Zendo:

"a hall or room used for Zen meditation, often found within a Buddhist monastery, where practitioners engage in seated meditation (zazen) and other Zen practices."

Zendo at LCTKD:

a serene space dedicated to the practice and teaching of Zen meditation, along with East Asian philosophies, understandings and practices."

The Zendo side of our Enso group is the study of East Asian philosophies and practices, by workshops and direct tuition, both in person and on line.

Led by Neil R. Hall, a scholar of East Asian philosophy, and a student of Zen for half a century, in our Zendo we shed light on philosophies like Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism (particularly Zen), and Shinto. We also share practices like meditation, and illuminate concepts with practical applications like Li (I) and Qi (Ki).

This teaching is available privately and directly. For workshops and courses open to all LCTKD students, whatever art they study with us, check our events and workshops page.

The Tao Te Ching

A fascinating evening for everyone when Neil R. Hall offered an on line "Zendo" workshop picking out lessons from famous Chinese classic, the Tao Te Ching (or Dao De Jing), with special guest Paul Read. Paul's own work with Cherry Jeffs on the classic is available now. It's called Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go. You can skim through it in the video below, and find out more by clicking the image above.

Wu Wei

During the workshop, Neil talked about the often cited Chinese philosophical concept of Wu Wei, which features repeatedly in the Dao De Jing. Neil created a short website explanation to make this accessible to people who aren't experts in Chinese philosophies, and you can see it by clicking on the picture above.

You can find out about all our upcoming workshops and events on our events page, with the link below.