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Bodhi Chan Meditation Centre

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3808 5661

Address: 223 Dennis Rd. 4127 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: https://bodhichan.weebly.com

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25.01.2022 In Person meditation sessions are starting again! We hold our second class this Saturday at 10am. We welcome anyone to attend.

23.01.2022 If you are interested in keeping up with us please join us on our Meetup Group to be notified of all our regular sessions and special events! https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Brisbane-Mindful-Living-Zen/

23.01.2022 Classes are starting again!

21.01.2022 Just don't seek from others, or you'll be far estranged from self. I now go on alone; everywehere I meet it. It now is me; I now am not it. ... Understanding this way, merging with it as it is. -Chan Master Dongshan Liangjie

20.01.2022 Today we visited Dharma Drum mountain monastery. Above the entrance to the great Buddha hall was written the words "Break Open the mountain." So I hope you break open wide your own inner mountain and see your true nature.

20.01.2022 I've built a grass hut where there's nothing of value. After eating, I relax and enjoy a nap. When it was completed, fresh weeds appeared. Now it's been lived in-covered by weeds. -Song of the Grass Hut... In the practice of meditation and Zen we create a space inner and outer where we are at ease without worries. But constantly wondering distractions arise like weeds and we have to accept them, recognising that in reality they are not separate from own own self. Thank you to Arno Hess of Pathway Zen to giving the talk today. Please contact this Facebook page or email [email protected] if you are interested in joining our Dharma talks and meditation on Zoom.

19.01.2022 Travelling monks report. Touring in Taipei Confucius Temple. The great philospher in Chinese history. " If there would have been no confucius, the history would have been like a long night."

19.01.2022 Fo Xing Sifu was ordained in the Korean Zen tradition in the lineage of the late Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1995 at the Queensland Zen Centre Da Kwang Sa temple in Brisbane. He spent 6 years training with his teacher Zen Master Sen Shin in Brisbane during which time he completed many retreats and undertook kong an [koan/hwa to] study. Fo Xing Sifu also spent brief periods in both Korea and America engaging in further monastic training. During the past 20 years Fo Xing has been... focusing on deepening his practice while working in the community as a youth worker, child abuse investigator for family services and more recently since 2013 as a registered nurse. Fo Xing now resides at Bodhi Chan Meditation Centre full time as a resident monk. Fo Xing Shifu will be giving a talk on The Art of Intimacy and Chan Meditation tommorrow at 10am so feel free to come!

18.01.2022 Concentration and contemplation or samantha and vipsyana are the two primary aspects of meditation which are often seen to be separate. But in reality it is only when the mind is stilled in concentration that contemplation can rise, and contemplation is none other than being clearly aware of the process of concentration. Just as the in a turbid body of water as the water settles, dirt and dust naturally settles in the depth letting the clear still surface reflect whatever co...mes about. -From the first open Zoom meditation session Please email us at [email protected] to register for the class you are interested in joining us

17.01.2022 Tomorrow evening Ven. Foxing will be continuing our meditation and chanting sessions at 7pm focusing on the practice of Mindfulness in the Chan tradition. If you are interested please contact: [email protected] or this Facebook if you dont receive your invitation on time.

17.01.2022 Just a reminder well be continuing our Zoom Meditation Session this Saturday at 10-12:30. Come and join for as long or short as you like! Feel free to attend just send an email to [email protected] for an invitation.

17.01.2022 Ven. Hui Chuan will be giving the last talk of the year next Saturday 10am on the topic of the three stages in Zen or Chan practice. Please join us if you can make it! These three stages can be described using two different ways using the analogy of mountains or the application of wisdom. First Mountains are just mountains and rivers are just rivers, the second stage is that mountains and rivers are no longer mountains and rivers, the final part is when mountains and rivers remain as just mountains and rivers. The second way of expressing it in wisdom is through knowing: First the application of knowing is known, then the unknown is known, and finally wisdom is revealed to know yet have no knowing.

17.01.2022 Wednesday night meditation sessions are now on! Every Wednesday night 7pm. The sessions will be lead by experienced meditation monks consisting of periods of sitting with a instructional talk. If you are interested please contact: [email protected]

16.01.2022 Travelling monks report. Visit Nung Chan temple in Taipei. The pool is like a mirror, reflecting myriad changes in the winds, clouds, the sky at sunset, and the moonlight, showing its fascinating facets while reminding people to contemplate on how worldly affairs are as transient as the ephemeral water-borne images, and therefore practice letting go without attachment.

14.01.2022 Tommorrow 10am Arno Hess of Pathway Zen will be a talk on the seminal Zen poem Song of the Grass Hut. If you are interested in attending please send a message to this accound for the invite to Zoom.

14.01.2022 An ordination ceremony was performed for the latest resident of the Chan Centre - Ven. Kong Xing (Empty Conduct) From left to right: Fo Xing, Hui Quan, Fa Xing, Kong Xing

14.01.2022 Online Meditation, Mindfulness, and Zen Classes We are now starting weekly Zoom session for those interested in learning and participating in meditation. Classes:... Every Saturday morning from 10am to 12:30pm AEST Every Wednesday night from 7pm to 9pm AEST, starting on the 2nd of September Classes rotate between meditation oriented sessions and Dharma talk discussion Teachers: Classes are led by experienced monks who have trained in Zen or other traditions. The primary teacher Ven. Hui Chuan began his practice over 20 years ago as a Zen monk at Foguang Shan. Joining a Class: Please email us at [email protected] to register for the class you are interested in joining us Or message this account or call us at 38085661

12.01.2022 Join us next Saturday as Arno Hess gives a talk on "The Dynamics of Koan Practices in Zen Buddhism". When: Saturday 23rd November from 10am to 12:30pm Where: 223 Dennis Rd Springwood QLD at Bodhi Chan Meditation Centre ... Speaker: Arno Hess the Zen Teacher at Pathway Zen Fees: Free of charge Lunch: If you wish to stay for lunch please bring a plate of vege food (no meat products) Registration: Seat is limited please register by email at [email protected] Arno Hess is a Brisbane based Zen teacher and founder of Pathway Zen, where he guides students in meditation and koan practice. He is a dharma successor of Mervyn Lander Roshi and is also authorised as a Zen teacher by Yamada Ryoun Roshi, the Abbot of the Japanese based Sanb-Zen lineage from whom Arno received the teaching name Shun Ken (Eagle Cloud).

12.01.2022 Photos from the meditation Open Day. Big thank you to all the teachers, attendees, and guests who came!

12.01.2022 Please join us on the following Saturday to our last meditation session of the year!

12.01.2022 In Person Sessions are starting again on the 6th of February! Zen and Meditation every Saturday from 10am-12:30pm Classes will consist of meditation, chanting, dharma talks, etc.... There will be a break in all classes for morning tea. Please contact us: at [email protected] Or call us at 38085661

12.01.2022 Our last meditation session of 2019 will be held in two weeks on the Saturday morning of 14th December! A good way to finish of 2019 or start new habits as the new year comes around. Time: 10am-12:30pm ... Location: 223 Dennis Rd Springwood Schedule: meditation, dharma talk, morning tea, and feedback RSVP: [email protected] or msg us directly Cost: FREE but donations are greatly appreciated to keep our Centre running!

11.01.2022 Invitation for those interested in more intensive practice

11.01.2022 Just a reminder we’ll be continuing our Zoom Meditation Session this Saturday at 10-12:30. Come and join for as long or short as you like! Feel free to attend just send an email to [email protected] for an invitation.

10.01.2022 Today we visited the magnificent Chung Tai Chan Monastery and bow before the great pagoda sitting a top the Mani pearl of wisdom nestled within the lotus. Its wisdim treasure radiating out in the ten direction. Hopfully every one of us awaken the pearl wisdim within us and allow it to radiate out as the nector of compassion.

10.01.2022 Please join us this Saturday 10am as Zen Teacher Daehang gives the talk "Barry, The Enlightened Fish". Come along and find out how Barry was enlightened!

09.01.2022 Koans are recorded stories of ancient Chan/Zen masters who expressed their awakening in seemingly meaningless interactions. And when we practice with these koans we arent seeking to solve a puzzle they left behind but rather we are trying to enter the mind state and embody the realisation of the past masters during such interactions. Zen Teacher Arno Hess left us with this Koan today: Guishan asked Yangshan: "Where are you coming from?"... Yangshan replied: "From the fields." Guishan asked: "How many people are there in the fields?" Yangshan planted his hoe in the ground, clasped his hands and stood there. Guishan said, "On South Mountain there are a lot of people cutting thatch." Yangshan took up his hoe and went. Feel free to share your thoughts!

09.01.2022 In meditation we can take the two approaches of effort and effortless. First we begin with effort filled mindfulness before moving to the effortless awareness of the present moment. The same applies to regular life there must be a balance and integration of both into effortless effort. #brisbane #meditation #zen #bodhichan #brisbanemeditationclass #Buddhism

08.01.2022 Just dont seek from others, or youll be far estranged from self. I now go on alone; everywehere I meet it. It now is me; I now am not it. ... Understanding this way, merging with it as it is. -Chan Master Dongshan Liangjie

07.01.2022 "All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water; apart from water there is no ice, apart from beings no Buddha." Fish swimming in water dont know the nature of water as theyve never experienced anything else, just as people dont realise their true nature is constantly with them but do not realise it. -Talk from Zen teacher Daehang last Saturday and Hakuins Zazen Wasan

07.01.2022 What a joyful and inspired day. Thanks all the teachers, participants, volunteers, and supporters. See you all again next year on the Meditation Expo day at Bodhi Chan Meditation Centre in Springwood Qld...

07.01.2022 Please join us this Saturday as Ven. Fo Xing gives the talk "The Art of Intimacy and Chan Meditation". Ven. Fo Xing is a experienced monastic for over 20 years in the Chan/Zen tradition and a resident of Bodhi Chan Meditation Centre. Time: Saturday 14th December 10am-12:30pm with a break at 11:30am... Location: 223 Dennis Rd Springwood Cost: FREE but a small donation is much appreciated RSVP at [email protected] or message us directly #Meditation #Zen #Wellness #mindfulness #Spirituality #Health #Buddhism #Brisbane #Springwood

07.01.2022 Yesterday we had an auspicious meeting with the heavenly gaurdians that bring rain at Chou Yin temple. We sincerely wish that their power and blessing continue to bring rains to quell the drought and fire currently ravishing Australia...

06.01.2022 Our meditation sessions are continuing this Saturday, with Foxing Shifu continuing his instruction on the practice of meditation in Chan/Zen Buddhism.

06.01.2022 Traveling monks report. We are at Fo Guang Shan temple in Taiwan. We are currently witnessing the Buddhas wisdom light exploding forth shinning brilliantly waking up all sentient beings from their dellusion, greed , and hatred. How wonderful!

05.01.2022 Will this hut perish or not? Perishable or not, the original master is present, Not dwelling south or north, east or west. Firmly based on steadiness, it cant be surpassed. - Song of the Grass Hut... The hut or base of meditation we build once established may or may not fall away but once a firm foundation is there and we recognise the original master our true nature no matter where we go our base comes with us. It no longer matters whether or not we actively create a physical or mental space to rest in as we recognise that we are our true selves anywhere. Please email us at [email protected] or contact this Facebook page to register for online meditation sessions and Dharma talks if you are interested in joining us.

05.01.2022 Just a reminder our opening ceremony is on this Saturday starting at 10am! We’ll be meditating, chanting, and making light offerings. Since it starts at 10am sharp please arrive by 9:45 to get seated. We welcome everyone to come whether they are just beginning meditation or experienced practitioners.

05.01.2022 Intimacy is vital to life and meditation where we connect with our breath, then connect in awareness with our entire body using that as our primary point leading to insight into inter-being, impermanence, and various truths of this very instant that have been lost as weve forgotten the intimacy between ourselves and the present moment. -Foxing Shifu

03.01.2022 Today we visited Master Hui Ming at Pu Chi temple where the healing water flows from hot springs in the mountain. I hope the healing power of wisdom and compassion flows from within you to awaken wisdim and compassion in all sentient beings....

03.01.2022 Good afternoon dear friends, The time has come after quite a long break during the hot and humid season for our classes to start again. We will be resuming the Tai Chi / Chi Gong classes at 8.30am and the Meditation session at 10am on the 7th March, next Saturday. ... Our teacher, Venerable Hui Chyuan will be conducting the Meditation session on the subject; "The benefits of meditation and how to practice it in our everyday life." Come along and find out how we can achieve this. We look forward to seeing everyone again on Saturday. Take care, With Metta, Catherine

02.01.2022 Zen and Pureland are one practice - no matter how quiet our surroundings without freeing our hearts, there will be no inner stillness in our mind. So with a pure mind of Zen we walk through the Pureland. Every step we take a lotus blooms. Together Pureland and Zen is like a tiger that grew horns. -Hui Chuan, Dharma Talk ... If you are interested in learning more about Zen and meditation please attend our Saturday meditation sessions at 10am.

01.01.2022 Ive built a grass hut where theres nothing of value. After eating, I relax and enjoy a nap. When it was completed, fresh weeds appeared. Now its been lived in-covered by weeds. -Song of the Grass Hut... In the practice of meditation and Zen we create a space inner and outer where we are at ease without worries. But constantly wondering distractions arise like weeds and we have to accept them, recognising that in reality they are not separate from own own self. Thank you to Arno Hess of Pathway Zen to giving the talk today. Please contact this Facebook page or email [email protected] if you are interested in joining our Dharma talks and meditation on Zoom.

01.01.2022 This Saturday, 6th of Feb, will be our first Meditation Session of the year and will involve the Dharma Awakening Ceremony. This ceremony will involve meditation, chanting, and candle light offering. We begin at 10am sharp, so please arrive between 9.30 and 9.50 to be seated ready by 9.55 for the start at 10am. The candle light offering includes a donation of $5 - $10 or more if you so wish to help maintain the Temple and help pay for utilities enabling us to provide further... service you and society. If you would like please bring a plate of vegetarian food to join us for lunch, which gives us more time for get together and have discussions.