{"id":512,"date":"2016-05-20T10:47:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T10:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/?p=512"},"modified":"2019-02-14T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:14:42","slug":"orientation-to-zen-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/orientation-to-zen-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Orientation to Zen Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for a way to go beyond the simple basics of meditation, or how to take your practice deeper?<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to engage face-to-face with an experienced teacher, and explore how becoming involved with a community that was created to support meditation can inspire and enhance your own practice?<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of a consistent meditation practice are well established &#8211; stress reduction, a less cluttered mind, improved focus and awareness, better immune function, more restful sleep, and insight into the habits that are limiting the realization of your true potential.<\/p>\n<p>This course offers a progressive combination of study and practice, individual and group interaction, and\u00a0personal guidance that will provide a strong foundation to experience the profound change that Zen meditation\u00a0practice offers.<\/p>\n<p>The Orientation to Zen Buddhist Practice Course is the primary gateway to\u00a0Zen Training\u00a0at Zenwest Buddhist Society. The course runs 2 hours on each of four Saturdays.<\/p>\n<h2>Course information and Registration<\/h2>\n<h3>Course Dates 2016:<\/h3>\n<h4>Saturday mornings 9:30am &#8211; 11:30am<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>January 9, 16, 23 &amp; 30<\/li>\n<li>April 9, 16, 23 &amp; 30<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2065164251\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 2<\/span><\/span>, 9, 16, 23<\/li>\n<li>September 24, October 1, 8 &amp; 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In order to maintain the quality of instruction, course enrollment is limited to 12.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Fees for this four-week course: $249 ($199 for Zenwest Associates)<\/p>\n<p>A deposit of $50 is required to ensure a space upon registration. The balance is payable one week before the first day of the course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Four weekly group discussion and meditation sessions with Rev. Doshu and\/or Kosen Eshu, Osho<\/li>\n<li>Meditation cushion (zafu)<\/li>\n<li>Peer Support Connection<\/li>\n<li>All online and printable course materials<\/li>\n<li>Zenwest Chant Book<\/li>\n<li>Upon completion of the Orientation, all participants are invited to apply for Membership in Zenwest.<\/li>\n<li>If you choose to become a Zenwest Member, you must purchase a black martial arts-style (gi). In Victoria, we recommend\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanshukan.com\/katatrading\/Kata_Trading\/HOME.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kata Trading<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0239 Menzies Street\u00a0(250) 382-5282<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"wrapper2\">\n<div id=\"main\">\n<article class=\"item-page\">If you wish to register, please\u00a0email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:registrar@zenwest.ca\">registrar@zenwest.ca<\/a>\u00a0for further details.<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Pay Via PayPal<\/h2>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"FSA8RT8HPVTTN\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><input name=\"on0\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"Payment:\" \/>Payment:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><select name=\"os0\"><option value=\"Course deposit\">Course deposit $50.00 CAD<\/option><option value=\"Course balance, non-Associate\">Course balance, non-Associate $199.00 CAD<\/option><option value=\"Course balance, Associate\">Course balance, Associate $149.00 CAD<\/option><option value=\"Full course fee, non-Associate\">Full course fee, non-Associate $249.00 CAD<\/option><option value=\"Full course fee, Associate\">Full course fee, Associate $199.00 CAD<\/option><\/select><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><input name=\"currency_code\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"CAD\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_paynowCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for a way to go beyond the simple basics of meditation, or how to take your practice deeper?<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to engage face-to-face with an experienced teacher, and explore how becoming involved with a community that was created to support meditation can inspire and enhance your own practice?<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of a consistent meditation practice are well established &#8211; stress reduction, a less cluttered mind, improved focus and awareness, better immune function, more restful sleep, and insight into the habits that are limiting the realization of your true potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1243,"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/1243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenwest.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}