Integral Zen 8-Week Telecourse with Diane Musho Hamilton

If you are a student of Zen, or are interested in becoming one, what can you expect when you enter and practice within the Zen Buddhist tradition, and does it change if you are practicing with a Zen lineage holder informed by the Integral Map?

Join Musho Sensei in this 8-week online Integral Zen telecourse and explore the various dimensions of an Integral Zen practice, from your relationship with the teacher, to the particulars of form, including the various structures that hold it all in place from a four-quadrant perspective.

Integral Zen 8-week Online Telecourse

with Diane Musho Hamilton

Starts Saturday, January 9th

8-9:30am PST, 9-10:30am MST, 11-12:30pm EST

Investment: $299

Advanced Registration: $199 (Expires December 9th)

Expand your Horizons with the Integral Framework

This telecourse will present the Integral Framework, an invaluable aid to helping you understand and categorize your experience. The framework we use is crucial for our growth, since it is both the clearing in which experience arises (the broader the framework, the more fully we can experience then many aspects of life) and the lens through which our experience (even our experience of emptiness!) is interpreted.

Experience Big Mind

A unique and revolutionary approach for transmitting the authentic teachings that emerged from Buddha's enlightenment experience. By participating in Big Mind, you will gain profound insights in the illuminating experience from which Buddhism and all the world's great religions originate.

Bring your Shadow into the Light

The religious traditions had no way of knowing about modern psychological notions such as the shadow, aspects of ourselves which we are unable to incorporate in 1st person (“me”) and is thus incorporated in 3rd person (“it”). For example, if we are unable to acknowledge our own hostility, we may project in onto others, seeing them as being hostile to us. Our shadows cause painful symptoms and tend to sabotage spiritual growth, even in the most steadfast of practitioners. This telecourse introduces practices which help us to identify our shadow and bring it to light, releasing stores of energy we never knew we had!

Experience Healthy Development through States and Stages

Another crucial insight of Integral Theory is that all people experience states (such as the great natural states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep) and all people navigate through stages of development. Confusion between these conceptions can be perilous, and an understanding of them can help us to walk our spiritual path in a conscious fashion, and enter more deeply into relationship with emptiness and form.

During this 8-week online telecourse, you will explore, engage and learn:

• The Basics of Zazen Practice

• The Big Mind Process – Developed by Zen Master Genpo Roshi

• How to Cultivate Awakening and Compassion Through Your Zen Practice

• How to Apply the Integral Approach to Your Zen practice

• Everyday Zen for Everyday People

How Does It Work?

Can't Make the Call?

No problem... If for any reason you can't attend the live call, you can download a recording of the call and listen to it whenever you like. This includes 8 weeks and 75-minute MP3's. We will post the recording from each class as soon as possible after the event.

How can I Ask Questions?

Throughout this teleseminar series you can submit questions via email. You can even submit questions online during the call as Diane Musho Hamilton will be answering them live. Questions will also be answered live via the phone.

Weekly Discussions and Online Practice Group:

There will be a Discussion thread open immediately following each class in this series. You will need to have a login to iEvolve's Online Community to participate in the discussion thread. This discussion thread is part of a larger, Private Group for members of this telecourse. Diane Musho Hamilton will be participating in this group weekly, giving you even more access to the iZen teaching.