ch’an teachings. Available to all practitioners. FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION contact Etsudo Sheri Coldwell (shericoldwell@att.net). FEE: $395. Deposit of $150 required by May 28. Limited scholarships and payment plans are available. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1599070338353-LC6Q98W27LAQ4SSWI5WQ/GoldenWind.png Retreats - Golden Wind Sesshin (online) September 28 - October 3, 2020 Monday through Friday 8:30 am - 8 pm. Closing: October 3, 8:30 - 10 am Join the Morningstar Sangha for our annual Golden Wind Sesshin (online). We will travel into the Cave of the Blue Dragon, retrieve the One Bright Pearl, and come back to our world with gift-bestowing hands. This sesshin is for FULL-TIME participants. FEE: $595. Information and Registration with Etsudo Sheri Coldwell: shericoldwell@att.net. Non-refundable deposit of $250 no later than Sept. 21. To advance from where you can no longer advance and to do what can no longer be done, you must make yourself into a raft or ferryboat for others. -Zen Master Ma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564171b0e4b0793396156b10/1589494066366-TL5SYEQ6NWQYSNLA4RV9/UniverseImage.png Retreats - KANZEON URBAN ONLINE RETREAT - J UNE 8-12, 2020 NAMU KANZEON BOSATSU Boulder Morningstar Zen Center 8:45am-5pm Ending with Saturday morning Teisho, June 13, 9am. Join the Boulder Morningstar Zen Center, ONLINE, for our annual Kanzeon Urban Retreat in FULL ON retreat format. Together, we will hold the dynamic of deep and abiding retreat through maintaining our Complete Retreat Schedule. Partial Attendance is welcome from 3:30 - 5 pm. For more information and registration, contact Etsudo Sheri Coldwell: shericoldwell@att.net, no later than MAY 28. 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