The Zen Art Center

10/16/2025

What is Zen, really?�

Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for a powerful evening of guided koan meditation and reflection.�Discover how Zen points beyond thought—to direct experience, insight, and awakened awareness.

🎥 Watch live tonight 10/16 at 7PM ET:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkpnJ5hwI0

📍In person: 86 Joy St, studio 5R - Somerville, MA

Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon, for this month’s Dharma Talk: What Is Zen?Zen isn’t about belief—it’s about direct experience. In this live talk and guide...

10/13/2025

What did early Zen masters really mean by Zen (Chán/禪)?

It wasn’t just “meditation.” It was a path of insight — a way of living from clarity, wisdom, and direct knowing.

In this new Zen History article, explore how the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, Mazu Daoyi, and Huineng defined Chán (dhyāna) as the art of meeting each moment with undivided awareness.

🪷 Read here → https://www.mindlightway.org/zen-history-blog/zen-chan-dhyana

Discover how early Chán (Zen) masters defined 禪, tracing its roots in the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, Huineng, and Mazu to a living definition today.

10/10/2025

Help us sustain a thriving community where Zen, creativity, and compassion awaken as a loving light in the world. Consider making a donation for our fundraising drive for 2026!!!

10/02/2025

🪷 Live Guided Zen Meditation Tonight at 7 PM ET 🪷
Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for a live session of breath, mantra, sound, and koan meditation. This practice will guide you into clarity, calm, and presence—helping you integrate awareness into every moment of daily life.
📺 Watch live on The Zen Art Center YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uufRwze4l-I

Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon, founder of The Zen Art Center and the Mind Light Way School of Zen, for a live guided meditation experience. This session i...

09/22/2025

📜 The Two Entrances and Four Practices 📜
This early Zen text offers more than teachings—it offers a map of the Zen Way.
In a time of distraction and striving, its message is clear:
Profound insight, genuine joy, and lasting wisdom arise when you focus on the process rather than the goal.
No gate. Just the path beneath your feet.
🪷 Read the full post:
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Explore The Two Entrances and Four Practices, one of the earliest Zen texts attributed to Bodhidharma. This foundational Chan Buddhist teaching offers a clear path to awakening through accepting suffering, non-seeking, and practicing in accord with the Dharma. With a full English translation, commen

09/20/2025

🪷Is it intuition—or just another thought?🪷

In this new Dharma Talk + Guided Meditation, Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon explores how Zen practice helps you clear the mind, hear your intuition more clearly, and integrate insight and wisdom into everyday life.

Watch the full talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crsrx4krCp4

Dharma Talk #33 | Zen practice for clarity, intuition, and insight in every moment.How do you know if it’s true intuition—or just old thoughts and conditioni...

09/17/2025

✨Zen practice for clarity, intuition, and insight in every moment.
Is it your intuition—or just another thought?

In this guided meditation and Dharma Talk, Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon explores how Zen practice (koans, sitting meditation, and moving meditation) clears the mind, deepens insight, and helps you live with wisdom.

🌿 Learn to hear your intuition more clearly, trust your inner knowing, and bring wisdom into your daily life.

Thursday 9/18, 7-8 PM ET
In-person | 86 Joy St, Studio 5R, Somerville, MA

📺 Live-streaming (or replay anytime) here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crsrx4krCp4

Dharma Talk #33 | Zen practice for clarity, intuition, and insight in every moment.How do you know if it’s true intuition—or just old thoughts and conditioni...

09/04/2025

🪷 Join us tonight for a live Zen Meditation & Dharma Talk with Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon!

📍 In person: The Zen Art Center, 86 Joy St, Studio 5R, Somerville
🕖 Thursday, Sept 4 · 7 PM ET
💻 Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHetSIs-rhI

We’ll explore breath, mantra, sound, and koan meditation—ending with a deep reflection on pure awareness. Whether you come in person or tune in online, take this chance to clear your mind and experience the present moment fully.

Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon, founder of The Zen Art Center and Mind Light Way School of Zen, for this live guided meditation and Dharma talk. In this se...

08/28/2025

The brain doesn’t explain the mystery of mind. 🧠✨

In this Dharma Talk & Meditation, we explore why consciousness is the foundation of reality — and what that means for love, compassion, and awakening.
📺 Watch the full talk:
https://youtu.be/PO-ZjmTR0yM

🪷 What is the nature of mind and reality?In this Dharma Talk & Guided Meditation, Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon (Zen Art Center, Mind Light Way School of Zen)...

08/20/2025

🪷 Livestream Tomorrow (8/21) at 7 PM ET�
Join me for Dharma Talk & Guided Meditation:
Zen Mind & Consciousness – Love, Creation & the Nature of Reality.

This talk will explore the deepest questions of Zen:
�✨ What is mind?�
✨ What is the true nature of reality?�
✨ How does love shape creation?

📺 Watch live on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q739qJnlS80

What is the nature of reality? Does mind arise from the brain, or does all of existence unfold within mind itself?In this Dharma Talk & Guided Meditation, Ze...

08/18/2025

🖋️ New Blog Post: The Four Statements of Zen�
What do these four cryptic lines—often attributed to Bodhidharma—really mean?

“Directly pointing to the mind-heart.”

In this article, I explore their historical origin, textual meaning, and practical relevance in our distracted, digital age.

Includes character-by-character translation and insight from my teacher, Zen Master Chang S*k Kim.

📖 Read the full post:
�👉 https://www.mindlightway.org/zen-history-blog/zen-history-4-statements-of-zen.

🙏 If this supports your practice, consider sharing or supporting the Mind Light Way School of Zen.

Explore the origin, meaning, and enduring relevance of the Four Statements of Zen—concise teachings pointing directly to the mind-heart beyond words.

08/07/2025

🪷 Live Guided Zen Meditation — Today! Thursday at 7 PM ET
Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for a deeply calming and transformative meditation session—live on YouTube.

✨ We’ll explore:
�• Breath, Sound & Mantra meditations�
• Awareness practices�
• Koan (critical phrase) inquiry�•
Tips for integrating Zen into everyday life

📿 Whether you're new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner, this session will help you return to clarity, presence, and the true nature of mind.

🗓️ Thursday, August 7 at 7 PM ET

�📺 Watch live or anytime after:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lWOUUciRQk
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💬 Includes a live Q&A in the chat

Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for a powerful guided meditation session exploring breathwork, sound, mantra, and critical phrase (koan) practice to uncover...