Integral Meditation from the Perspective of Zen – A 10 week series

Dates: Tuesday 2nd & 3rd September, 7.30-8.30pm, & then weekly

Time: 7.30-8.30pm

In a sentence: De-clutter your mind, develop concentration and create focused calm in your life by learning Zen meditation

Overview: The Zen School of Meditation arose from a combination of the teachings of the Buddha with the teachings of Taoism in China during the 6^th century AD, where it became known as Chan meditation (‘Chan’ meaning ‘quietude’, or ‘meditation’). Later it was adopted by the Japanese, and it is they that called it Zen.

Zen is a particularly appropriate form of meditation for today’s hyper busy and challenging world because:

• Its approach is simple, direct and non-complex (the antithesis of our complex day to day habitual mind!)
• The emphasis is on re-connecting to our ‘original mind’ or ‘beginners mind’, helping us to find relief from the information overload of our daily life, and the cynicism and world weariness that we can feel living in such challenging and world-changing times
• It is metaphysics-light and can be practiced by people of all beliefs and backgrounds as the emphasis is upon experiential insight, method and process rather than belief
• Rather than giving us a set of beliefs that we should ‘accept’ without question, Zen meditation offers us a set of practices that enable us to access and enhance our naturally occurring intelligence, wisdom and compassion!

Class details:

SEPTEMER

Tuesday 2^nd, Weds 3^rd, Class 1: The Flower of Life: Meditating on the origins of Zen

Tuesday 10^th, Weds 9^th Class 2: The Present Moment: Gateway to the awakened state

Tuesday 16^th, Weds 17^th, Class 3: Different dimensions of Zen meditation

Tuesday 23^rd Sept, Weds 24^th October, Class 4: Host and Guest: The four stages from ‘ordinary’ to ‘awakened’ perception in Zen.

Tues 30^th September,  Weds 1^st October, Class 5: Compassion & Interdependence in Zen

OCTOBER

Tues 7^th, Weds 8^th, Class 6: Letting Go: The practice of ‘aimlessness’ in Zen

Tues 14^th, Weds 15^th, Class 7: ‘Emptying the Mind, Filling the Belly’: Ideas of emptiness and impermanence in Zen.

Tues 21^st, Weds 22^nd Class 8: Seeing clearly: How Zen helps us tune into our reality as it really IS.

Tues 28^th, Weds 29^th Class 9: ‘Wondering Lonely as a Cloud’: Zen and the Creative Arts, Working with the Zen Koan.

NOVEMBER

Tues 4^th, Weds 5^th, Class 10: Heaven, Now!: Bringing awakened consciousness into the daily marketplace of our life.

Cost: $300 for the full series or $35 per individual class

You can pay via PayNow on +65 96750279 or click HEREto make payment via PayPal for the whole course, or HERE for an individual class.

SPECIAL OFFER:

You can also purchase these sessions in combination with the Zen meditation Deep-dive – A 10 session practice series for SGD$480 (save $70). You can pay via PayNow on +65 96750279 or click HERE to make payment via PayPal

To register or for further enquiries: Email info@tobyouvry.com, or sms 65-96750279