Schedule
Thursday 1st
No sitting
Sunday 4th
sit on country
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Thursday 8th
Zazen (Ringing in the New Year)
Sunday 11th
Online Dokusan with Mari
Thursday 15th
Zazen
Sunday 14th
Online Dokusan with Mari
Sunday 18th
walking meditation
Tuesday 20th
Telephone Dokusan with Mari
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Thursday 22nd
Zazen
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Thursday 29th
Zazen and precepts sharing
​Dojo Schedule
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We sit Thursday evenings at St Paul's Hall 6:30pm - 8:30pm. If you are new please come at 6:00pm for an orientation.
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​Sit On Country and Walking Meditation
Our monthly 'Sit on Country' will be on Sunday, 4th of January 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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Every two months we hold a walking meditation session at Whitford Nodes Park. The next one is on Sunday, 18th January from 8am to 9.30am. Meet at the northern end of the Whitfords Nodes carpark.
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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
Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be leading an online Zazenkai via Zoom on Saturday, 6th December from 8:30am to 4pm. Please click here to register. Registration closes on Thursday, 4th December.
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Training in Compassion Discussion and Precepts Sharing
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Nick will lead a training in compassion discussion on Thursday, 4th December. It will be based on Slogan 23 - Come back to basics (please read the slogan before attending)
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Britta or Desmond will lead a Precepts sharing session on Thursday, 29th July. The topic of discussion will be the first of Buddha's Noble Eightfold Paths: 'Right Livelihood'.
Telephone Dokusan
Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering telephone dokusan from 4.00pm - 6.00pm on Tuesday, 20th of January. Please click here to register. Registrations close by 5pm. Sunday, 18th November.
Online Dokusan
​​Mari Rhydwen Roshi will offer online dokusan on Sunday, 11th of January. Please click here to register. Registration closes on Thursday 8th of December.
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Quote of the Month
"The deliberate pursuit of fantasy is the bête noire of zazen." (Aitken Roshi)
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Zazen
Our normal weekly sitting consists of four periods of Zazen finishing with chanting and dedications.
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.
