THE EXPERIENCE
A place to practise.
Zhenru Monastery’s International Chan Institute hosts lay study and retreat programmes on Yunju Mountain. The sources distinguish its 2024 Chan retreats from a 2022 precepts programme that explicitly included lodging. Qingyun, also in this directory, is the monastery’s lower temple and has a separate historical retreat record.
What you can practise
- Chan meditation
- Buddhist study
- daily liturgy
Where you will stay
Meals and lodging documented for the cited event; current arrangements unverified.
The host & location
Yunju Zhenru Monastery
The monastery’s own retreat institute; Qingyun is its lower temple, not an independent organisation.
Related programmes
Time & commitment
Seasonal multi-day retreats are documented; minimum for the next intake unknown.
Joining from overseas
Overseas admission unconfirmed. Confirm a new intake and personal eligibility directly with the host.
English not established. Confirm instruction, translation and orientation for your specific programme.
DETAILS TO CLARIFY
- Residential evidence from the precept programme does not establish identical terms for every Chan retreat.
- The word international does not establish English teaching or unrestricted foreign admission.
- Some official linked detail pages timed out.
Start a useful conversation.
Include your dates, nationality, language and previous experience when contacting the host.
- Are you accepting overseas participants for my intended dates, and what is the full required length of stay?
- Which sessions have English instruction or translation?
- Where exactly will I sleep, and what are the room-sharing and meal arrangements?
- What is the full daily schedule, total cost and cancellation policy?
THE EVIDENCE BEHIND THIS ENTRY
Read the original sources.
Reviewed 12 September 2026. The documented programme has already taken place. This record is retained for research and does not indicate a current intake.
- Yunju International Chan Institute Host / organiser · Programme / report date: 2021-08-27
The monastery describes its own International Chan Institute on Yunju Mountain.
- Yunju — Chan Retreat Archive Host / organiser · Programme / report date: 2024
Records completed and announced spring, May and October 2024 Chan retreats.
- Yunju — 2022 Lay Precepts Programme Republished notice · Programme / report date: 2022-11
Explicit meals and lodging for a programme requiring prior Buddhist refuge.
We have not visited or inspected this programme. Our summaries distinguish provider claims, historical notices and independent accounts. Read our research method.