There is no way to peace, peace is the way.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Upcoming Events
Multiple DatesTue, 07 OctZoom MeetingDzogchen or the Great Perfection is a rich and profound approach that has universal appeal and application. This Dharma teaching series transmits core teachings and practices of Dzogchen including pointing-out of pristine awareness (rigpa) as and when appropriate.
Tue, 14 OctZoom MeetingChristic Belonging seeks to support diverse peoples in coming to know Jesus, not so much as an answer but as a question — to live out a contemplatively profound life in the cosmotheandric Christ that is the ineffable seamless reality of God, cosmos, humanity, and indeed everything.
Wed, 15 OctZoom meetingA comprehensive teaching and transmission of right mindfulness integrating the earliest Buddhist traditions, subsequent meditative innovations, and the profound pinnacle of the mindful path.
Wed, 15 OctZoom MeetingMahamudra (Great Seal) is an advanced lineage of teachings and meditations on the essence and expression of consciousness, transmitted through Indian and Tibetan Buddhist masters. This teaching series transmits the authentic theory and practice of Mahamudra.
Thu, 16 OctZoom MeetingA fortnightly group meditation practice based on the signature teaching and transmission of nonduality at Awarezen. All are invited into this open clearing of inquiry and quiescence, wisdom and compassion, silence and luminosity unlimited by space, time, self, entity, and world.- Tue, 21 OctZoom MeetingDzogchen or the Great Perfection is a rich and profound approach that has universal appeal and application. This Dharma teaching series transmits core teachings and practices of Dzogchen including pointing-out of pristine awareness (rigpa) as and when appropriate.
- Wed, 22 OctZoom MeetingDzogchen or the Great Perfection is a rich and profound approach that has universal appeal and application. This Dharma teaching series transmits core teachings and practices of Dzogchen including pointing-out of pristine awareness (rigpa) as and when appropriate.
- Thu, 23 OctZoom MeetingDzogchen or the Great Perfection is a rich and profound approach that has universal appeal and application. This Dharma teaching series transmits core teachings and practices of Dzogchen including pointing-out of pristine awareness (rigpa) as and when appropriate.
- Tue, 28 OctZoom MeetingChristic Belonging seeks to support diverse peoples in coming to know Jesus, not so much as an answer but as a question — to live out a contemplatively profound life in the cosmotheandric Christ that is the ineffable seamless reality of God, cosmos, humanity, and indeed everything.
- Wed, 29 OctZoom meetingA comprehensive teaching and transmission of right mindfulness integrating the earliest Buddhist traditions, subsequent meditative innovations, and the profound pinnacle of the mindful path.
- Wed, 29 OctZoom MeetingMahamudra (Great Seal) is an advanced lineage of teachings and meditations on the essence and expression of consciousness, transmitted through Indian and Tibetan Buddhist masters. This teaching series transmits the authentic theory and practice of Mahamudra.
- Thu, 30 OctZoom MeetingA fortnightly group meditation practice based on the signature teaching and transmission of nonduality at Awarezen. All are invited into this open clearing of inquiry and quiescence, wisdom and compassion, silence and luminosity unlimited by space, time, self, entity, and world.
Date and time is TBDZoom MeetingAn hour of joyful stirring worship of the Lord followed by silent luminous contemplation in His lovely refreshing presence. Be richly blessed as we worship God in spirit and in truth, here together now.
Date and time is TBDZoom MeetingA seven-month journey to deepen and enrich your meditation for those who already have a regular practice. This integrative journey builds upon foundational skills in authentic meditation to transform and free the mind at deeper levels.
Date and time is TBDZoom MeetingAn ongoing practice space and opportunity to enter the stream of enlightenment, the Path that leans into liberation. This is an advanced training process for mature meditators.
OUR MISSION
helping co-create all things anew
Awarezen exists to to help co-create all things anew. We do this by inviting awareness and compassion, bliss and exuberance to manifest in human consciousness for this planet to become a hospitable home for all, saturated with life, love, and light in luminous hope for the new creation. Innovative and unconventional in both its interpretive and expressive aspects, Awarezen values deep open critical inquiry over blind dogmatic belief of any persuasion, religious or secular.
Meditation Space
Awarezen is an online meditation space, offering distinctive signature programs free of charge. Individual consultation and mentoring customized to each person is available, for free. We are a community service, not a business. We do not believe in commodification of meditation and spirituality for money. We flow in the economy of gifts not profits. This practice is in accord with the ancient hallowed heritage of dana (generosity) found in South Asian wisdom traditions of Buddhism and Yoga.
Creative Missiology
Awarezen is an expression of "alternative missiological imaginary" (Duerksen 2022) that demonstrates creative "inreligionisation" (Tan 2022) but with one key difference: it is both a place where Dhamma seekers belong to Christ and also a common ground where Buddhists and Christians as well as all religious believers, atheists, humanists, and the non-religious can join together in the third space of interspiritual participation. Everything and everyone belongs in this cosmotheandric reality where God, cosmos, and humanity are a seamless whole flowing together in creative evolution (DeMoor, 2022).
Contemplative Community
Awarezen is also a contemplative community of grace committed to a culture of awakening. We transcend divisions and binaries to embody the third space of interspiritual belonging. Multiple ways of belonging are embraced and explored, not feared and excised. We lean towards the notion of an "amipotent" or maximally powerful God of non-controlling love in light of the ubiquitous problem of evil.
Cosmotheandric Vision
We are mindful of our deep participation in the "emerging wholeness of God, world, and humanity through the power of love in our scientific age." (Ilia Delio, Center for Christogenesis). We celebrate a mimetic, open and relational paradigm of creation and humanity woven into in the fabric of the divine (Rene Girard and Thomas Jay Oord). This is the cosmotheandric Christ (Raimon Panikkar).
Mutual Recursive Fulfilment
We embrace the dialogical space of nondual mutuality between Dhamma and Christ. Nonduality here means that both Dhamma and Christ share in the one taste of lucid emptiness. Mutuality means that Dhamma and Christ are allegorically entwined in an ecstatic dance of mutual self-giving and self-emptying in love (kenosis). Awarezen embodies and enacts the recursive fulfilment of the Dhamma in Christ and Christ in the Dhamma.
Ehipassiko "Come and See"
Even as we take Christ to be a transreligious reality and the highest good, Christ can be realized differently in different contexts: as Brahman or Dhamma or Dao, for instance. We openly share our vision without any need for dogma or conformity. The process of open inquiry, goodness, and heartfelt love is what matters most. All are warmly invited to come and see for yourselves.
About Our Founder
Chris Kang began meditating on Guanyin (觀音) from the age of five. From the mid-1980s, he studied with eminent Theravada and Tibetan Buddhist masters especially his heart guru Acharya Godwin Samararatne in Early Buddhist Tradition; root guru Gyumed Khensur Geshe Tashi Tsering in Sutra, Tantra, and Mahamudra; and primary Dzogchen guru Lama Alan Wallace in the lineage of Dudjom Lingpa. He practiced Chan in the Plum Village and Dharma Drum Mountain traditions, and trained in the Indic Tantra of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. Since 1997, he has taught the Buddhadharma and led retreats in Singapore and Australia. In 2020, he established Awarezen after retiring as a university professor. Chris sees himself as a Buddhist belonging to Jesus Christ.