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October
Schedule
Thursday 24th Sep
Zazen
Saturday 26th-3rd Oct
Djilba Sesshin begins
Sunday 4th
Sit on Country
Tuesday 8th
Zazen
Sunday 11th
Online Dokusam
Council Meeting
Thursday 15th
Zazen
Sunday 18th
Zazenkai with Sensei Chris
Thursday 22nd
Zazen
Tuesday 27th
Telephone Dokusan
Thursday 29th
Zazen & Precepts sharing
Dojo Schedule
We sit Thursday evenings at St Paul's Hall 6:30pm - 8:30pm. If you have not sat with us before please contact us at and we will arrange an orientation for you.
Online Dokusan
Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering online dokusan on Sunday, 11th of October, 6am-8am. Please click here to register. Registration closes on Thursday, 8th October (or earlier if the line fills up).
Telephone Dokusan
There will be no telephone dokusan in October.
Sit On Country
Our monthly 'Sit on Country' will be on Sunday, 4th of October at Kaarta Gar-up (Kings Park) (click here for a map locating where we sit). We will 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 10.30am and share breakfast in the shade of the trees afterwards.
Thursday Nigh Zazen
No zazen on Thursday 1st. October Unless otherwise noted, the usual weekly sitting consists of four periods of Zazen finishing with chanting and dedications.
Precepts Sharing
Britta Biedermann will lead a precepts sharing discussion on Thursday, October 29th.
Zazen
Our normal weekly sitting consists of four periods of Zazen finishing with chanting and dedications.
Zen Library Link
One of the benefits of being a paid up ZGWA member is that you get free access to the ZGWA library which has over 600 volumes in its collection. If you would like to access the catalogue you can do so here.
Zazenkai
Chris Barker Sensei will be leading an online Zazenkai on Sunday the 18th of October. Zazenkai begins at 8.25am and ends at 4.00pm. Please click here to register. Registration closes on Thursday, 15th of October.
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.
Quote of the Month
There is no point in judging our thoughts and opinions (for that is what all these so-called self-judgements are) but there is a point in being attentive in general. Being present. Not wasting our lives. When we bring mindfulness to our everyday lives we may find ourselves doing what, according to one translation, Shakyamuni Buddha encouraged us to do and that is, ‘Act without inattention.’ Acting without inattention is not the same as constantly monitoring ourselves, judging if we are being mindful, being good (whatever that is depending on your personal marking system). Rather it is living our lives fully, each moment as me, totally unique, nothing missing, complete and yet empty of a permanent self.
Roshi Mari Rhydwen
(exerpt from "Can We Practice All the Time?" Zazenkai, 20 February 2021)
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.
