Advanced Class

ADVANCED CLASS (MANCHESTER, UK)

SIGN UP FOR ADVANCED CLASS SITTING SESSIONS (UK)

Advanced Class is the ongoing series for students to continuously practice Doubting Meditation or huatou (Chn. huatou, Jpn. wato, Krn. hwadu) to advance their Zen practice. Besides watching the weekly Advanced Class video series on the Online Zen School, students attend the weekly Sitting Sessions, Monthly Retreats, and annual 5-to-10-day retreats. Students are also supposed to participate the Center’s events and even daily operation to apply their Zen practice in the day-to-day life. After learning and practicing Zen meditation in the Center for six months, students may apply for discipleship and join the Disciple Training Program including the Instructor Certification Training. Please feel free to contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org if you have any questions about Disciple Program.

Due to the lack of resources, currently, we can only afford Zoom Sitting Sessions and Monthly Retreats in the UK time zone. The Sitting Sessions will take place on most Saturdays from 8-8:45am and the Monthly Retreats (half-day), 7-8:45am. The monthly retreats serve as a checking point to evaluate meditators’ practice of that month. Shifu (Teacher or Master) Linda or Shifu Jeremy will lead the guided meditation and group sharing and accept questions or give lectures at the end of each session and retreat.

Besides the UK classes, Shifu Linda and Shifu Jeremy lead real-time Zoom sitting sessions for practitioners in two other time zones, San Jose, California (UTC-8 or UTC-7 for daylight saving time) and Taiwan (UTC+8). You may find the sitting session calendar and sign up for the classes of your desired time zone(s) to receive the class updates, reminders, and Zoom links.

Find the class calendar for San Jose (UTC-8 or UTC-7 for daylight saving time) sitting sessions (Hybrid class: Zoom class and in-person class are available on Saturdays 10-10:45am).
Find the class calendar for for Taiwan (UTC+8) sitting sessions (Hybrid class: Zoom class and in-person class are available on Saturdays 10-10:45am).

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 Advanced Class, but donations of greater and lesser sums are all appreciated. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

You may donate online or give the gift at the Center.

When you complete your donation, you will receive a prompt receipt from PayPal. We will provide you with an annual receipt between January 10 to February 20 for the gifts we receive from you the previous year due to the lack of resources. If you need to receive the receipts earlier, please email us at friend@nonezencenter.org.

Class Calendar
The course will take place on the following dates and each class will start sharp at 8 am and monthly retreat at 7am. Please log into the Zoom meeting 5 to 10 minutes early to prepare yourself for the class. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org.

Sitting Sessions Manchester, UK, 2022
Class	Class Dates Saturdays 8-8:45am unless otherwise specified
MNCSB 6	Mar 12, 19, and 26 Sign up now!
MNCSB 7	Apr 9, 16, and 23 (7-8:45am)
MNCSB 8	May 7, 14, and 21 (7-8:45am)
MNCSB 9	Jun 4, 11, and 18 (7-8:45am)
	No classes in July Find Zen Retreat 2022, Vancouver, Canada, July 16-21
MNCSB 10	Aug 8, 13, and 20 (7-8:45am)
MNCSB 11	Aug 27, Sep 3, and 17 (7-8:45am)  *no class on Sep 10
MNCSB 12	Oct 1, 8, and 15 (7-8:45am)
MNCSB 13	Oct 22, 29, and Nov 5 (7-8:45am)
MNCSB 14	Nov 19, Dec 3, and 10 (7-8:45am)  *no class on Nov 26

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