Fierce & Fearless

£130.00

A 5-week home study course in how to transform the energies of anger and fear into fierce love, and how to operate in such a way that you live a fearless, free and vigorous life. Based on the teachings of Suzuki Shosan and taught by Daizan Skinner Roshi. Designed for people who have already had a touch into Zen practice and who want to take things further.

Description

Fierce & Fearless – Anger, Fear and the Zen Path of Transformation

5-Week Home Study Course

This course is about how to transform the energies of anger and fear into fierce love, and how to operate in such a way that you live a fearless, free and vigorous life.

 

 

Based on the teachings of samurai-warrior-turned-Zen-teacher Suzuki Shosan (1579-1655), Daizan Roshi will take you through the unique and extraordinary practices that Shosan taught for working with powerful negative emotions. We will look at anger, hate and resentment, which, when transformed in the right way becomes that fierce dedication to practice. We will also look at the forces of fear, particularly around loss and death, which, when transformed, become fearlessness and courage.

This course will help you deal with the deep suffering of hate and aversion and find in its place a fierce sense of love. By following the talks, meditations and additional practices you find what it means to be fearless and will be able to approach all of life with more of that warrior-Zen spirit.

Prerequisites & How to Purchase

To get the most out of this course, you would need to have an established meditation practice and be coming to these videos having already seen through the delusion of the self. Perhaps you have followed some structured course in meditation (e.g. an 8-week course) or come on one of our 3-day Breakthough to Zen Retreats.

To purchase this course, you’ll first need to send us a description of your experience. In return we’ll send you the payment and download link.

What You’ll Get

  • Practice guide
  • 6 Dharma talk videos
  • 1 short ‘questions answered’ video
  • 5 guided meditation videos
  • 5 guided meditation audio files (zip file)
  • Supplementary resources

Total of over 6 hours of video. Based on the 5-day Zen sesshin taught by Rinzai Zen master Daizan Skinner Roshi in autumn 2017 in Derbyshire, UK.

“Overall I really think it was excellent. The topics addressed in the course are so important and I haven’t often had them addressed by other teachers. These are topics that truly will be with me for the rest of my life, and can be practised over and over at different levels.”
Patrizia

“I found the course extremely valuable. I was surprised how alive I felt while working with death and loss.”
Jon

“I loved it, i think you have got it right. My experience has been a very positive one and I have actually enjoyed it very much.”
Ian

Reviews

1 review for Fierce & Fearless

  1. Matthew C

    Following Zenways Breakthrough to Zen retreat, I researched online meditation courses, to provide a structured framework for independent practice. This course attracted me, I think because ‘Fear’ and ‘Courage’ were advertised.

    I followed the course diligently, creating time to watch the Dharma talks each weekend and repeated the guided meditations, twice each morning and evening.

    The meditations are unbelievably powerful, and I understand why it is prerequisite to have existing practice in place. These exercises dredged-up so much repressed emotions, thoughts, and feelings at a much faster rate than any meditation exercise I’d learnt to date.

    Personally, the Nio Meditation had most impact. This involved visualising a powerful Nio creature, intimately close and sourcing power from this creature. I could literally feel my inner ‘Space’ stretching and it highlighted how small and repressed I have lived my life to date.

    Fear and Courage attracted me to this course, but what I actually got from it was Love. I understood clearly how my life has been driven by fear; fear of not having enough, being enough, being fired etc and I’m realising life can be driven by a different force; Love.

    I’m not usually the kind of person to write about love, and that distinguishes my progress over 5 weeks. Most online courses bombard you with knowledge and information, but from experience, real change requires process. This course provides the right set of rails for Zen students looking to deepen their individual practice at home, and create lasting shifts in worldview and life.

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