Advanced Class

Advanced Class, Manchester (UK)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of resources, we are unable to provide Zen courses in our Manchester (UK) center. However, we welcome all practitioners to join the live online Advanced Class held by the San Jose Center (US). Check the class calendar and details, and email us at friend@nonezencenter.org if you are interested in joining this ongoing 6-session course.

Advanced Class
An ongoing 3-lecture-session (Wednesdays 7:15 pm – 8 pm, Pacific Time) and 3-sitting-session (Saturdays 10 am to 10:45am, Pacific Time) course to build up your right view about Zen and to further your Zen practice. Find the details at https://thenone.org/sj-advanced-class/

Online Zen School
If the class time slots do not fit your schedule, you may want to enroll in our Online Zen School and courses to take Zen classes from anywhere at anytime.

If you have any questions, please contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org.

Dear friends,

Due to the current COVID situation, we have decided to cancel all Zen classes and monthly retreats in our Manchester (UK) center again, as of Tuesday, October 27th, until further notice.

We hope you may have some Zen at home, especially during this difficult time. Enroll in our Online Zen School AND the Beginner’s and Bridging Class to learn the basic Zen concepts and meditation methods. After that, take the Advanced Class to advance your Zen practice, know yourself better, and uncover your self-nature.

Be healthy and stay safe. We look forward to meeting you at our Manchester Center soon.

Sincerely Yours,
None Zen Center

The Advanced Class is an ongoing 6-session course series designed for practitioners who are dedicated to advancing their Zen practice.

Each course of the series consists of three lecture classes and three sitting meditation sessions. The lecture classes are online real-time classes meeting on Wednesdays 9:30pm – 10:15 pm. Shifu (Teacher/Master) Linda or Shifu Jeremy will lead practitioners through Zen doctrines to build up the right view (correct concepts) of Zen and Zen meditation, to ensure that practitioners are working on the right track of Zen meditation.

The first two sitting meditation sessions are held on Saturdays 10:30 am – 11:15 pm, and the 3rd session is originally a monthly daylong retreat, but now a half-day retreat on Saturdays 10:30 am – 12:30 pm amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the sitting sessions are outdoor meditation classes, as long as the weather/condition allows.

The Advanced Class is an ongoing course. Students are highly recommended to take the course continuously to advance their Zen practice. After learning and practicing Zen meditation in the center for six months, students may apply for discipleship and join the Disciple Training program.

Tuition Free
We provide tuition-free meditation classes, but we do ask that you consider providing a donation. The None Zen Center is run entirely by donations. It is the loving gifts from our teachers, students, and friends which create a tuition-free learning environment for Zen meditation, and so will your generosity surely pass on the same love to others.

We recommend a £40 donation for each set of the three-session Advanced Class provided in our Manchester Meetup (UK), but donations of greater and lesser sums are all appreciated. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

You may give the gift at the Center when you attend the class.

Please feel free to contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org if you are interested in attending the Advanced Class or Disciple Program.

Advanced Class Manchester, UK August – December 2020
Class	Date		Hour	Type
UKSA 8	8/5	Wed	9:30pm – 10:15pm	Online real time class
	8/8	Sat	10:30am – 11:15am	Sitting session (outdoor)
	8/12	Wed	9:30pm – 10:15pm	Online real time class
	8/15	Sat	10:30am – 11:15am	Sitting session (outdoor)
	8/19	Wed	9:30pm – 10:15pm	Online real time class
	8/22	Sat	10:30am – 12:30pm	Monthly half-day retreat (outdoor)
No class on 8/26 (Wed) and 8/29 (Sat)
UKSA 9	8/26	Wed	9:30pm – 10:15pm	Online real time class
	8/29	Sat	10:30am – 11:15am	Sitting session (outdoor)
	9/2	Wed	9:30pm – 10:15pm	Online real time class
	9/5	Sat	10:30am – 11:15am	Sitting session (outdoor)
	No class on 9/9 (Wed) and 9/12 (Sat)
	9/16	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class
	9/19	Sat	10:30am – 12:30pm	Monthly half-day retreat (outdoor)
No class on 9/23 (Wed) and 9/26 (Sat)
UKSA 10	9/30	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class
	10/3	Sat	10:30am – 11:15am	Sitting session
	10/7	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class
	10/10	Sat	10:30am – 11:15am	Sitting session
	10/14	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class
	10/17	Sat	10:30am – 12:30pm	Monthly half-day retreat
No class on 10/24 (Sat)
UKSA 11	10/21	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class
	10/28	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class cancelled
	10/31	Sat	10:30am – 11:15am	Sitting session cancelled
	11/4	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class cancelled
	11/7	Sat	10:30am – 11:15am	Sitting session cancelled
	11/11	Wed	Veterans Day in US	No class
	11/14	Sat	10am – 12pm	Monthly half-day retreat cancelled
UKSA 12	11/18	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class cancelled
	11/21	Sat	10:30am – 11:15am	Sitting session cancelled
	No class on 11/28 (Sat) – Thanksgiving Holidays in US
	11/25	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class cancelled
	12/2	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class cancelled
	12/5	Sat	10:30am – 11:15am	Sitting session cancelled
	12/9	Wed	7:15pm – 08:00pm	Online real time class cancelled
	12/12	Sat	10:30am – 12:30pm	Monthly half-day retreat cancelled

Advanced Class, UK Year 2020
Class	Dates (Wednesdays 7:30pm-8:15pm and Saturdays 9:30am-3pm)
	No class in January
UKWA3	2/19 2/22(Sat), 3/4
UKWA4	3/11, 3/18, 3/28(Sat)
UKWA5	4/8, 4/15, 4/25(Sat)
UKWA6	5/6, 5/16(Sat), 5/20
UKWA7	5/27, 6/3, 6/13(Sat)
	No class in July
UKWA8	8/5, 8/12, 8/15(Sat)
UKWA9	9/19, 9/19(Sat), 9/23
UKWA10	10/21, 10/28, 11/7(Sat)
UKWA11	11/11, 11/18, 11/25
SJCTA 59	12/2, 12/5(Sat), 12/9