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

576 RIHT CONCENTRATION by MIRANDA Dec. 7th 25
Proper Concentration Proper concentration, or Samadhi, is the eighth and final step of the Noble Eightfold Path. It belongs to the part of the path that focuses on mental discipline. When we talk about Samadhi, we're talking about a mind that is steady, calm, focused, and collected - not scattered, ...
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575: WHY IT IS SO HARD TO MEDITATE EVERY DAY Nov. 29th 25
Why is it so hard to meditate every day? Part I ( Next: part II: How to create a daily routine.) We always make time for zillions of things that we have to do everyday because they are mandatory, such as eating, showering, driving, working, reading, etc. In other words, they are daily priorities.&nb...
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574 The 4 Seals : landmarks of Zen philosophy and pratice Nov. 22 25
  The 4 SEALS  Part 1 SUFFERING  They are called seals because they are the landmarks of Buddha's 50 years of verbal teaching.     SUFFERING, IMPERMANENCE, NO-SELF and NIRVANA. They represent the 4 standing pillars of  Zen philosophy & practice. Everything else...
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573 Feeling being a victim. A Zen perspective Nov. 16th 25
    Feeling being a victim : a Zen perspective One of the purposes of Zen practice is to offer an open heart to self and around us. But It is not easy to open up our own hearts, to open to the “I, me, myself, and mine”. The breakdown of any situation where you feel being [&he...
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