Practical Wisdom from Ancient Zen — Complete Edition

Product Details

• Format: Online Video Course
• Lessons: 25 video lessons
• Total Length: Approximately 5 hours and 37 minutes
• Delivery: An email with a link to your course page is sent after purchase
• Access Period: Lifetime access
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English subtitles included

Course Introduction

Do you ever feel like you have more freedom than ever, and yet you still can't relax?

Do you keep checking your phone, comparing yourself to people you've never met, and wondering, "Is this really the right choice?" — even after you've already decided?

Do you tell yourself the problem is that you're too weak, too sensitive, or not trying hard enough — when really, you've just never had a way to make sense of what you're feeling?

This is the complete edition of Becoming 10 Times Lighter at Heart, a course built on the practical wisdom of ancient Zen and adapted for the struggles of modern life.

It begins with a simple question — why does life today feel so painful, even with so much freedom, information, and choice? — and walks you through the full structure of suffering: the three patterns behind nearly every struggle (attachment, comparison, and delusion), Zen as the shared foundation beneath all of them, and a specific method for working with each one.

You'll learn to loosen attachment through Zen and mindfulness, ease the sting of comparison through Zen and compassion, and see through delusion through Zen and right view. Then, in a hands-on practice section, you'll apply this entire framework to a real, relatable struggle — work-related stress — so the course doesn't stop at understanding. It becomes something you can actually use.

This is the fullest and deepest version of the teaching: for anyone who wants to move past a vague sense of suffering and build the ability to recognize, steady, and gradually untangle their own mind.

This is the most complete of the three editions in this series. It includes everything found in the Foundational and Introductory editions, plus four in-depth chapters that walk through the specific method for resolving each type of suffering — attachment, comparison, and delusion — and a hands-on practice chapter that puts the whole framework to use on a real, everyday struggle.

About Your Guide

Osho Shin teaches practical Zen wisdom for modern life — helping people work through everyday struggles like work stress, relationship anxiety, and the pressure to always be more.

You do not need to become someone new. You may simply need to return to where you already are.

Inside This Course, You'll Learn

• Why modern life feels so unsettling, even though we have more freedom, choice, and information than any generation before us
• How to sort almost any struggle into one of three root patterns: attachment, comparison, or delusion
• Zen as the common foundation beneath all suffering — the practice of returning to the here and now
• How to loosen attachment and return to your natural state through Zen × Mindfulness
• How to ease comparison and stop blaming yourself for it through Zen × Compassion
• How to see through distorted thinking and separate fact from interpretation through Zen × Right View
• A step-by-step method for untangling a real struggle — demonstrated using work-related stress as a worked example
• How to stop treating your suffering as a personal flaw, and start understanding it as something you can work with

Course Contents

Chapter 1: Why Is Life So Painful in the Modern Age?

1. An Age of Freedom, Yet an Unsettled Mind
2. Suffering Can Be Eased When Understood Structurally

Chapter 2: The Three Types of Suffering

1. All Suffering Can Be Classified into Three Types
2. Type I: The Suffering of Attachment
3. Type II: The Suffering of Comparison
4. Type III: The Suffering of Delusion

Chapter 3: Zen: The Common Ground of All Suffering

1. What Is Zen?
2. Zen as "Here and Now": The First Step Toward Resolution
3. Suffering Is Resolved Through "Zen × ___" (the general method — you'll see it applied specifically to attachment, comparison, and delusion in the chapters ahead)

Chapter 4: How Do We Untangle the Suffering of Attachment?

1. What Is Attachment?
2. Zen: Softening Attachment and Returning to Your Natural State
3. Mindfulness: Noticing the Self That Is Attached
4. Untangling Attachment Through Zen × Mindfulness

Chapter 5: How Do We Untangle the Suffering of Comparison?

1. What Is Comparison?
2. Zen: Bringing Your Attention Back to Yourself
3. Compassion: Not Blaming Yourself for the Pain of Comparison
4. Untangling Comparison Through Zen × Compassion

Chapter 6: How Do We Untangle the Suffering of Delusion?

1. What Is Delusion?
2. Zen: Returning to the World of Reality
3. Right View: Distinguishing Facts from Interpretation
4. Untangling Delusion Through Zen × Right View

Chapter 7: Practice: Solving Work-Related Suffering Through the Three Types

1. Put Your Suffering into Words
2. Identify Which Type It Belongs To
3. Apply the Appropriate Solution

Chapter 8: Closing: Understanding Suffering and Becoming Stronger

1. Epilogue

This Course Is For You If

• You want the fullest and deepest version of this teaching, not just the overview
• You want concrete methods for working with attachment, comparison, and delusion — not just an explanation of what they are
• You want to see the framework applied to a real, everyday struggle, not only understand it in theory
• You often overthink decisions, compare yourself to others, or feel weighed down by pressure at work
• You are new to Zen, meditation, or mindfulness

No previous experience with Zen, meditation, or mindfulness is required.

How the Course Works

Once you complete your purchase, we'll send your access instructions by email — from there, the course is yours to explore at your own pace.

There's no schedule to follow and no deadline to meet. Watch one chapter a day, or all of them in a single sitting; come back to any lesson later, whenever a particular struggle shows up again in your life. Everything runs right in your browser, so there's nothing to install — just open the link on your phone, tablet, or computer whenever you're ready to watch.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is this a live course?

No — every lesson is fully pre-recorded, so all 25 lessons are ready to watch as soon as you receive access.

2. How long is the course?

See Product Details above for the exact lesson count and total runtime.

3. Is this course suitable for beginners?

Yes. This edition is built for people encountering Zen and mindfulness for the first time — everything is explained in plain language, with no prior practice needed.

4. How do I access the course?

You'll receive your access link by email right after checkout — see "How the Course Works" above for the full flow.

5. How long can I access the course?

Lifetime — once it's yours, it's yours to keep and revisit anytime.

6. Which devices are compatible?

Any device with a web browser: smartphone, tablet, Mac, or Windows PC.

7. Are subtitles included?

Yes — every lesson includes English subtitles.

8. Are any downloadable materials or video files included?

This is a video-only course — there's no PDF workbook or other downloadable material, and the lessons themselves are meant to be streamed through your course page rather than downloaded.

9. What should I do if I cannot access the course?

Please contact us at contact@oshoshin.com and we'll help sort it out — we respond within 1–2 business days.