Advanced Class

Advanced Class, Tainan

199 Youai St., Zhongxi Dist, Tainan 700, Taiwan

Welcome to meditate with us at Tainan Center, Taiwan! We are so grateful and eagerly looking forward to resuming the meditation courses from August 14, 2021. All our meditation classes will be held in Zoom class (in-person classes are suspended until further notice). We will certainly do our best to keep social distancing and abide by the government’s measures. We thank you for supporting a healthy and safe community.

Advanced Class

The Advanced Class is an ongoing 6-session course series designed for practitioners who wish to advance their Zen practice. Each course consists of three lecture classes and three sitting meditation sessions.

The lecture classes are online video classes via our Online Zen School. Shifu (Teacher/Master) Linda and Shifu Jeremy lead practitioners read through Zen doctrines to help them build up the right view (correct concepts) about Zen and keep their Zen practice on the right track of Zen meditation. Sign up for the Online Zen School and enroll in all of the Advanced Class series, and you will receive email notifications for the newly released video classes every week.

The sitting sessions take place on most Saturdays. The first two sessions meet at 10 – 10:45 am. The 3rd sessions are monthly half-day retreats from 10 – 11:45 am or daylong retreats from 10 am- 3:30 pm, including sitting meditation and monthly evaluation. Shifu Linda and Shifu Jeremy also accept questions in sitting sessions and retreats.

In addition to the real-time Zoom sitting sessions held in the Tainan Center, Shifu Linda and Shifu Jeremy lead in-person and real-time Zoom sitting sessions for practitioners in two other time zones, San Jose, California (Pacific Time) and UK (GMT) . You may find the sitting session calendar below and sign up for the sitting sessions of your desired time zone(s) to receive the class updates, reminders, and Zoom links.

Sign up for San Jose, California (Pacific Time) sitting sessions (in-person only)
Sign up for UK (GMT) sitting sessions (Zoom class)
Sign up for Taiwan (GMT+8) sitting sessions (Zoom class, in-person classes are suspended until further notice). Check for TW calendar.

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

Please feel free to contact us at friend@nonezencenter.org if you have any questions about the Advanced Class or Disciple 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 NT1000 donation for each set of the three-session Advanced Class provided in our Tainan Center , 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 or donate online.

Classes will be held on the following dates:
The class/sitting session will start sharp at 10am. Please arrive 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 July to December, 2021 Sign up for San Jose, California (Pacific Time) sitting sessions (in-person only) Sign up for UK (GMT) sitting sessions (Zoom class) Sign up for Taiwan (GMT+8) sitting sessions (Zoom class)
Class Name	Class Dates and Hours * Saturdays 10 – 10:45am unless otherwise specified.
TWSS 0	Jul 17, 24, and 31 * * This class is for internal training only
TWSS 1	Aug 14, 21, and 28
TWSS 2	Sep 4, 18, and 25 (10 – 11:45am)
TWSS 3	Oct 2, 9, and 16 (10 – 11:45am)
TWSS 4	Oct 23, 30, and Nov 6 (10 am – 3:30pm)
TWSS 5	Nov 20, Dec 4, Dec 11 (10 – 11:45am)

Advanced Class 2021
Taipei and Tainan, Taiwan
Classes	Class Dates	Hours	Type
Winter Break
No class between mid-Dec and mid-January
TWWA 67	1/6 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	1/9 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, real-time Zoom class
	1/13 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
TWHD 75	1/16 Sat	8:30am – 12pm	Half-day retreat, real-time Zoom class
TWWA 68	1/20 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	1/23 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, real-time Zoom class
	1/27 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	1/30 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, real-time Zoom class
	2/3 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Monthly evaluation, real-time Zoom class
TWWA 69	2/24 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	2/27 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	3/3 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
TWHD 76	3/6 Sat	8:30am – 12pm	Half-day retreat, outdoor class
TWWA 70	3/10 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	3/13 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	3/17 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	3/20 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	3/24 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
TWHD 77	3/27 Sat	8:30am – 12pm	Half-day retreat, outdoor class
	3/31 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Monthly evaluation, real-time Zoom class
TWWA 71	4/7 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	4/10 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	4/14 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	4/17 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	4/21 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Monthly evaluation, real-time Zoom class
TWHD 78	4/24 Sat	8:30am – 12pm	Half-day retreat, outdoor class
TWWA 72	4/28 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	5/1 Sat		No Sitting Session
	5/5 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	5/8 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	5/12 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Monthly evaluation, real-time Zoom class
TWHD 79	5/15 Sat	8:30am – 12pm	Half-day retreat, outdoor class
TWWA 73	5/19 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	5/22 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	5/26 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	5/29 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	6/2 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	6/5 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	6/9 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Monthly evaluation, real-time Zoom class
TW3R11 3-Day Retreat	6/12 Sat
	6/13 Sun
	6/14 Mon
Summer Break
No class between mid-June and mid-July
TWWA 74	7/17 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	7/21 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	7/24 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	7/28 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
TWHD 80	7/31 Sat	8:30am – 12pm	Half-day retreat, outdoor class
	8/4 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	8/8 Sat		No Sitting Session
Annual Retreat Month (see Zen Retreat 2021)
No class until late August
TWWA 75	8/11 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	8/21 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	8/25 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	8/28 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	No class on Wednesday, 9/1 or on Saturday, 9/4
	9/8 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	9/11 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
TWHD 81	9/11 Sat	8:30am – 12pm	Half-day retreat, outdoor class
	9/15 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Monthly evaluation, real-time Zoom class
	No class on Saturday, 9/18
TWCA 76	9/22 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	9/25 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	9/29 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	10/2 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session, outdoor class
	10/6 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
TW3R12 3-day retreat	10/8 Fri
	10/9 Sat
	10/10 Sun
	10/13Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Monthly evaluation, real-time Zoom class
No class on Saturday, 10/16
TWCA 77	10/20 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	10/23 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session
	10/27 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	10/30 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session
	11/3 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Monthly evaluation, real-time Zoom class
TWHD 82	11/6 Sat	8:30am – 12pm	Half-day retreat
No class on Wednesday 11/10 and Saturday 11/13
TWCA 78	11/17 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	11/20 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session
	No class on Wednesday 11/24 and Saturday 11/27
	12/1 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
	12/4 Sat	8:30am – 9:30am	Sitting session
	12/8 Wed	9pm – 9:45pm	Lecture, real-time Zoom class
TWHD 83	12/11 Sat	8:30am – 12pm	Half-day retreat
	12/15Wed	8:30am – 9:30am	Monthly evaluation, real-time Zoom class
Winter Break
No class between mid-Dec and mid-January