Join a Zen retreat to ring in the new year!
—- Sign up now to secure your spot: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-wJvr2CLGEBG5YpIZnjv5iw2xE-4x0eAtjoun7rWJ2abJZw/viewform
—- Email friend@nonezencenter.org if you have any inquiries.
The Beginning to Practice Doubting Meditation Retreat Series 2022-2023 will take place from 9 pm December 30th, 2022, to 7 pm January 1st, 2023 (PST, UTC-8). Practitioners are to read 12 sections of Dahui Zonggao’s (大慧宗杲, 1089 – 1163) teaching in his legendary Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching (正法眼藏) to learn how to practice doubting meditation (or huatou 話頭 as in traditional Chinese term). Zen beginners and seasoned practitioners are both welcome. Previous doubting meditation experience is not required.
The hybrid retreat will run around the clock, 24 hours a day, to serve the global community. Shifu (Master or Teacher) Linda and Shifu Jeremy will devote 12 to 16 hours per day to leading the retreat so that practitioners can log in to the real-time lecture classes and guided meditation sessions via Zoom from anywhere. Zoom retreat attendees may adjust retreat schedules to fit their local time zone. Below please find the Retreat Day 1 Schedule with 4 different time zones for your reference. We will email you the retreat schedule with Zoom links to access the real-time sessions when you are accepted to the retreat.
We will also host intensive in-person Zen training in Chan Grove (Taipei, Taiwan) and None Zen Center Tainan International Zen House (Tainan, Taiwan). You may choose the type of retreat (Zoom or in-person) and in-person retreat site when filling out the application form.
Retreat Venues and Conditions:
- Chan Grove, 15 seats only
198 Fuxing 3rd Road, Beitou Dist, Taipei, Taiwan. - None Zen Center Tainan International Zen House, 10 seats only
199 Youai Street, Floor 4, Zhongxi Dist, Tainan, Taiwan. - Join via Zoom 10 seats only
We will email you the retreat schedule with Zoom links to access the real-time sessions when you are accepted to the retreat.
For a better learning-teaching experience, limited seats are available. Check for the retreat details and sign up now to secure your spot! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-wJvr2CLGEBG5YpIZnjv5iw2xE-4x0eAtjoun7rWJ2abJZw/viewform
Email friend@nonezencenter.org if you have any inquiries.
Retreat Day 1 Schedule with 4 time zones for your reference:
What is Dharma-Dana?
As we approach the end of 2022, we want to encourage ourselves and the Zen Community to build up our meditation habit and constantly investigate Zen our self-nature, through the practice of Dharma-Dana.
Dharma-Dana (or in Chinese 法布施, fa-bu-shi), is the practice of sharing our spiritual support with each other. Just like how Zen masters share the teaching of Zen with practitioners, we as Zen practitioners can also share spiritual support with each other through mutual encouragement.
“Share your Zen Space”
From 1 Nov 2022 to Jan 31, 2023, we hope you join us in our “Share your Zen Space” campaign. Just like last year, whenever you meditate, please share a photo of your meditation space or setting on our FB page. It can be a photo of your usual sitting area or the weather as you look out the window. In fact, thoughts in the form of video or text are welcomed too. The point is to encourage ourselves and the community to stick with our regular meditation habit.
So as you wind down for the year, remember when you meditate, feel free to share with us a photo of your meditation space at https://www.facebook.com/nonezencenter.
Beginner’s Zen Class
Beginner’s Zen Class is a 3-session course introducing basic Zen concepts and three meditation skills. Led by the Center’s certified disciples, we provide tuition-free Beginner’s Class on most Saturday mornings from 9 – 9:45 am. You may find the in-person and Zoom classes in San Jose Center (California, US) and Taiwan Center (Taipei and Tainan, Taiwan), Zoom classes in Manchester Center (UK) (Restarting in 2023), and on-demand video classes in the Online Zen School. Check for the class calendar on each Center’s class webpage and join the course at your best-suiting time!
San Jose Center Beginner’s Class (California, US)
- In-person and Zoom classes
- Saturdays 9-9:45am
Taipei and Tainan Center Beginner’s Class (TW)
- In-person and Zoom classes
- English and Chinese courses
- Saturdays 9-9:45am
Online Zen School (Global)
- Videos on-demand
- English and Chinese courses
Weekly Sitting Sessions and Monthly Retreats
Sitting Sessions is an ongoing 3-session class to help meditators create the regular sitting habit and advance their Zen practice, led by the Center’s founding masters, Shifu (master or teacher) Linda Huang and Shifu Jeremy Wei. The first two classes are 45-min sitting sessions including guided meditation, group sharing, and lectures or Q-and-A, and the 3rd week’s class is monthly half-day (or daylong) retreats including guided sitting sessions, group sharing, lectures or Q-and-A, and monthly evaluation. You may find the tuition-free in-person and Zoom sessions in San Jose Center (California, US) and Taiwan Center (Taipei and Tainan, Taiwan) and Zoom sessions in Manchester, UK. Check for the Sitting Sessions and Monthly Retreats calendar on each Center’s class webpage and join the course at your best-suiting time!
San Jose Center Sitting Sessions and Monthly Retreats (California, US)
- In-person and Zoom sessions
- Saturdays 10-10:45am for Sitting Sessions
- Saturdays 10-11:45am for Monthly Retreats
Manchester Center Sitting Sessions and Monthly Retreats (UK)
- Zoom sessions only
- Saturdays 8-8:45am for Sitting Sessions
- Saturdays 7-8:45am for Monthly Retreats
Taipei and Tainan Center Sitting Sessions (Taiwan)
- In-person and Zoom sessions
- English and Chinese courses
- Saturdays 10-10:45am for Sitting Sessions
- Saturdays 10-11:45am for Monthly Retreats
Annual Retreats
We provide annual 5-to-10-day intensive meditation training to advance meditators’ Zen practice. Like other classes in the Center, the Zen retreats are also tuition-free. However, practitioners need to pay for the retreat fees to cover, majorly, the bed and board and other expenses. Find the details of the upcoming Zen Retreat 2022. Emails us at friend@nonezencenter.org if you have any questions regarding the retreat.
Watch the Zen Retreat 2021 Introducing video.
Zen Retreat 2021 (ZR2021LV1, live online retreat)
May 29-31, 2021
Start time: May 29, 6am Pacific Time
End time: May 31, 10am Pacific time
Join us for this one-of-a-kind LIVE retreat from anywhere as the real-time Zen Talks and guided meditation sessions will run AROUND THE CLOCK 24 hours a day so that practitioners can log in to live sessions for real-time teaching no matter where they are located.
Our deepest gratitude cannot thank Shifu (Master) Linda and Shifu Jeremy enough for their enthusiasm and compassion for leading this around-the-clock retreat for the global Zen community. Each of them will devote 12 to 16 hours per day to give Zen Talks and lead guided meditation sessions to ensure practitioners from all over the world have the chance to attend live sessions.
Please read thoroughly the Zen Retreat Kit below and sign up for the Zen Retreat 2021 (ZR2021LV1, Live Retreat).
If you have any questions about Zen Retreat 2021 (ZR2021LV1), please contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org.
Watch the 2019 Retreat Video
Watch the 2018 Retreat Video
None Zen Center
We are None Zen Center, a community to advance your Zen practice. At the None Zen Center, Zen meditation is not about looking for relaxation, tranquility, or stillness; it is about knowing your self and your true nature. By practicing Zen meditation, you are uncovering your self, revealing your true nature, just as Gautama Buddha did thousands of years ago.
The Center’s founding masters, Shifu (master or teacher) Linda Huang and Shifu Jeremy Wei, received Dharma Transmission from Zen master Guoru (Chn. 果如) and, therefore, inherited the teaching of Linji (Chn. 臨濟, Jpn. Rinzai), Caodong (Chn. 曹洞, Jpn. Soto), and Dharma Drum (Chn. 法鼓) lineages. We started our first meditation center in Taipei, Taiwan in 2013. In 2015, we found our San Jose Center in California, USA, and, two years later, the third meditation site in Tainan, Taiwan in December 2017. To provide our meditation service to the global community, we began the Online Zen School with on-demand video classes since 2019. And from February 2020, we started to provide Zen classes in Manchester, UK.
The San Jose, Manchester, and Taiwan (Taipei and Tainan) Centers are three independent organizations. San Jose Center is a US-based 501(C)3 non-profit organization (EIN:47-5579819), Taiwan Center is a TW-based non-profit organization (registered no. 108年法登社字111號), and Manchester Center is a registered charitable incorporated organization (CIO) in the UK (registered charity no. 1190661). We provide Zen meditation courses for beginners as well as seasoned practitioners. All meditation classes provided in the Centers are tuition-free, and all are welcome to join us to step into the journey of uncovering self-nature.
San Jose Center (California, US)
1680 The Alameda, Suite C, San Jose, CA 95126, USA
Manchester Center (UK)
Due to the lack of resources, currently, we can only afford Zoom classes in the UK.
Taipei Center 台北禪社 (TW)
241-2 Jinghua Street, Daan Dist., Taipei 106, Taiwan
（Chn. 台北市大安區106金華街241-2號）
Tainan International Zen House 台南國際參禪學舍 (TW)
199 Youai Street, Floor 4, Zhongxi Dist., Tainan 700, Taiwan
（Chn. 台南市中西區700友愛街199號4樓）
Online Zen School (Global, registered under San Jose Center)
We provide on-demand video classes to serve the global Zen community.
None Zen Center 無有禪社 