Fierce and Fearless

Death, Anger and the Zen Path of Transformation

5-week home study course

This course is about how to transform the energies of anger and fear into fierce love, and how to operate in such a way that you live a fearless, free and vigorous life.

Based on the teachings of samurai-warrior-turned-Zen-teacher Suzuki Shosan (1579-1655), Daizan Roshi will take you through the unique and extraordinary practices that Shosan taught for working with powerful negative emotions. We will look at anger, hate and resentment, which, when transformed in the right way becomes that fierce dedication to practice. We will also look at the forces of fear, particularly around loss and death, which, when transformed, become fearlessness and courage.

This course will help you deal with the deep suffering of hate and aversion and find in its place a fierce sense of love. By following the talks, meditations and additional practices you find what it means to be fearless and will be able to approach all of life with more of that warrior-Zen spirit.

For this course to be of most benefit to yourself and those around you, you would need to have an established meditation practice and be coming to these videos having already seen through the delusion of the self. Perhaps you have followed some structured course in meditation (e.g. an 8-week course) or come on one of our 3-day Intensive Zen Retreats.

What You'll Get

• Practice guide
• 1 introductory talk video
• 6 Dharma talk videos
• 1 short ‘questions answered’ video
• 5 guided meditation videos
• 5 guided meditation audio files (zip file)
• Supplementary resources

Based on the 5-day Zen sesshin taught by Rinzai Zen master Daizan Skinner Roshi in autumn 2017 in Derbyshire, UK.