- Tuition: $50.00
LIT201 - Mantra Practicum (3 Units)
Prerequisite:
Textbook: Five Mountain Traditional Chanting Booklet
9 week course beginning the week ofA Mantra is a formula or a word with spiritual significance; however, when stripped of their Tantric undertones they become meaningless syllables which can help us to detach and relax very deeply. Mantra meditation is very easy to learn and effective in letting go of our attachment to thinking. Just repeating a mantra helps us to focus our attention on a single point and eventually reach a state of very deep rest. The regular practice of meditation can reduce our irritability and thus the feeling of being stressed, but more importantly is that continued mantra practice will reduce the time of recovery following all kinds of distressing situations. Mantra practice in juxtaposition with bowing practice can help cut through our karma very quickly.
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- Tuition: $50.00
LIT202 - Public Speaking and Dharma Talks (3 Units)
No Prerequisites
Textbook: On Line Resources9 week course beginning the week of 04/02/2012
On occasion there is a formal Dharma Talk at each of our Zen Centers. A student who has taken the Five Precepts, has been practicing steadily for some time, and is familiar with our particular style of teaching usually gives the talk. The talk should last about twenty minutes, after which there is a period for questions. When the Guiding Teacher is at the Zen Center, the Guiding Teacher will answer them. When the Guiding Teacher is not, a Senior Dharma Teacher answers them. Questions are directed to the Dharma Teacher but may also be asked of the student who gave the talk, so there are always two people involved in the presentation.
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- Tuition: $50.00BHP122 – Qìgōng Practicum (3 Units)PrerequisitesTextbooks:9 week course beginning the week ofQigong, chi kung, or chi gung (气功 or 氣功) (pronounced "chee-gung") is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation. With roots in Chinese medicine, martial arts, andphilosophy, qigong is traditionally viewed as a practice to balance qi (chi) or what has been translated as "intrinsic life energy." Typically a qigong practice involves rhythmic breathing, coordinated with slow stylized repetition of fluid movement, and a calm mindful state. Qigong is now practiced throughout China and worldwide, and is considered by some to be exercise, and by others to be a type of alternative medicine or meditative practice. From a philosophical perspective qigong is believed to help develop human potential, allow access to higher realms of awareness, and awaken one's "true nature."