Oakville Zen Meditation

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Zen Master & Dharma teacher G.Arnaud Painvin MD and Late Catherine Painvin MD are pleased to welcome you. We are providing mindfulness meditation classes 3 times per week which includes silent sitting meditation followed by teaching called Dharma talk and finally Q&A and discussion.

You have access to all Dharma Talks since November 2014. We are open to everyone and our classes are free. For more detailed information about our meditation classes you can find out more About Us.  If you are interested in joining our mailing list please Subscribe to our newsletter below.

Short quote from late little dog called Shih Tzu who was one of my best Zen Master:

“ I am not special, not dogmatic, do not walk on water, don’t take myself too seriously, make mistakes all the times and enjoy wonderful questions and challenges from students so I can learn from them. My job and joy is to try to help others with their struggles the best I can through the practice of meditation and the teaching of Zen Buddhism philosophy”.

As you may know Zen Buddhism is not based on faith per-se, doctrines, dogmas or scriptures but rather on strong spiritual practice based on daily mindfulness meditation, understanding down to earth existential philosophy and practice, both of them designed specifically to alleviate our suffering and its 3 main sources ( desire/I want, hatred / I don't want and delusion/illusion), and, finally, based on pure common sense. We do not preach a so-called divine truth but just factual realities of life and their subsequent wisdoms. Finally, we are against any proselytism, that is to say, to convert people's beliefs such as religious, political or others.

Everyone is welcome ...

Dharma Lecture

552 Karma: a Zen perspective Sat. June 07th 25
  KARMA  In Zen Buddhism, Karma is a central concept referring to intentional action of body, speech, or thought that is driven by decision (cetanā), leading to future consequences. The term itself comes from the Sanskrit word for "action" or "doing," and in the Buddhist context, it specifically...
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#551 Compassion: Zen perspective May 31th 25
Compassion: a Zen perspective. From the Latin Com = together, Passionate = suffering. In Zen, compassion, referred to as karuna, is fundamentally the wish and the behavior that the self and others be free from suffering, and its roots.  It is not a feeling of mere sympathy or just empathy, but a de...
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550: Complaining: one of the favorite food of our ego Sat. May 24th 25
Complaining is one of our ego’s favorite strategies for self-identification and strengthening.How often do you catch yourself complaining about whomever, whatever, whenever?Or even about your life and life in general. The list is endless. We are complaining mostly subconsciously, as demonstrated u...
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549 Awareness: the essence of meditation 18 May 2025
There are 2 types of awareness: One is the mundane one that is knowing this and that from memory. The other one is more subtle and fundamental regarding Zen philosophy and practice. Awareness is to pay attention, mindfully, to the present moment, and its content, whatever it is. Awareness is the ess...
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