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Shasta Abbey is a training monastery for Zen Buddhist monastics both male and female. There are approximately 24 members of the monastic community. It also has programs for lay training including introductory and more advanced retreats, lay residency, classes and dharma talks for the local lay congregation and lay residents and a regular schedule of meditation instruction, festivals of the Buddhist calendar, spiritual counseling, retreats and visits to meditation groups, college and university classes and dharma teachings upon request. A yearly retreat (Jukai) is offered to those wishing to formally become lay Buddhists and receive the Buddhist Precepts. Lay Ordination is also available upon request to those who cannot attend the yearly Jukai retreat. The monastery is housed on 17-forested acres with a formal Buddha Hall, a monastic meditation hall, kitchen and dining room, monastic residences, library, guesthouse, gift shop, maintenance buildings, green house, gardens, facilities for funerals, and the storage of ashes.