WCF News

A talk by Jake Lyne on ecodharma, now available on youTube

This 23 minute talk opens with a quote from William Shatner of Star Trek fame, the oldest person to go into space, who was profoundly shocked by the contrast between the beauty of earth from space and his understanding that life is in peril from climate change and loss of biodiversity.

Using video clips to illustrate the talk, Jake…

This course completed in January 2025. We offer another opportunity to join this course in February 2026.

This free course, consisting of four weekly online 90-minute sessions, is an opportunity to become familiar with a meditation practice and to learn about Buddhism and Chan. The course covers core teachings of the Buddha as well as the roots of Chan Buddhism and practices, namely Silent…

New Chan Forum issues 65 and 66 are now available from the New Chan Forum archive

New Chan Forum issue 64 is now available for download.

Visit the New Chan Forum 64 page.

New Chan Forum issue 63 is now available for download.

Visit the New Chan Forum 63 page.

Though our face to face events are all cancelled, WCF members and friends are keeping in contact and supporting each other by various other means. Here are some options available to you.

Connected Practice, mutually supported home practice, has launched earlier than scheduled to meet this need. Read about it and join in: w-c-f.org/Q487-401

The WCF has a discussion emailing list / forum…

The European Buddhist Union (EBU) has issued a statement condemning the recent and ongoing violence in Myanmar. The Western Chan Fellowship CIO is a member of EBU and joins in that statement and commends it to our readers.

• http://europeanbuddhism.org/news/ebu-condemns-violence-in-myanmar/

A large group of Buddhist teachers in USA have issued a similar statement and are encouraging support for…

From 1st July 2017 Western Chan Fellowship, registered charity 1068637, is winding down its operations and passing its activities and assets to a new charity with a similar name and objects, Western Chan Fellowship CIO, registered charity number 1166162. If you have an outstanding retreat booking with Western Chan Fellowship then it has been transferred automatically to Western Chan Fellowship…

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On 28th January 2017 at an EGM of the Western Chan Fellowship the members present voted unanimously to transfer the assets and activities of Western Chan Fellowship (registered charity no. 1068637) to ‘Western Chan Fellowship Charitable Incorporated Organisation’ (registered charity no. 1166162).

‘Western Chan Fellowship CIO’ as it will be known (‘WCF CIO’ in this message’), will operate in very…