What is the importance of Koans like “What is it that hears”? with Gil Alon

What is the literal meaning of the word Koan? What is the significance of Zen riddles and Zen stories in our life? Why does Zen use this method? Does this method exist in other cultures? Why is it OK to discuss and analyze a Koan in Japan but it is forbidden in Korea? Can a …

What is it exactly to be here and now in the present moment? with Gil Alon

What is time? Does it really exist? Can we be in the here and now all the time? How can we apply the idea of the present moment in our daily life? What does the current cutting edge science say about time? How is it connected to our spiritual quest? Zen master Gil Alon will …

The Unique Zen Point of View on the First 5 Precepts of Buddhism

The Little Bangkok Sangha is inviting you to a Zoom dharma talk by Zen master Gil Alon. Monday May 9, 2022 from 06:30 – 8.00 PM Bangkok time https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6871703208 Meeting ID: 687 170 3208 Normally we think that a precept is a kind of a rule or a law.  But from the point of view that …

“The Importance of Zen Riddles and Stories”, an Online Guided Meditation with Gil Alon

Zen master Gil Alon will lead an online guided meditation session with a topic “The Importance of Zen Riddles and Stories” on Monday 8th March 2021 from 18:30-20:30 Bangkok. The session will include a guided meditation session with both pre and post-Dharma talks followed by Q&As. Gil Alon is an Israeli Zen master, singer, actor, …