Oakville Zen Meditation

Welcome ...

Zen Master & Dharma teacher G.Arnaud Painvin MD and Late Catherine Painvin MD are pleased to welcome you. We are providing mindfulness meditation classes 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

612 Sat. Aug. 1st Wat are the differences between Buddhism & Zen?
Buddhism and Zen: what are the differences? Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in 6th-century China from a cultural blending with Taoism & Confusianism. It spread to Vietnam, Korea, and finally Japan. It is called Chan in China and Zen in Japanese  which means meditation. K...
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611 July 26th 26 Meditating on silence: its positive impact on brain structure and function.
Meditating on silence : Its positive impacts  on your brain as if you were inside it. During meditation we focus on a specific target  such as breathing to anchor our mind to slow down its flow of thoughts and feelings besides achieving a relaxing effect. There are already few Dharma talks...
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610 Sat July 18 26 Kris
Heasy path to happiness We all seek happiness and naturally avoid suffering. Yet most of us look for happiness outside ourselves—in possessions, achievements, relationships, or recognition. The challenge is that everything external has limitations. It is temporary and cannot last forever. Even whe...
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609 July 11 26 Do you exist without an ego?
Do you exist without an ego?  A Zen perspective.  The answer depends entirely on which lens you look through. If you talk to a Zen practitioner,  a Western psychologist, or a neuroscientist, you will get 3 completely different answers. To make sense of it, it helps to first separate the t...
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