Chan Bern

Meditation, Mindfulness,
Wisdom and Compassion

In peace and harmony, seize the promise of today,
and live out a fresh tomorrow.

- Master Sheng Yen

Form is emptiness, emptiness form

空既是色,色既是空。

Heart Sutra

Without abiding anywhere, give rise to MIND

應無所住,而生其心

Diamond Sutra

Vom 2. bis 6. September finden in unserem Raum aufgrund unseres 5-Tages Retreats im Tessin keine Meditationen statt.

 

Events

Weekly Activities

Date & TimeMeditation
Monday 07:00 - 07:30Meditation
Tuesday 06:00 - 7:30Three meditations, walking meditation in between. These meditations can be started or interrupted every half hour.
Wednesday 18:00 - 19:00in person and online on Zoom hereRelax and find peace. After the challenges of the day, we allow ourselves an hour to find ourselves. We do some quiet and gentle body exercises and then sit in silence for half an hour.
Wednesday 19:15 - 20:30Relax and find peace. After the challenges of the day, we allow ourselves an hour to recover ourselves. We do some quiet and gentle body exercises and then sit in silence for half an hour.
Thursday 06:00 - 07:30Three meditations, walking meditation in between. These meditations can be started or interrupted every half hour.
Friday 06:00 - 07:30 Three meditations, walking meditation in between. These meditations can be started or interrupted every half hour.
Saturday 06:00 - 08:15Eight movement, meditation, morning ceremony and ritual rice breakfast.
Saturday 09:00 - 10:40Meditation and yoga exercises. The meditation can be started/interrupted at the indicated times.
Sunday 19:00 - 21:00
in person and online on Zoom here
Three periods of sitting, followed by sharing about a short text. These meditations can be started or interrupted every half hour.

We are happy about every visitor in the meditation room. The amount of your contribution to the cost of the room is up to you – the guidelines below are intended to help you decide:

  • 5 francs per week or 20 francs per month or
  • 120 francs per half year for one or more meditations per week.

Those who can give more will help to make it possible for those who cannot afford this contribution to participate nonetheless.

About Us

Chan Meditation

Peace and freedom in existence
In meditation we find peace and freedom beyond the hustle and bustle of everyday life and we find mindfulness. The “ordinary mind” is the way (Mazu Daoyi), whether we walk, stand, sit or lie down – everything is Chan practice. We practice in the tradition of humanistic Buddhism of Chan Master Sheng Yen.

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Mindfulness

Would you like to find a different way of dealing with stressful situations?
Mindfulness means being entirely in the here and now. We practice mindfulness in order to be clear in our thoughts, feelings and actions in every moment and in every situation.

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Wisdom

Develop your inner potential in all activities of everyday life.
We open ourselves to experience moment by moment and thus begin to understand the fluid nature of all phenomena and to respond to them with more serenity, equanimity and inner freedom. Chan wisdom means to see living beings and objects – everything that exists – as it really is.

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Compassion

Experience community in practice with like-minded people – stay connected.
Experience compassion for yourself, your fellow human beings, the animate and inanimate environment and act accordingly. Learn to realize in meditation that everything is interconnected. You are not separate from your fellow human beings and the environment – they are your teachers and the field of your compassionate action.