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

526 Our mental entanglement Sun: 03 10 24
By tradition, we differentiate our thoughts from our emotions, but Zen is teaching us that they are, quite often, tightly entangled like 2 sides of the same coin. They are our mental twins. Therefore, a vicious circle can build up between our thoughts and emotions,  feeding each other back and ...
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525 Does our mind generate reality? by Roque 27/10/24
Does our mind generate reality?  A quick look at the dictionary reveals a wide range of definitions for Reality. Cambridge Dictionary: Reality is how things are, not how you would like them to be. From a Buddhist/Zen perspective, our beliefs and reality are deeply intertwined. Buddhism teaches that...
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524 The Mind Watcher Oct. 13 24
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523 Karma: what is it, and what it is not Sept 29th 24
Karma: Sanskrit word for “ action/ volition”. Its origin is found in Indian religion and philosophy. It defines the moral and ethical law of causality that is to say: cause is inducing effect. More precisely:    Action ( doing) and intention (thinking) trigger or will trigger cons...
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