PUBLIC SITTING SESSIONS now IS ONLINE! (Manchester, UK)
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Sitting Sessions
Sitting Sessions aims to create a communal Zen meditation environment for practitioners to build up a regular sitting habit and advance their meditation practice. Sharing the same 3-session schema of the Center’s course design, the sitting sessions take place on most Saturdays from 8 – 8:45 am, or 7 – 8:45 am for monthly half-day retreats. Shifu (Teacher or Master) Linda or Shifu Jeremy will lead the guided meditation and group sharing, accept questions, or give a lecture on the right views or skills of Zen meditation at the end of the session.
The course was originally designed for students in Bridging and Advanced Classes at the Center to further their doubting meditation skill, yet now open to meditators applying any meditation method. However, in our sitting sessions and retreats, we will focus on the teaching of Doubting Meditation or huatou (Chn. huatou, Jpn. wato, Krn. hwadu). If you are new to or interested in this meditation method, you may sign up for the Online Zen School and enroll in the Bridging Class for the skill of Doubting Meditation. You are welcome to apply your own meditation skill in the Sitting Sessions.
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 course 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 a £30 for the sitting session course, 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.
Classes will take place on the following dates:
The class will start sharp at 8am. 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 |
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| Class | Class Dates Saturdays 8-8:45am unless otherwise specified |
| MNCSB 6 | Mar 12, 19, and 26 |
| MNCSB 7 | Apr 9, 16, and 23 |
| MNCSB 8 | May 7, 14, and 21 |
| MNCSB 9 | Jun 4, 11, and 18 |
| No classes in July | |
| MNCSB 10 | Aug 8, 13, and 20 |
| MNCSB 11 | Sep 10, 17, and 24
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| MNCSB 12 | Oct 1, 8, and 15 |
| MNCSB 13 | Oct 22, 29, and Nov 5 |
| MNCSB 14 | Nov 19, Dec 3, and 10 *no class on Nov 26 |
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Sitting Sessions Sign up for UK (GMT) sitting sessions (Zoom class) |
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| Class Name | Class Dates and Hours * Saturdays 10 – 10:45am unless otherwise specified. |
| SJCSS | Jul 17, 24, and 31 * This class is for internal training only |
| SJCSS 1 | Aug 14, 21, and 28 * This class is for internal training only |
| SJCSS 2 | Sep 11, 18, and 25 |
| SJCSS 3 | Oct 2, 9, and 16 (10 – 11:45am) |
| SJCSS 4 | Oct 23, 30, and Nov 6 (10 am – 3:30pm) |
| SJCSS 5 | Nov 20, Dec 4, Dec 11 (10 – 11:45am) |
None Zen Center 無有禪社 