Online registration for International Youth Seminar on Life and Ch’an is open.
Register now!

What are you looking at?
Are you looking at the sea, or
Are you looking at the mountain, or
Are you looking at the road ahead, or
Are you looking at the multi-screens on multiple devices?,
Have you ever stopped, listened to the silence and wondered? Wondered if the world is too obsessed with material?

Wondered if you can stop living under peer pressure?
Have you struggled in the material world and wrestled with how best to fit in?
Have you imagined the mindful world and material world harmonizing as one?
“Life and Ch’an” is a global youth event in its 5th young citizens from culturally diverse background to pause on multi-tasking, and practice Ch’an (mindfulness) together.
Ch’an is more than sitting meditation. Ch’an is a living and breathing arts of life which is exercised and experienced in everything we do – walking, sitting, lying down, looking, not looking. Venerable Master Hsing Yun, founder of Fo Guang Shan said “True Ch’an meditation means that there is activity in tranquility and tranquility in activity, that activity and tranquility are one.” Some said mindfulness is cool and contemporary.

We simply know mindfulness is of the moment.
Why don’t you give multi-tasking a rest and give mindfulness a go?

“Life and Ch’an” is for you if :
You are aged 18-35
You speak Chinese, English, French, Japanese or Korean
You are curious & love life
Date: July 21st -27th – Retreat Week (Must attend the entire Seminar Week to apply)
July 28th -August 3rd – Seminar (Taiwan Cultural Tour on final three days)
Venue: Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
APPLY NOW: http://www.fgs.org.tw/events/lifeandchan
ENQUIRIES: fgs.lifeandchan@gmail.com

What are you looking at?
Have you participated in Life and Ch’an before?
Do you wish to practice Buddhism in daily life?
Are you enthusiastic about helping others? Want to make friends with youths all over the world?
We welcome you to volunteer as staff at the 2016 International Youth Seminar on Life and Ch’an!