The Zen Art Center

12/04/2025

Thursday, 12/4/25 • 7 PM ET
Join us for a powerful Guided Koan Meditation designed to quiet the mind, clear inner noise, and bring you into direct experience.

We’ll begin with breathing practice and a crystal bowl sound meditation, followed by a sequence of Zen koans that help dissolve thought and open awareness.

Livestream on The Zen Art Center YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jffAPkAxiA

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or scattered—this practice is a beautiful way to reset.

Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for a deeply immersive koan-based guided meditation designed to quiet the mind, dissolve boundaries of thought, and bring yo...

12/02/2025

This , we invite you to help keep the Mind Light Way shining. 🌕

Through your support, our community has offered over 118 hours of free classes and workshops, reaching more than 400 people in person and 3,000 worldwide—all sustained by volunteer teachers and the generosity of those who believe in compassion and awakening.

Your gift today supports our 2026 mission: to make Zen, meditation, and creative practice freely available to all, regardless of means. Together, we can continue to share clarity, compassion, and love in a world that needs it most.

🪷 Give today → mindlightway.org/take-action

11/20/2025

What does it really mean to be a Zen Master?

Tomorrow at 7 PM ET, we’ll explore:�
• What is Zen?
�• What is a master?�
• How do we master the mind?

Includes meditation, mantra practice, and a story from my own Zen training.
Livestream on The Zen Art Center YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y95PgY0iKh0

Dharma Talk 35 — The Path to MasteryZen Master Sebastian Rizzon guides you through the core of Zen training: understanding the nature of mind, the function o...

11/06/2025

🍁 Thanksgiving Zen | Guided Meditation for Gratitude, Forgiveness & Intention�A special Thanksgiving-season practice to calm the mind, open the heart, and set your intentions for the months ahead
🕖 Thursday, November 6 at 7 PM ET�🎥 Stream live on The Zen Art Center YouTube Channel → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bco_UdgMwsw
Take this moment to clear your mind, give thanks, and plant the seeds for the life you wish to grow. 🌱

Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon, founder of The Zen Art Center and The Mind Light Way School of Zen, for a live guided meditation to cultivate gratitude, fo...

10/30/2025

Since our founding, the Zen Art Center & Mind Light Way School of Zen has offered over 118 hours of free classes and workshops, reaching more than 400 people in person and 3,000 worldwide—all sustained by volunteer teachers and community generosity.

If our work has touched your life, or if you believe in spreading compassion and awareness through Zen practice, please consider supporting our mission for 2026. Every contribution helps keep these teachings freely available to all.

🪷 Give today → mindlightway.org/take-action

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...