Class Description
All classes include two sessions. The first hour is sitting meditation and walking meditation.The second hour is Dharma lecture. For those who finish the course will receive a certificate.
Level I
Meditation methods: breath-counting, mindfulness of the breath, middle way reality (a
Zen practice).
Topics covered: introduction to Buddhism and Zen, Karma and causality, the Four Noble
Truths ( suffering, the cuses of suffering, nirvana, the Noble Eightfold Path), three Refuges, Five precepts.
Level II
Meditation methods: Compassion contemplation and other methods
Topics covered: the bodhisattva ideal, the six paramitas: the perfection of charity, morality, tolerance, diligence, meditation, and prajna wisdom.
Sutra Study
Meditation methods: Middle way reality (a Zen practice) and other methods.
Topics covered: The Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters, etc.
Previous completion of Level 1 & Level 2 classes at the Zen Center are highly recommended.
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