Sitting Sessions

PUBLIC SITTING SESSIONS IS GOING HYBRID! ( Taiwan)

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All meditation courses held by None Zen Center are tuition-free. Donations are welcome. Advance registration is required; limited seats are available.

Click the Zoom links and meditate with us from anywhere on most Tuesday nights, from 8 – 8:45 PM. Bring along your cushion to attend the monthly hybrid sitting sessions held on Saturday, from 9 – 11:30 AM at Taiwan local time (UTC+8), via Zoom or at our Taipei Center or Tainan Center (find the details below). To secure your seat and plan your schedule, please check the Sitting Sessions calendar below (Taiwan) and sign up for the class to receive the class updates, reminders, and Zoom links.

If you do not have a meditation cushion or have any questions, please email us at friend@nonezencenter.org.

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 first and second sitting sessions take place on Tuesdays from 8 – 8:45 pm, and practitioners join the first two sitting sessions via Zoom. The third sitting session takes place on Saturday from 9 – 11:30 am, which is a hybrid class; practitioners could join the third session via Zoom or at the Taipei and Tainan Center. 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 San Jose Center’s classes, Shifu Linda and Shifu Jeremy lead real-time Zoom sitting sessions for practitioners in two other time zones, UK (GMT or UTC+1 for daylight saving time) and San Jose, California (UTC-8 or UTC-7 for daylight saving time). You may find the sitting session calendar below 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 UK (GMT) sitting sessions (Zoom class only, taking place on Saturdays 8-8:45am at UK local time starting from March, 2022).
Find the class calendar for for San Jose (UTC-8) sitting sessions (Hybrid class, Zoom class and in-person class are available on Saturdays 10-10:45am at California local time).

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 NT$800 donation for 3-sitting session. 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.

Classes will be held on the following dates:

The class will start sharp at 8 PM. Please arrive or 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 Session Taipei, Taiwan, 2023
Class	Class Dates 1st and 2nd sessions on Tuesdays, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class 3rd session on Saturdays, 9-11:30 am, Hybrid Class
TWTS 15 (2022)	12/20, 12/27 (No class on 1/3), Tuesdays, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class
TWTS 16	1/10, 1/17, 1/31 (No class on 1/24), Tuesdays, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class
TWTS 17	2/7, 2/21 (No class on 2/14 or 2/25), Tuesday, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class 3/11, (No class on 3/4), Saturday, 9 -11:30 am, Hybrid Class
TWTS 18	3/21, 3/28, Tuesdays, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class 4/15, Saturday, 9 -11:30 am, Hybrid Class
TWTS 19	4/18, 4/25, Tuesdays, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class 5/6, Saturday, 9-11:30 am, Hybrid Class Sign up now
TWTS 20	5/16, 5/23, Tuesdays, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class 6/3, Saturday, 9-11:30 am, Hybrid Class
	No Class in June or July.
TWTS 21	8/15, 8/22, Tuesdays, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class 9/9 (No Class on 9/2), Saturday, 9-11:30 am, Hybrid Class
TWTS 22	9/19, 9/26, 10/3, Tuesdays, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class (No Class on 10/7, Saturday)
TWTS 23	10/17, 10/24, Tuesdays, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class 11/4, Saturday, 9-11:30 am, Hybrid Class
TWTS 24	11/14, 11/28, (No Class on 11/21), Tuesdays, 8 – 8:45 pm, Zoom Class 12/9, Saturday, 9-11:30 am, Hybrid Class

Taiwan Sitting Sessions	Taiwan, 2022
Class Name (English and Chinese)	Class Dates and Hours (Saturdays, 10:00 am – 10:45 am unless otherwise specified)
TWSS 6	1/8, 1/15 (10 – 11:45 am)
TWSS 7	2/12, 2/19, 3/5 (10 – 11:45 am) (No class on 2/26) In-person class hosted at Taipei Center 241-2 (Floor 2), Jinhua St, Daan Dist, Taipei 106 In-person class hosted at Tainan Center Floor 4, 199 Youai St, Zhongxi Dist, Tainan 700
TWSS 8	3/12, 3/19, 3/26 In-person class hosted at Taipei Center 241-2 (Floor 2), Jinhua St, Daan Dist, Taipei 106 In-person class hosted at Tainan Center Floor 4, 199 Youai St, Zhongxi Dist, Tainan 700
TWSS 9	4/9, 4/16, 4/23 (10 – 11:45 am) In-person class hosted at Taipei Center 241-2 (Floor 2), Jinhua St, Daan Dist, Taipei 106 In-person class hosted at Tainan Center Floor 4, 199 Youai St, Zhongxi Dist, Tainan 700
TWSS 10	5/7, 5/14, 5/21 (10 – 11:45 am) Zoom Class
TWSS 11	6/11, 6/18 (10 – 11:45 am) Zoom Class
TWSS 12	8/6, 8/13, 8/20 (10 – 11:45 am) (Cancelled) In-person class hosted at Taipei Center 241-2 (Floor 2), Jinhua St, Daan Dist, Taipei 106 In-person class hosted at Tainan Center Floor 4, 199 Youai St, Zhongxi Dist, Tainan 700
TWSS 13	9/17, 9/24 (10 – 11:45 am) In-person class hosted at Taipei Center 241-2 (Floor 2), Jinhua St, Daan Dist, Taipei 106 In-person class hosted at Tainan Center Floor 4, 199 Youai St, Zhongxi Dist, Tainan 700
TWSS 14	10/1, 10/15 (10 – 11:45 am) (No class on 10/8） In-person class hosted at Taipei Center 241-2 (Floor 2), Jinhua St, Daan Dist, Taipei 106 In-person class hosted at Tainan Center Floor 4, 199 Youai St, Zhongxi Dist, Tainan 700
TWSS 15	10/22, 10/29, 11/5 (10 – 11:45 am In-person class hosted at Taipei Center 241-2 (Floor 2), Jinhua St, Daan Dist, Taipei 106 In-person class hosted at Tainan Center Floor 4, 199 Youai St, Zhongxi Dist, Tainan 700
TWSS 1	11/19, 12/3, 12/10 (10 – 11:45 am) (No class on 11/26） In-person class hosted at Taipei Center 241-2 (Floor 2), Jinhua St, Daan Dist, Taipei 106 In-person class hosted at Tainan Center Floor 4, 199 Youai St, Zhongxi Dist, Tainan 700

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)