{"id":14897,"date":"2026-07-10T10:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/events\/drrebeccali2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T19:49:03","slug":"drrebeccali2026","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/events\/drrebeccali2026\/","title":{"rendered":"\u9ed8\u7167\u79aa\u56db \/ \u82f1\u6587"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Begins:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Friday, December 4, 2026 &nbsp;(5 &#8211; 7 PM check-in)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ends:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Monday, December 7, 2026 (10 AM)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Venue:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;255 H Street, Fremont, CA 94536<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Suggested Donation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;$200 (any amount will be greatly appreciated)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This residential retreat offers dedicated practitioners the opportunity to immerse themselves in the&nbsp;Chan&nbsp;method of Silent Illumination. Though simple in essence, this practice can be quite subtle and requires careful guidance. With profound insight and encouragement, Dr. Rebecca Li presents the teachings and methods to provide participants with opportunities to experience a transformative opening, allowing them to come to rest, find inner peace, embrace spacious clarity, and reconnect with the true nature of being. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Retreat Program<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retreat participants will learn to engage in&nbsp;Chan&nbsp;Practice in the context of daily life activities, such as sitting, eating, walking, and working, under the teacher\u2019s guidance. &nbsp;Instructions will include eight-form moving meditation to harmonize the body and mind. &nbsp;The retreat also includes daily lectures, meditation instruction, guided meditation, and personal interviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The retreat schedule can be viewed by clicking <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr.-Rebecca-Li-Retreat-Schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Requirements<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a silent retreat with a rigorous schedule, starting early in the morning to make good use of the precious opportunity to practice with a group in person. There will be multiple 30-minute sitting meditation periods throughout the day. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants should be mentally and physically prepared for the rigors of such a regimen. Therefore, attendees are asked to meet the following requirements: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Already received basic meditation instructions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants who have previously attended 1-day (or multi-day) retreat(s) or equivalent experience(s) are preferred.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commit to attending the entire retreat, staying overnight at the center from December 4 to December 7.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to limited facilities, all participants will sleep on the floor in a personal tent and should bring their own sleeping bag and pad.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Remarks<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No late check-ins<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seating is limited<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A complete packing list will be sent with the notice of acceptance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration Deadline: November 27 at 5 pm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-hand-o-right\" style=\"background-color: #a68728; color: #f7f7f7;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ddmbasf.net\/allevents\/RegistrationHome.asp?eventID=1039&amp;lang=en\">Registration- DDMBASF Center\/Fremont<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>About our Dharma\/Chan Teacher: Dr. Rebecca Li<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14852\" src=\"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dr-rebecca-li.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"267\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Rebecca Li<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Dharma heir in the lineage of Chan Master Sheng Yen, is the founder and guiding teacher of&nbsp;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/chandharmacommunity.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chan Dharma Community<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; She began practicing with Master Sheng Yen in the mid-1990s and became his translator in 1999 until his passing in 2009. She also trained with John Crook and Simon Child, two of Master Sheng Yen\u2019s lay Dharma heirs, from the U.K. She received full Dharma transmission from Simon Child in 2016. Rebecca teaches meditation and Dharma classes, gives public lectures, and leads residential retreats in North America and Europe. Her talks and writings can be found at&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccali.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.rebeccali.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tricycle.org\/author\/rebeccali\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tricycle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionsroar.com\/author\/rebecca-li\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lion\u2019s Roar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; She&nbsp;is also a sociology professor and lives with her husband in New Jersey. She is the author of <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccali.org\/allow-joy\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allow Joy into Our Hearts: Chan Practice in Uncertain Times<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and her recent book <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccali.org\/illumination\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was published in 2023 by Shambhala Publications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Begins:&nbsp;Friday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":14896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"mec_category":[339,67],"mec_speaker":[406],"class_list":["post-14897","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-339","mec_category-meditation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/14897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14897"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=14897"},{"taxonomy":"mec_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddmus.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_speaker?post=14897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}