Meditation for Kindness and Compassion - 5 Week Course

Zen and Mindfulness for Kindness and Compassion
Dates: January 15 - February 12, 2026. 5 Thursdays from 7-8:30pm
Location: Blue Cliff Zen Center, 352 W. 12th Ave. Eugene, Oregon 97401
Presented: In-person and via Zoom

This 5-week Zen meditation course is focused on cultivating kindness and compassion in your meditation practice and life. We’ll be focusing on a variety of practices geared towards engendering kindness towards oneself, others, and to the world.

These practices were laid out in great detail by the Zen teacher, Torei Enji, a few hundred years ago. They form a beautiful foundation for developing a "baseline psychological well-being" and are seen as the platform for deeper insights. Please plan to allocate 25-30 minutes each day for meditation.

Over the 5 weeks we’ll be exploring a variety of topics including:
Cultivating psychological well-being
Loving Kindness practice
Compassion practice and the bodhisattva Kannon
Physical, mental, and emotional benefits
Sympathetic Joy
Equanimity in practice and how this can be nourished
The history of kindness and compassion practices in the Zen tradition

Course Fee (sliding scale)
Supported rate/$125
Sustaining rate/$175
Supporting rate/$225

Please email Ymx1ZWNsaWZmemVuIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20= to register.

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• Happening on, 8th January, 06:00 pm, Breakthrough to Zen Retreat in Eugene
• Happening on, 23rd January, 07:00 pm, Nourishing Your Roots: A Winter Zen Yoga Retreat in Yachats

Also check out other Health & Wellness events in Eugene, Workshops in Eugene.