Dojo Schedule
St Paul's Hall 6.30pm - 8:30pm
November 2025​​
Sunday 2nd
Zazenkai
Sit on Country
Thursday 6th
Zazen training and compassion
Sunday 9th
Online Dokusan with Mari
Council Meeting
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Thursday 13th
Zazen
Tuesday 18th
Telephone Dokusan
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Thursday 20th
Zazen
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Thursday 27th
Zazen
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​Sit On Country
Our monthly 'Sit on Country' will be on Sunday, 2nd of November at Kaarta Gar-up (Kings Park). We will join together with Michael Wright in zazen and kinhin on Whadjuk Noongar Country. Gather at 9.15am for a 9.30am start beneath the Marri trees to the south-west of the war memorial. We will finish by 10.30 am, but feel free to bring along a drink and a snack to enjoy socialising in the shade of the trees afterwards.
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Membership and Donations
Support the ZGWA through membership and donation Membership helps towards the support of our practice and the financial viability of ZGWA. If you would like to support ZGWA and become a new member, you can download a membership form by clicking here. Please email the completed form to info@zgwa.org.au. If you would like to support ZGWA by making a donation to The Zen Group of Western Australia, please click here.
ZGWA Council Changes
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Desmond Lim is finishing as ZGWA secretary. Council thanks Desmond and greally appreciates his dedication and his work in his role as ZGWA Secretary and Council member during the last three years.
Online Zazenkai
Chris Barker Sensei will be leading an online Zazenkai via Zoom on Sunday, 2nd November from 8:30am to 4pm. Please click here to register.Registration closes on Thursday, 30th, November.
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Precepts Sharing Training in Compassion
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Nick will lead a training in compassion discussion on Thursday, 6th November. It will be based on Slogan 22: Trust your own eyes.Slogan 22 - Practice when you are distracted
Telephone Dokusan
Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering telephone dokusan on Tuesday, 18th November. Please click here to register. Registration closes on Sunday 16th November at 7pm.
Online Dokusan
​​Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering online dokusan on Sunday, 9th November 2025. Please click here to register. Registration closes on Thursday, 16th October.
Quote of the Month
“Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.”– Shunryu Suzuki
The Zen Group of Western Australia is a lay-Buddhist organisation founded in 1982 and affiliated with the Diamond Sangha. We meet on Thursdays at St Paul's Anglican Church Hall, 162 Hampton Road, Beaconsfield, WA 6162. All are welcome to sit with us.
