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Dojo Schedule
    St Paul's Hall 6.30pm - 8:30pm

December 2024

 

Sunday 1st

Sit on Country at Kaarta Gar-up​​​

 

Thursday 5th

Zazen and Training in Compassion​​​

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Sunday 8th

Online dokusan

Council meeting

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Thursday 12th

Zazen and end-of-year celebrations

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Tuesday 17th

Telephone dokusan with Mari

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Thursday 19th

No Sitting

​Sit On Country

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Our monthly 'Sit on Country' will be on Sunday, 3rd November at Kaarta Gar-up (Kings Park). We will join with Michael Wright in zazen and kinhin on Whadjuk Noongar Country. Gather at 9.15 am for a 9.30 start beneath the Marri trees to the south of the war memorial. We will finish by 10.30 am, but feel free to bring along a drink and a small snack to enjoy socialising in the shades of the trees afterwards.

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Wobbly Pot

 

The Spring / Summer edition of ZGWA's bi-annual journal, Wobbly Pot is now available.

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Membership and Donation

 

Membership fees and dana contributions help towards the support of sangha member's practice and the financial viability of ZGWA. If you would like to to become a new member of ZGWA or to support ZGWA by donation, please click here.

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Telephone Dokusan 

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Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering online dokusan on Tuesday, 17th December from 4pm-6pm. Please click here to register. Registration closes on Sunday, 15th December.​

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Online Dokusan

 

Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering dokusan via Zoom on Sunday, 8th December from 6am to 8 am. Please click here to register before Thursday, 5th December.

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Online Zazenkai

 

Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be leading a 1-Day online Zazenkai via Zoom on Sunday, 15th December from 8.30am to 4pm. Please click here to register before Thursday, 12th December.

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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.

HISTORY

The Zen Group of Western Australia started in 1982 with a small group of people sitting in a private home in Mt. Claremont, Perth.

WHAT IS ZEN?

Zen, or Chan as it is called when referring to its history in China, is one branch of the great tree of Mahayana Buddhism.

Talks by teachers and Sangha-members are available to listen to online as podcasts.

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