Jan
12
9:00 AM09:00

Introduction to Zen Workshop

Zen meditation is meant to change your life; it is like an underground river which runs unseen but nourishes everything above it. Zen koans are a creative and subtle way to take away any confusion and conflict in the mind and open new possibilities for action.

To learn more about Zen meditation, koans, and the Centre, register for this workshop. After attending the workshop you are welcome to attend the weekly Zen Community gatherings.

Next Workshop is Sunday, January 12, 2025, 9am - noon (12pm)
Location: &Asana Studios 140 Ann Street #203 / 204, London, Ontario
Cost $69

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Dec
8
to Dec 15

Winter Seven Day Zen Retreat (Rohatsu Sesshin)

Winter Seven Day Zen Retreat (Rohatsu Sesshin)

Sorry, Registration is now closed.

Sesshin is a deep Zen Intensive and a rare opportunity for us to experience the awakening Zen points to.

There are healthy vegan meals, interviews with the teacher, Zen talks and discussions, music and lots of quiet warmth and community to settle into. Some meditation experience is recommended, however this retreat is open to everyone.

This sesshin is led by Guy Gaudry, Roshi

Cost*: $1,495

*Note: scholarships available to those who have attended an LZC Orientation session and/or a LZC one day retreat. Send a note to [email protected].

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Sep
22
9:00 AM09:00

September One Day Zen Retreat

One Day Zen Meditation Retreat

Join us for this one-day traditional Zen retreat; there will be meditation and koans, private interviews with the teacher, Dharma talks and discussion, a vegan lunch, and lots of quiet warmth. 

The retreat will be held &Asana Studios 140 Ann Street #203 / 204, London, Ontario

The retreat is open to everyone.

Note: this is a traditional silent Zen retreat, so some structured meditation experience would be helpful but not necessary.

Cost: $95

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Jan
3
to Feb 7

Introduction to Zen Buddhism & Personal Growth

Introduction to Zen Buddhism and Personal Growth, a Six Week Course

Wednesday Evenings 7-9pm, January 3to February 7

This six week class covers everything you need to develop a meditation practice in your life and also points to something even more fundamental - a way to experience and live in freedom and joy, no matter what the circumstances of your life. This is the path of Zen, and this class is a first step to discovering this for yourself.

Cost $299

Registration opening soon.


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Oct
21
9:00 AM09:00

October One Day Zen Retreat

Autumn, Thames River, London Ontario

One Day Zen Meditation Retreat

Join us for this one-day traditional Zen retreat; there will be meditation and koans, private interviews with the teacher, Dharma talks and discussion, a vegan lunch, and lots of quiet warmth. 

The retreat will be held at the Unitarian Fellowship of London at 557 Clarke Rd, London Ontario.

The retreat is open to everyone.

Note: this is a traditional silent Zen retreat, so some structured meditation experience would be helpful but not necessary.

Cost: $95


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Jan
11
to Feb 15

Introduction to Zen Buddhism and Personal Growth

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This online six-week class covers everything you need to develop a meditation practice in your life and points to something even more fundamental - a way to experience and live in freedom and joy, regardless of the circumstances of your life. This is the path of Zen, and this class is the first step to discovering this for yourself. 

Topics covered include:

  • Personal growth, what it is, how it happens, and why it’s essential for spiritual development.

  • Zen Buddhism as a path for personal and spiritual growth.

  • Zen meditation, what it is and how it’s different from other types of meditation.

  • Koans, a Zen Buddhist technology to facilitate awakening and personal growth.

  • Awake, not woke, is the fully ripened fruit of long-term Zen practice; and why awakening is not you think.

Each class starts at 7 pm is approximately 60 minutes long.

The class has been created by Guy Gaudry, Roshi, and is also taught by him.

For more information about Guy, click here.

Cost: $295

Registration closed. Next Class will be announced soon.

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Nov
8
to Jul 1

Sunday Morning Community Zen

Community, London Zen Centre

Sunday Mornings from 9am to 11am


NOTE: Sunday Morning Zen sittings are now being held at:
Meeting room, #121
Manor Village
230 Victoria St

Join us at our weekly community Zen gathering. We sit for three rounds of zazen (Zen meditation); also, there are opportunities for a private meeting with a teacher during this time. The morning is finished with a Dharma talk and a community discussion.

Everyone who has attended the Introductory Zen Workshop is welcome to attend.

If you are not a member, the suggested donation for the evening is $10. 🙏

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Nov
6
9:00 AM09:00

Bare Bones Zen Retreat

London Zen Centre Zendo

A morning of Zen meditation with private Instruction from Teacher

Upholding the precepts, repentance and giving, the countless good deeds, and the way of right living all come from zazen.  ~ Haukin  

We sit (meditate) in the traditional Zen retreat format, which includes zazen (Zen meditation) and kinhin (walking meditation). There will also be an opportunity for a private meeting with a teacher. Tea and vegan snacks will served afterwards.

Everyone is welcome however previous experience sitting in a Zen Buddhist Zendo would be helpful.

$39 suggested donation for non-members. Free for members

This retreat will be led by Guy Gaudry, Roshi

Photo credit: Wes Reaman

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Nov
2
to Nov 9

Fall Seven Day Zen Retreat

winter morning at the London Zen Centre

Zen Meditation and Koan Retreat

We teach Zen through meditation and koans in this retreat. Zen meditation is meant to change your life; it is like an underground river which runs unseen but nourishes everything above it. Zen koans are a creative and subtle way to take away any confusion and conflict in the mind and open new possibilities for action.

There are healthy vegan meals, interviews with the teacher, Zen talks and discussions and lots of quiet warmth and community to settle into.

Zen meditation experience is recommended; however, this retreat is open to everyone.

The sesshin starts Friday night (Dec 2) at 7pm and runs to 2pm Friday (Dec 9). Although this is a seven-day retreat, you can also participate for three days (Thursday night to Sunday afternoon) or two days (Friday night to Sunday afternoon).

There is limited space, so sign up early if you wish to participate.

This retreat is led by Guy Gaudry, Roshi.

Guy Gaudry, Roshi

After successfully training in Zen in a classical manner for 20 years, I went on to study koans in a more expansive and integrative way, after which I received Dharma Transmission* from John Tarrant Roshi (in the line of Robert Aitken Roshi). I now teach Zen in this manner and am focused on evolving the koan lineage passed down to us by Linji Yixuan.



Cost: Full seven days $995 (Dec 2 to Dec 9)

Cost: Three days $445 (Dec 2 to Dec 5)

Cost: Two days $295 (Dec 2 to Dec 4)

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Aug
14
9:00 AM09:00

Bare Bones Zen Retreat

London Zen Centre Zendo

A morning of Zen meditation with private Instruction from Teacher

Upholding the precepts, repentance and giving, the countless good deeds, and the way of right living all come from zazen.  ~ Haukin  

We sit (meditate) in the traditional Zen retreat format, which includes zazen (Zen meditation) and kinhin (walking meditation). There will also be an opportunity for a private meeting with a teacher. Tea and vegan snacks will served afterwards.

Everyone is welcome however previous experience sitting in a Zen Buddhist Zendo would be helpful.

$39 suggested donation for non-members. Free for members

This retreat will be led by Guy Gaudry, Roshi

Photo credit: Wes Reaman

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May
16
7:00 PM19:00

Steve Hagen Public Talk

Steve Hagen, Roshi

An evening of Zen with Steve Hagen

Join us for an evening of Zen Meditation, a Zen talk and an opportunity to meet and talk with Steve Hagen

Stephen Tokan "Steve" Hagen, Rōshi, (born 1945) is the founder and head teacher of the Dharma Field Zen Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a Dharma heir of Dainin Katagiri-roshi. Additionally, he is the author of several books on Buddhism. Among them as of 2003, Buddhism Plain & Simple was one of the top five bestselling Buddhism books in the United States. In 2012, Hagen updated and revised How the World Can Be the Way It Is and published it as Why the World Doesn't Seem to Make Sense—an Inquiry into Science, Philosophy, and Perception.

Cost: $39

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Mar
6
9:00 AM09:00

Bodhidharma Bare Bones 1 Day Retreat

a quiet winter morning at the London Zen Centre

A day of traditional zazen (Zen meditation) and sanzen (learning from meditation).

Upholding the precepts, repentance and giving, the countless good deeds, and the way of right living all come from zazen.  ~ Haukin  

We sit still and quietly in zazen (Zen meditation) for 25 minute periods with 5-minutes of meditative walking between the sittings; there will also be a Sutra service where we recite Zen Sutra’s and also an opportunity for an outdoor meditation walk.

FYI: There is no talking, no meditation instruction, no Dharma talk, just the bare bones of practice.

Everyone is welcome; however, previous experience sitting in a Zen Buddhist zendo is highly recommended.

Photo credit: Wes Reaman

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Feb
20
9:00 AM09:00

Community Workday

Community Work Day: Sunday morning 9am to 11am

Work is an integral part of Zen practice. On the third Sunday of every month, we meet for a few hours (9 am to 11 am) to maintain the Centre and grounds. Workdays are also an excellent way to help sustain the Centre and get to know other members.

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Feb
13
9:00 AM09:00

Bodhidharma Bare Bones 1/2 Day Retreat

a quiet winter morning at the London Zen Centre

A morning of traditional zazen (Zen meditation) and sanzen (learning from meditation).

Upholding the precepts, repentance and giving, the countless good deeds, and the way of right living all come from zazen.  ~ Haukin  

We sit still and quietly in zazen (Zen meditation) for 25 minute periods with 5-minutes of meditative walking between the sittings; there will also be a Sutra service where we recite Zen Sutra’s and also an opportunity for an outdoor meditation walk.

FYI: There is no talking, no meditation instruction, no Dharma talk, just the bare bones of practice.

Everyone is welcome; however, previous experience sitting in a Zen Buddhist zendo is highly recommended.
$20 suggested donation for non-members.

Photo credit: Wes Reaman

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Bodhidharma Bare Bones 1/2 Day Retreat
Sep
19
9:00 AM09:00

Bodhidharma Bare Bones 1/2 Day Retreat

A morning of zazen (Zen meditation) and sanzen (learning from meditation).

Upholding the precepts, repentance and giving, the countless good deeds, and the way of right living all come from zazen.  ~ Haukin  

We sit still and quietly in zazen (Zen meditation) for 25 minute periods with a 5-minute with slow meditative walking in between the sittings, continuously from 9am to noon.

Everyone is welcome however previous experience sitting in a Zen Buddhist Zendo is highly recommended. FYI: There is no talking, no instruction and no Dharma talk.

$20 suggested donation for non-members.

This retreat will be led by Tracy Shultis.

Photo credit: Wes Reaman

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Introduction to Zen Buddhism and Personal Growth
Jan
24
10:00 AM10:00

Introduction to Zen Buddhism and Personal Growth

Introduction to Zen and Personal Growth

Interested in Awakening? Personal Growth? Zen? Meditation? Buddhism? The London Zen Centre? Join us for a warm and engaging workshop on Zen Buddhism as a path to personal growth, virtuosity and awakening.

We will explore and decompress personal growth, meditation, koans, and Zen Buddhism in a practical and realistic manner. You will also learn about the London Zen Centre, its Zen lineage, and our approach to this work.

This workshop has been updated to work in an online format.

NO COST! It’s our small way of helping in this time of COVID, but you will still need to register to receive a password to participate in the workshop. Click here to register

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Dec
22
to Dec 27

Spring Five Day Zen Retreat

Spring Sesshin

Sesshin is a deep Zen retreat and a rare opportunity for us to experience the awakening Zen points to. There are healthy vegan meals, interviews with the teacher, Zen talks and discussions, music and lots of quiet warmth and community to settle into. Some meditation experience is recommended however this retreat is open to everyone. The retreat is both residential and non-residential. If you would like a more intimate experience of sesshin, there is room to stay at the Centre during the retreat.

This retreat is led by Guy Gaudry, Roshi

Cost*: 995

Registration closes April 15, this will likely fill up, so book early.

*Note: scholarships available to those who have attended an LZC Orientation session and/or a LZC one day retreat. Send a note to [email protected].

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Winter Zen Retreat
Oct
13
9:00 AM09:00

Winter Zen Retreat

One Day Zen Retreat

Join us for this one day retreat; there will be meditation and koans, delicious vegan food, private interviews with a teacher, dharma talks, discussion and lots of quiet warmth. 

This retreat will be led by Mike Lobb.

No experience is required and the retreat is open to everyone.

Cost: $195

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Zen Retreat
Jun
28
9:00 AM09:00

Zen Retreat

One Day Zen Retreat

Join us for this one day retreat; there will be meditation and koans, Dharma talks and discussion and lots of quiet warmth.

No experience is required and the workshop is open to everyone.

Cost: $195, members $95 register before April 24, 2020 and save $50

Register here!

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Zen Virtuosity - Introduction to Long-term Zen Practice
May
24
9:00 AM09:00

Zen Virtuosity - Introduction to Long-term Zen Practice

An Advanced Integrative Zen Workshop

Zen does not exist as a separate entity outside our daily life. Once we get past this belief (and it’s not easy to do this - some never do), the question becomes - "OK, so what does practice look like when we aren’t sitting in zazen, or at the Centre? It’s a great question, and the place where most people get lost and Zen (practice) withers for them.

This workshop explores what long term Zen practice looks like and and how it is done. Major ways of long term practice are presented and reviewed. Each way of long term practice presented is also available, in a more comprehensive manner, as a separate course.

Workshop Leader Guy Gaudry Roshi, Director of the London Zen Centre.

Cost: $195 until April 3, $295 afterwards.

Register here!

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Taking Refuge in the Bodhisattva Way Ceremony
Nov
17
10:00 AM10:00

Taking Refuge in the Bodhisattva Way Ceremony

Taking Refuge in the Bodhisattva Way

The path of Zen, awakening, is a path we walk together and not alone. It’s a way of being in the world that leads us to a deeper connection with all beings. The Zen Buddhist precepts guide us first to our heart and then to a way of living that encourages awakening. It's not about being perfect, it’s more about a commitment to the way.

Join us for the Refuge Ceremony 2019 and welcome Sangha members as they take Refuge in the Bodhisattva way and receive their Rakusu.

 

 

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After the Honeymoon
Jun
4
9:00 AM09:00

After the Honeymoon

Sustaining Zen practice over the long-term - a one day workshop

The tricky part of Zen practice, isn't at beginning, its after a few years of practice. Zen practice is exciting at first, we make all sorts of discoveries and our lives become more satisfying and richer. Then -- we plateau and our practice becomes stuck and the magic seems lost. The honeymoon is over.

This is a dangerous time in Zen practice, for what we do now, has huge implications for our long-term personal growth and development. Our practice can deepen and become more functional, OR, practice can fade and our lives drift back to our old ways without us even noticing.

This workshops explores the pitfalls, minefields and traps of this phase of practice and presents ways to strengthen, enliven, and integrate our practice in our life, so our personal growth and development continues.

Cost:* $95 Included in this workshop is one year access to the online Zen Program, Inexhaustible Zen.

*Note: scholarships available to those who can't afford the full cost of the class, send a note to [email protected].

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May Zen Retreat
May
27
9:00 AM09:00

May Zen Retreat

One Day Zen Meditation Retreat

A Zen meditation retreat is a gentle way to tap into the unending nourishment and joy that flows just below the surface of your life.

Join us for this one day retreat, there will be meditation and koans, interviews with the teacher, Dharma talks and discussion, and lots of quiet warmth. A light vegan lunch is included.

No experience is required and the retreat is open to everyone.

Cost*: $95 LZC Members $50

Click here for more information or to register.

*Note: scholarships available to those who have attended an LZC Orientation session and can't afford the full cost of the retreat, send a note to [email protected].

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Summer Zen Retreat
Aug
23
to Aug 28

Summer Zen Retreat

Five Day Zen Retreat

In a well that was never dug
water ripples from a spring that doesn’t flow.
Someone with no shadow or form
is drawing the water. ~ Ikkyu

Sesshin is a gentle and deep Zen meditation retreat. There are healthy vegetarian meals, interviews with the teacher, Zen talks and discussions, and lots of quiet warmth and community to settle into. Some meditation experience is suggested and this retreat is open to everyone.

Using meditation, koans, the arts, conversation and a deep intimacy, a zen retreat offers a modern, no nonsense, way to step into a more open and deeper way of experiencing your life.  

Cost*: 7895, LZC members $550

Registration details coming soon.

*Note: scholarships available to those who have attended an LZC Orientation session and/or a LZC one day retreat. Send a note to [email protected].

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