Amy Hollowell Sensei guides a Zen meditation retreat in Lisbon at the Portuguese Buddhist Union.

This is a non-residential retreat, open to all, experienced practitioners and beginners, and consists of sessions of meditation (zazen and kinhin) throughout the day.

About Amy Hollowell Sensei

Amy Hollowell Sensei is the founder of the Wild Flower Zen Sangha and dharma successor of Catherine Genno Pagès Roshi, in the Soto Zen lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi, founder of the Los Angeles Zen Center. Amy Hollowell has been teaching Zen meditation in Portugal since 2004, leading retreats and meditation workshops, and giving lectures. She is also a poet and a journalist, and lives in Paris since 1981.


Regular practice of Zen meditation in Lisbon re-scheduled! More information here.


Date: 6 February 7, 2010-01-26 Hours: 6 February: 14h00 – 18h00, 7 February: 9:30 – 17:30
Location: Portuguese Buddhist Union, Avenida Cinco de Outubro, 122, 8 º Esq, Lisbon
Value: € 50


More information:

Email: wildflower.pt@gmail.com – Web: sanghazenpt.wordpress.com – zenscribe.ovh.org

The World Community for Christian Meditation in Portugal promotes a silence retreat with Dom Laurence Freeman followed by an inter-religious round table with the presence of Prof. Paulo Borges (Portuguese Buddhist Union), of Sheikh David Munir (Portuguese Islamic Community) and of Dom Laurence Freeman (WCCM).

The silence retreat, whose program is available in Portuguese, has the generic title  “ What does Holiness mean for us today ? “

And it includes exercises of Yoga, of Meditation, a Contemplative Eucharist and Conferences.  

PROGRAM  

The detailed program of the retreat in available only in Portuguese.  

Sunday, 1 of Março of 2009–15:00h  

INTER-RELIGIOUS ROUND TABLE

“To change the World, to Change One’s Own Self  - The Contemplation Today”  

With the participation of: Prof. Paulo Borges (Portuguese Buddhist Union), Sheikh David to Munir (Portuguese Islamic Community) and Dom Laurence Freeman (World Community for Christian Meditation)  

Free entrance

Cost of the complete weekend: 95 €

The number of registrations is limited.  

Location: Seminar of Our Lady of Fátima – Alfragide (Amadora) (Seminário de Nossa Senhora de Fátima – Alfragide (Amadora) )

For more information:  

• mcristinags@netcabo.pt - Tel: 91 926 49 07 / 21 848 82 59  
• mjsalema@gmail.com - Tel: 93 703 05 33 / 21 448 68 40  

More information on this event and about the Christian Meditation promoted by the World Community for Christian Meditation in Portugal can be found at:

meditacaocrista.weebly.com