study, pray, work and adhere to dharma. do not be lazy, greedy or wrathful

if you live on the west coast there is a chan monestary in norcal. basically just zen for chinamen. actually adhering to zen/chan principles is pretty rigorous, the monks that live there sleep like 6 hours a night and wake up at 3 am to meditate for 3 hours before a full day of work, like farming and all kinds of menial shit. theyre basically an all chinese commune though so hope you like learning mandarin.