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2025-2026 Winter Kyol Che (Retreat)
Musangsa Hyangjeoksan-gil 129, Eomsa-myeon, Gyeryong, Chungcheongnamdo“Kyol Che” literally means “Tight Dharma” in East Asia (“結制”). It is a time when monastics have intensive Zen practice for three months, twice a year (in summer and winter). Every day during the Kyol Che, there’s sitting Zen that lasts seven to eight hours. Total silence is kept throughout retreats: no speaking. In traditional...
