Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center Offers an Alternative from Chasing Money and Possessions

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center (also known as Green Dragon Temple) was recently featured on CBS News, Sunday Morning edition. You can get some basic info about that show here: www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/20/sunday/main4275892.shtml . I was interested in Green Gulch Farm, being no stranger to meditation and Zen experiences.

For those unacquainted with the Zen Center at Muir Beach, Green Gulch Farm offers California residents and tourists a chance to get introduced to a radically different way of thinking, acting and living in the world, one that doesn't focus on money. For those who actually live there, it can be quite an adjustment (as some people there noted) since the emphasis is on living a life without spending or shopping obsessively - or many of the habits that fill the day of the average person.

Imagine a day without endless emails to answer, faxes to send, conferences and all the routine that makes up the usually chaotic existence of life. Imagine dropping out and actually spending daily part of the day simply sitting and meditating. Some people see meditation as "doing nothing". Others realize that it can be one of the most vital things that one does in the course of a day.

Green Gulch Farm, a Buddhist retreat that offers an escape from the pressure to keep buying things and the consumer culture

Green Gulch Farm is located in a green valley near Muir Beach. Instead of the constant hum of computers or fax machines, you are more likely to hear the chant of Buddhist prayers, see gardens filled with flowers and vegetables and even get an opportunity to learn more about life there. Visitors are welcome. If you want to know more about that, check out the Green Gulch Zen information here at their website: www.sfzc.org/ggf/ where you can learn about programs open to the public or simply find out more about this special place.