Saturday Morning Dharma Practice:
Join us Saturday mornings at 10am to 1130 for our group Dharma Practice. Centering around sitting meditation, sutra readings, chanting, and a brief Dharma talk. Afterward, stick around for fellowship & conversation over tea in the hermitage! Families & children welcome.
Weekday Morning Jwaseon Practice:
Monday-Friday 7am-8am
Start your day off with us! Join us weekday mornings for chanting & sitting meditation in the Baltimore Zen Center's Dharma Hall. Yogic exercise sessions take place before sitting on Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, to help prepare your body for meditation & the day ahead.
Dharma Class:
Tuesday evenings, 7pm-9pm
Join us in the hermitage every Tuesday night for an evening of sitting meditation, chanting, & discussion over tea (and cookies if we're lucky). We encourage those who've never practiced with us before to come to this class with an open mind & a handful of questions! Experienced practitioners are also welcome.
Special Events!
Iron Wheel Boxing Seminar
Saturday, June 20th, 10am-4pm
Based in ancient means combined with modern methods, Cheolryun Gwonbeop is in one sense a brutal, hard-hitting system of fighting, while at the same time being a vital, life-affirming spiritual practice. Cheolryun Gwonbeop is known in English as Iron Wheel Boxing, and is considered the next generation in a deep legacy of Buddhist fighting arts, drawing from Korean warrior monks like Samyungdang, who helped liberate Korea from the Japanese samurai of Hideyoshi during the Imjin War.
This is the first seminar in Iron Wheel Boxing to be hosted at the Baltimore Zen Center that is open to the public. Classes will be lead by JB MuSsang Jaeger. MuSsang is the first American to be licensed to teach IWB by his teacher, the Venerable Pohwa-seunim, of the Blue Mountain Sangha.
This weekend seminar aims to provide a complete introduction to the foundation of Iron Wheel Boxing.
The first part of the session will cover basic stance work, power generation drills, and footwork patterns for striking & throwing, as well as standing & sitting meditations.
Saturday's second session will introduce attendees to Iron Wheel's first section of combative techniques, known as Sumigwon. Sumigwon offers the practitioner of Iron Wheel a multitude of combative concepts derived from evasions such as Ryusu (Flowing Water) to intercepting strikes known as Cheolta.
There will also be discussion on how Sumigwon & martial arts in general integrate into a meditative lifestyle practice.
The seminar is open to practitioners of any martial art as well as those with no martial art experience.
Please RSVP at jaeger@baltimorezen.org
Suggested Donation: $40
June Half-Day Sit
Saturday, June 27th, 9am-12pm
Coming off of May's amazing retreat, we're looking forward to practicing with you again!
Half-Day Sits are great times for beginners to really dig in to their practice with the rest of the sangha. It's also a great time for experienced practitioners to continue moving forward. It's a great way to kick off the weekend and move into the next week.
The retreat will begin with a short Dharma talk & instructional. Each sitting meditation session will be 30 minutes long and separated by 10 minutes of walking meditation. Before the final sitting session, we will perform the 108 prostrations, an incredible practice, useful for centering both body & mind. The sit will be followed up with a brief Dharma talk & discussion session over a light lunch & traditional tea.
Please RSVP at contact@baltimorezen.org
Suggested donation: $20
Four Truths & Eight Steps
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The foundation of our practice comes from Buddha's core teachings, known as the Four Noble Truths & the Eightfold Path.
The Four Noble Truths are the observations that the Buddha made about the world around him, its nature, and its affect on us and how we relate to it. There is suffering in life, our suffering is brought about by our cravings, there is freedom from this suffering, and we can find freedom by following the Eightfold Path of wisdom, conduct, & meditation.
During this introduction class, we'll discuss how the Buddha's observations can be seen in our own lives, and how we can begin to practice the Eightfold Path.
This class is the perfect opportunity for those just beginning their Zen practice. It covers the fundamentals upon which our practice rests. For those who attend the morning Half-Day Sit, this continuation will allow you to reflect on how your meditation practice can apply to what you do in daily life, transforming your life to one complete practice.
For those not attending the Half-Day Sit, this is still a wonderful introduction to the fundamentals of what we practice at the Baltimore Zen Center.
Suggested Donation: $20
Hope to see you soon!
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