

Zoom link - view more Residential Sesshin retreats 2022 to (7-day sesshin) To log-in, please click on the Thursday evening Zoom link: This talk is also available to Zoom participants. Our regular monthly dharma talk will be presented during the evening (8:00 PM) in lieu of the third meditation period, followed by Q&A. Newcomers will be given instructions on arrival. Please arrive at 9:15 AM for a 9:30 AM start. Please go to our events page to register or click here Zenkai (daylong retreat) Spring Hill Ī silent daylong retreat will be held in our Spring Hill venue as well as online via Zoom. The next online course will start on Wednesday evening, 7th of September, then every Wednesday evening until October the 5th.

Thursday program & Zoom link: View more Foundations of Zen Buddhism: 5-week introductory course. Newcomers to Zen will be given an introduction to Zen on arrival. To join click here Thursday in-person meditation (Zazen) in Spring Hill and via Zoom. This universal Zoom link also joins the Thursday in-person Spring Hill event and our Zenkais (daylong retreats).
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Please feel free to join our daily online evening sitting group for Moonlight Zazen. Upcoming Events and News: Every evening - Moonlight Zazen. We are committed to a continued strategy to maintain carbon neutrality through identifying, reducing and offsetting our carbon emissions. Pathway Zen is a carbon neutral organisation. For more information please contact Arno Hess. Volunteer facilitators are always welcome to participate. Pathway Zen is a founding member of Inside Mindfulness Inc., which facilitates weekly mindfulness based rehabilitation programs in Queensland correctional centres. Community engagement: Inside Mindfulness - Prison project Pathway Zen is guided by Arno Hess, an Australian and Brisbane based Dharma and Zen Buddhist teacher, certified both in Australia and through the Sanbozen lineage in Kamakura Japan.Ĭontinue Reading. Thus, it is often referred to as the practice that involves thinking about not thinking. It is the study of self, access to one's state of unconsciousness. Zen is known as the mediation school of Buddhism. Zazen as a seated meditation is the very heart of Zen meditation practice. A comprehensive introduction to Zen course is also offered in-person or online on an ongoing basis. Letting go of your thoughts is the main purpose of zen meditation. Newcomers are encouraged to participate in an introduction to Zen session, which is held concurrently in a separate room to our regular practice group on Thursday evenings in Spring Hill. Our Samford venue is still closed due to Covid restrictions. Please feel free to come along to one of our regular events in Spring Hill or feel free to participate via Zoom online. All activities are grounded in both Soto and Rinzai Zen practices within a lay householder lineage.Īs a secular and non-profit organisation, everyone is welcome irrespective of their tradition, religious affiliation or none. This is facilitated through a systematic program that includes introduction to Zen courses, daily online meditation (zazen), weekly in-person practice opportunities, monthly daylongs, residential retreats and koan introspection. The goal of Pathway Zen is to guide anyone who is serious about the discovery of their true-nature and the cultivation of Zen, as a practice-path in their life.
