Seminar texts are explored with questions and placed in dialogue with our own experience to support individual inquiry and discovery.
The Guild for Psychological Studies also offers seminars at Four Springs. For dates
and information, please see www.guildsf.org
The Zen Teachings of Jesus
November 22-24, 2024
In this seminar we will consider ideas presented in The Zen Teachings of Jesus, by Zen teacher Kenneth S. Leong.
Leong writes that Zen offers "a fresh perspective to recover the lost elements of Jesus' spirituality — joy, humor, and poetry."
Leong identifies 10 key elements of Zen. Among them are presence, zest, simplicity, gentleness and paradox.
We will explore these elements as expressed in sayings of Zen masters and sayings of Jesus, and ponder how Zen koans may help us approach the koans of Jesus.
Please note our tradition at Four Springs is to discern clues Jesus may have offered about his religious experience and whether they support an awakening process in us.
Religious belief about Jesus is not our focus.
Facilitator for this seminar is Timothy Locke, Ph.D., Pastoral Psychotherapist and Executive Director of Four Springs Seminars.
Call (888) 428-5189 to register or for more information, or email info@foursprings.org
This program will begin at 7:30 Friday evening and conclude by 1:00 on Sunday afternoon. The fee of $350 includes lodging and (marvelous) meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch.
An earlybird discount of $25 will be applied to registrations received by November 8, 2024. Need based financial assistance is available.
