Teachers:
The Harmony of Zen and Vipassana
April 19 – May 8, 2021
Registration is due by Wednesday, April 14. To register at a 75% discount, please click here.
About the April – May 2021 Intensive
Both the Zen and Vipassana traditions originate in the Buddha’s teachings on meditation.
Zen is the Japanese pronunciation of dhyana, the word the Buddha used for concentration states, and Vipassana is the word the Buddha used to refer to the insights derived from these concentration states. For the Buddha, Zen and Vipassana are integrated aspects of meditation practice, working together in harmony. With this common origin it is not surprising that, in modern times, Zen and Vipassana meditation may have as much in common as they differ.
Please join Senior Dharma Teacher Paul Haller, Green Gulch Abiding Abbess Fu Schroeder, and Zen and Vipassana Dharma Teacher Gil Fronsdal for discussions and explorations of this interface between Zen and Vipassana. Fu, Paul, and Gil are friends who delight in discussing the Dharma together. In this intensive, the three teachers will provide instruction in meditation practice, Dharma talks and discussions, and will share with participants their lively discussions of Dharma topics.
There are two tracks of participation in this program:
- The Flowers of the Dharma: Exploring and Enjoying the Essence of Buddhist Practice
- The Roots of the Dharma: Becoming Rooted in Buddhist Practice
Participants in both tracks will have the opportunity to sign up for a weekly small group meeting. Small groups consist of 12 – 14 participants and are led by a practice leader from Insight Meditation Center, Green Gulch Farm, City Center, or an affiliate Branching Streams sangha. Prompts for the small groups are provided by the leaders of the Intensive.
The Flowers of the Dharma: Exploring and Enjoying the Essence of Buddhist Practice
This is a program of participation for people on the East Coast and Europe. We have listed the timetable in Belfast time (Ireland and UK). Please add one hour for Slovenia, Norway, France, Spain or Germany, two hours for Greece.
| (All times are Belfast/UK/Ireland) | |
| Monday – Saturday | |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Guided meditation |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Dharmette |
| Monday – Friday | |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Meditation |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Dharma Talk and Conversation between Fu, Paul, and Gil* |
| 19:00 – 19:15 | Break |
| 19:15 – 19:45 | Q & A; discussion |
| 19:45 | Sitting ending with dedication of merit |
| Thursday | |
| 3:30 – 4:30 am | Dharma Talk: Paul, Gil, and Fu will each give one talk over the three-week period* |
| Saturday | |
| 16:15 | Conversation with one of the teachers |
| 17:25 – 18:00 | Meditation |
| 18:15 – 19:15 | Dharma Talk: Paul, Gil, and Fu will each give one talk over the three-week period* |
| *A recorded video will be available for those who cannot attend live |
The Roots of the Dharma: Becoming Rooted in Buddhist Practice
Includes all events listed for Flowers of the Dharma, with additional participation in these events:
| (All times are Belfast/UK/Ireland) | |
| Monday – Friday | |
| 13:50 – 14:50 | Zazen with a five-minute interval |
| 15:50 – 15:05 | Morning service |
| Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday | |
| 1:30 – 2:10 am | Zazen |
| Mondays: April 19, 26, May 3 | |
| 3 – 4:30 am | Open conversation with teachers. (A recorded video will be available for those who cannot attend live.) |
| See Online Zendo daily schedule | Online Zendo |
- All Wednesday and Saturday Dharma talks are recorded and available on the SFZC website and Dharma app link
