We Make Zen Come Alive! The Victoria Zen Center offers many courses to enhance and deepen your Zen practice. If you are not yet a member, the Orientation to Zen Buddhist Practice course is your gateway to membership. Once a member, you are able to take additional courses such as Fundamentals of Zen, intensive Preparation Course and others. Please see below for a full description of all the courses and their fees.
If you have been exploring Buddhism and Zen and are wondering how to take the next step on the path of Zen Practice, look no further. Our Online Orientation to Zen resources have been created to help you develop a consistent and stable Zen practice, no matter where you are.
Ven. Eshu is available for private instruction by appointment. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to make arrangements
Once you have completed the Online Orientation to Zen materials, and are ready to join into the formal Zen practice, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to arrange for a Practice Assessment at the Sooke Zendo. This is a two-hour process during which your physical practice and understanding of the form used at that the Victoria Zen Centre will be assessed in order to ensure that you are physically, mentally and emotionally prepared to begin formal practice in our Sangha.
If you have successfully developed a stable daily practice of Zen meditation as a member of the Victoria Zen Centre, and are wondering how to go further with our Sangha, this course is your next step. Participants will be introduced to the subtleties and differences involved in intensive training, and will receive an orientation to, and experience of, practices that are specific to intensive training in the Zen tradition. The Intensive Preparation course is the gateway to deepening your practice.
Building on the foundation of training established through the Orientation to Zen course, you will be introduced to some of the fundamental teachings of Zen Buddhism. Group activities and training assignments ask that we take these teachings out of our head and engage them in the day to day unfolding of our lives.
