Why Meditate?
People become interested in meditation for many reasons. Some feel the need to find a deeper meaning in their lives; or
they may want come to terms with stress, or be going through a personal crisis.
Finding the motivation to follow a consistent and stable meditation practice is
important. The group provides a focus where we can meditate with others, draw encouragement and learn from them, and examine how Buddhist insights can help us
in our daily life.
What type of meditation do you practise ?
The Serene Reflection Meditation tradition (Japanese: Soto Zen; Chinese: Ts’ao-Tung Ch’an) emphasises the oneness of meditation and finding the heart of compassion, love and wisdom in mindful daily living. It is the longest-lived current Zen tradition and its form of meditation practice, translated as ‘Serene Reflection Meditation’ (Japanese: ‘shikan-taza’ or ‘Zazen’), is straightforward. Meditation is the foundation through which we can experience the deepest Truth directly for ourselves. In Serene Reflection Meditation, we learn to sit still with an open and alert mind, accepting thoughts and feelings that arise, without judging them or adding on to them. The practice enables a profound transformation to take place in us as we allow our original true nature to reveal and express itself in and through our varied and diverse lives.