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

594 Demystifying Awakening April 4th 26
Demystifying  Awakening Important clarification  Awakening in Zen is not: A permanent divine, and mystic bliss during which one becomes supernatural, problem free, and enjoying permanent stress-free life full of joy, pleasure, control, and power.  In fact, it is simply waking up away from our...
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593 The importance of listening to silence March 28th 26
The importance of listening to silence in Zen practice. In Zen practice, listening to silence is not “ listening to “nothing.” It is considered a fundamental gateway to experience our genuine self,, and concrete reality both of them exempt  from our ongoing noisy mind.  Here is why c...
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592 Thinking thoughtlessly : meaning & practice March 21 26
THINKING THOUGHTLESSLY : WHAT DOES THAT MEAN & HOW TO APPLY IT?  In Zen, "thinking thoughtlessly" (often associated with the Japanese term Mushin, or ("no-mind" / Don’t know mind / Beginning mind) isn't about becoming brainless.  It’s a state of spontaneous, non analytic , non judg...
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591 March 14-26 Being in the moment: meaning & practice.
Being in the moment: a key foundation in Zen philosophy, teaching and practice. Why?  In  Zen, reality is only found in this immediate moment since the  past is dead, and the future not yet born. Experiencing genuine, concrete reality of the moment - good or bad- is the only way to ap...
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