{"id":5914,"date":"2024-06-30T07:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T05:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/?post_type=contributori&p=5914"},"modified":"2024-08-02T09:46:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T07:46:39","slug":"rev-carlo-tetsugen-serra","status":"publish","type":"contributori","link":"https:\/\/www.mindscienceacademy.org\/en\/contributors\/rev-carlo-tetsugen-serra\/","title":{"rendered":"Rev. Carlo Tetsugen Serra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zen Master Carlo Tetsugen Serra<\/strong> was born in Milan in 1953. During his stay at the \u201cTosho-Ji Stella del Sud\u201d Monastery in Tokyo, he began his Zen training with Master Tetsugyu Soin Ban Roshi and received the Dharma in the lineage of Harada Roshi from Master Tetsujyo Deguchi<\/a>.
\nUpon his return to Italy in 1988, he founded the \u201cEnso-Ji Il Cerchio\u201d City Zen Monastery in Milan. In 1996, Master Tetsugen founded the Zen mountain hermitage \u201cSanbo-Ji Temple of the Three Jewels\u201d in Berceto, in the province of Parma, where intensive meditation retreats and residential seminars are periodically held.<\/p>\n

In the following years, Master Tetsugen expanded the educational initiatives aimed at deepening the practice, addressing Western demands.
\nIn 2013, he created the MindfulZen program, a synthesis of cognitive psychology and Zen experience, as documented in his books \u201cZen2.0\u201d and \u201cZen3.0\u201d (Cairo Editions 2014 and 2015).<\/p>\n

In 2015, he founded #URBANZEN, a Zen movement immersed in Western cultural roots, as a social commitment to an ecology of the mind, with its guiding book \u201cUrban Zen\u201d (Cairo Editions 2018).<\/p>\n

In 2018-19, he served as the scientific director for the series: \u201cMindfulness & Meditation\u201d (30 volumes) and \u201cMeditation Notebooks\u201d (20 volumes), all unpublished works for Corriere della Sera.
\nIn 2018, he co-authored the theatrical script \u201cSeven Zen Steps,\u201d which was performed at the Triennale \u2013 Teatro Dell\u2019Arte in Milan.<\/p>\n

In 2020, he conceived the three-year course of study in Zen Buddhism, with instructors from the most prestigious universities specializing in Buddhism. A year later, he co-founded the \"Dharma Academy\" website, a portal dedicated to the dissemination of Buddhist culture.<\/p>\n

Master Tetsugen Serra is a Buddhist Minister for the Italian Nation, a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Buddhist Union with responsibility for the Culture Agenda, and a member of the European Buddhist Union (EBU).
\nToday, he is the abbot of five Zen temples in Italy with his community \"The Bamboo Forest Sangha.\"<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Master Tetsugen Serra is a Buddhist Minister for the Italian Nation, a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Buddhist Union with responsibility for the Culture Agenda, and a member of the European Buddhist Union (EBU).
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