ZEN

Practice is this life, and realization is this life, and this life is revealed right here and now — Taizan Maezumi Roshi

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One day of Zen. Sat 28 June .25, 2-5pm London NW3

 A monk asked Joshu: ‘It is not clear to me; do you practice or not?” Joshu replied: ‘I wear clothes and eat food’. The schedule includes zazen, a dharma talk and daisan (private interviews)

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The retreat is now full. There are spaces available at a discount rate for those who can bring their own tent or camper van. You can also join the waiting list and be notified as soon as there are cancellations

Zen meditation groups

My partner and I facilitate regular Zen meditation groups in Hampstead, London NW3 in person (on the last Saturday of each month) and online (on the second Saturday of each month) We meet at 2pm and end at 5pm. At each meeting I give an informal talk on aspects of practice and Zen literature/philosophy, and give private interviews for those who request them. I am a Dharma Holder in the White Plum Asangha, an international Buddhist community founded by Taizan Maezumi Roshi. I am affiliated with Stonewater Zen Sangha, founded by Keizan Roshi. My Dharma name is Myōshin, which means ‘luminous heart’

At present, I facilitate Zen retreats once a year. The following article in the Observer, published on 2/2/25, is an account by a participant to the Zen retreat ‘Appreciate Your Life’ I facilitated in November 2024. It can be found HERE

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Manu Myōshin Bazzano – The tears of things
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in (and out of) the Zendo – Manu Myōshin Bazzano
At Home Everywhere – Manu Myōshin Bazzano
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Bazzano has done much to further a deeper understanding of mindfulness for therapy, in part by refusing to allow it to languish in a psychotherapeutic ghetto or rest complacently in a cloister… Though it remains unclear what mindfulness will become, some intriguing indications of its future can be found in this necessary and timely book.” – Self & Society
“Draws a distinction between ‘problem-solving’ and ‘spiritual’ mindfulness.” – The Church Times
“As a genuine attempt to explore an antidote to ‘the literalism of McMindfulness as a quick fix for the anxieties of late-capitalist society’, this collection is almost ahead of its time: a new wave of conversations that ironically hark back to pure origins concerned with our wholehearted presence, could now be seen as controversial in our ‘mindful’ fix it quick culture. The collection deftly draws upon ideas from Buddhism, Philosophy, Psychology, Culture and Psychotherapy and Bazzano demonstrates his adeptness to select, collate and create a rich and harmonious choir of contemporary voices for our consumption.” – Julie Webb, The Natural Health Centre, UK
“This book is a tour-de-force that explores the meeting of mindfulness and psychology/psychotherapy. Its editor, Manu Bazzano, and the other authors are united in their insistence that mindfulness is not just an add-on to psychotherapeutic work; rather, it is a way of being that is central to the psychotherapeutic process.” – Therapy Today