At the age of 40, Shifu started his spiritual quest and met Master Jingzai, the 84th Patriarch of Zen. After 8 years of rigorous apprenticeship, at the age of 48, Shifu finally received the Heart Imprint from Master Jingzai, reached the ultimate enlightenment and became the …

At the age of 40, Shifu started his spiritual quest and met Master Jingzai, the 84th Patriarch of Zen. After 8 years of rigorous apprenticeship, at the age of 48, Shifu finally received the Heart Imprint from Master Jingzai, reached the ultimate enlightenment and became the …

Torrance Zen Meditation Center offers meditation classes for beginning and experienced practitioners alike. We currently offer ongoing Introductory and Advanced meditation classes every week (except on holidays & long weekends). All our classes are Non-Denominational and everyone is welcome!

The Online Zen School aims to provide a structured and serious Zen learning and practicing environment to spread the Zen teaching throughout the entire world via the Internet, without the boundaries of physical Zen centers or countries, or the limitation of space and time.

Shifu (Master or Teacher) Linda and Shifu Jeremy will devote 12 to 16 hours per day to leading the retreat so ensure practitioners can log in to real-time lecture classes and guided meditation sessions via Zoom from anywhere.

For over thirty years, Chan Master Sheng Yen (Shifu) (1930-2009) devoted himself tirelessly to reviving the tradition of rigorous education for monks and nuns, establishing monasteries and centres of learning; teaching and leading Chan retreats worldwide; interfaith outreach, world peace, youth development, and gender equality.

Esta fase de aprendizaje no solo sentó las bases para la comprensión de Shifu de las doctrinas budistas, sino que también estableció los principios para su práctica Zen. Shifu fue un discípulo recibido por su maestro, el Maestro Shengyan, en nombre de …

Shifu Simplicity is the abbess of Miao Fa Centre. Shifu (pronounced: shiffu) is the Chinese address for all monks and nuns. It means Dharma teacher. In the Centre we just call her Shifu. ABOUT SHIFU SIMPLICITY. SHIFUS WAY TO BUDDHISM: OR- WHY WOULD A GERMAN DOCTOR BECOME A BUDDHIST NUN? “Relieving suffering”

Mortals keep moving, and Buddhas stay still. But the highest meditation surpasses both that of mortals and that of Buddhas. People who reach such understanding free themselves from all appearances without effort and cure all illnesses without treatment. Such is the power of Zen.”

In a meeting to plan for the setting up of a Zen center, a nun was sitting next to the Master and started to examine his face carefully. She thought, “Shifu’s face is full of wrinkles, and he looks no different from any ordinary old man. So, why are these prestigious people so respectful of him?”