{"id":11048,"date":"2024-06-29T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T18:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?page_id=11048"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:30:36","slug":"courses-retreats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/courses-retreats\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since 2001, the Buddhist Faith Fellowship of Connecticut has offered a rich variety of courses, workshops and retreats designed to nurture spiritual growth, community connection, and mindful living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their programs blend the timeless wisdom of classical Buddhism with Zen&#8217;s clarity and the heartfelt teachings of Shin, creating uniquely accessible and engaging opportunities for both newcomers and seasoned practitioners. Whether through their Meditation &amp; Talk Sundays or immersive courses, seasonal retreats, and workshops, participants are guided to experience deep spiritual insights and practical tools for everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our courses include: <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Buddhism 101 Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meditation Made Easy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Buddhism Made Easy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General Introductory Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silent Simplicity Retreats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zen Meditation and Koan Practice<\/strong> <strong>Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mindful, Meditation and Movement Classes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Body Mind Practice Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a welcoming spirit and accessible approach, all courses are open to people of all backgrounds, supporting the intention to awaken peace, compassion, and joyful living for individuals and the broader community alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check our current offerings under the Courses tab. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sundays-at-BFF-of-CT-1-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13589\" style=\"width:448px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sundays-at-BFF-of-CT-1-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sundays-at-BFF-of-CT-1-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sundays-at-BFF-of-CT-1-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sundays-at-BFF-of-CT-1-2.jpg 1159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2001, the Buddhist Faith Fellowship of Connecticut has offered a rich variety of courses, workshops and retreats designed to nurture spiritual growth, community connection, and mindful living. Their programs blend the timeless wisdom of classical Buddhism with Zen&#8217;s clarity and the heartfelt teachings of Shin, creating uniquely accessible and engaging opportunities for both newcomers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13588,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11048","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11048"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14601,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11048\/revisions\/14601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}