Zen Meditation - 2 hours Introduction $40 donation to the Zen Centre of Vancouver
Myorei, Buddhist nun in residence at the Zen Centre of Vancouver for 14 years, offers one-on-one introductions to meditation in the Zen style.
One does not need to be a Buddhist to practice Zen meditation. What is required is a willingness to settle and see oneself and then manifest the strength to act on that insight.
Meditation complements Reiki beautifully.
This non-verbal, non-discursive method of processing experience brings deep inner knowledge and supports positive, life-affirming attitudes essential to the healing process. Meditation is an ongoing and unfolding process. To support this contemplative path all people that received the meditation introduction are welcome to join the Zen Centre's regular meditation meetings.
Zen meditation by Eshin. Zen Centre of Vancouver teacher.
Suggested READING LIST
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki A respected Zen master in Japan and founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, Shunryu Suzuki has blazed a path in American Buddhism like few others. He is the master who climbs down from the pages of the koan books and answers your questions face to face. If not face to face, you can at least find the answers as recorded in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, a transcription of juicy excerpts from his lectures. From diverse topics such as transience of the world, sudden enlightenment, and the nuts and bolts of meditation, Suzuki always returns to the idea of beginner's mind, a recognition that our original nature is our true nature. With beginner's mind, we dedicate ourselves to sincere practice, without the thought of gaining anything special. Day to day life becomes our Zen training, and we discover that "to study Buddhism is to study ourselves." And to know our true selves is to be enlightened.
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
One of Thich Nhat Hanh's most popular books, Miracle of Mindfulness is about how to take hold of your consciousness and keep it alive to the present reality, whether eating a tangerine, playing with your children, or washing the dishes. A world-renowned Zen master, Nhat Hanh weaves practical instruction with anecdotes and other stories to show how the meditative mind can be achieved at all times and how it can help us all "reveal and heal." Nhat Hanh is a master at helping us find a calm refuge within ourselves and teaching us how to reach out from there to the rest of the world.
The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness
by Pema Chodron
"The Wisdom of No Escape offers down-to-earth guidance in cultivating basic sanity and befriending ourselves in the venerable tradition of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche."--Yoga Journal
