Due to the ongoing global pandemic, our Seven-Day Meditation Retreat in October 2020 continued to be held online, too. The first day of the event happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, through which 2500 fellow practitioners from all over the world were reunited online. Although we did not sit next to each other to meditate as previously, the energy was still the same. This time, we continued the study of The Platform Sutra, written by the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism. We dedicated all our merits of 14-day group practice to world peace and the swift cessation of the pandemic.
Due to the ongoing global pandemic, our Seven-Day Meditation Retreat in October 2020 was held online again. The first day of the event happened to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival, which brought together 2500 fellow practitioners from all over the world online. Although we couldn't sit next to each other to meditate as before, the energy was still the same.
Participants of the Seven-Day Meditation Retreat in Guangzhou Guangdong China in October 2020 is chanting "Offering Prayers to Dharma Protectors".
Participants of the Seven-Day Meditation Retreat in Guangzhou Guangdong China in October 2020 is video chatting with our Dharma teacher and meditation mentor who is in Calabasas CA.
Participants of the Seven-Day Meditation Retreat in Guangzhou Guangdong China in October 2020 is video chatting with our Dharma teacher and meditation mentor who is in Calabasas CA.
Participants of the October 2020 Seven-Day Meditation Retreat in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, are engaging in a sitting meditation practice.
Participants of the Seven-Day Meditation Retreat in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China in October 2020 are practicing moving meditation after their sitting meditation session. 
A senior volunteer is preparing lunch for participants of the Seven-Day Meditation Retreat in Guangzhou Guangdong China in October 2020.
Participants are enjoying the delicious vegetarian lunch.
Participants are releasing fish during the Seven-Day Meditation Retreat in Guangzhou Guangdong China in October 2020.
Participants are prostrating to the Buddha's statue as part of the ending ritual of the Seven-Day Meditation Retreat in Guangzhou Guangdong China in October 2020.
As part of the closing ritual of the Seven-Day Meditation Retreat, participants are chanting "the King of Aspiration Prayers" in Guangzhou Guangdong China in October 2022.
