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

October 2024

 

Thursday 3rd

Zazen​ and Training in Compassion

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Sunday 6th

Sit on Country at Kaarta Gar-up​

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Tuesday 8th

Telephone dokusan with Mari

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Sunday 13th

Council meeting

 

Thursday 10th

Zazen​

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Thursday 17th

Zazen

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Sunday 20th

Online Zazenkai with Chris

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Thursday 31st

Zazen and Precepts Sharing

​Sit On Country

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Our monthly 'Sit on Country' will be on Sunday, 6th October 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

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Call for contributions by Friday 4th October

Spring-Summer 2024 issue

Theme: Time

 

Please click here for more information.

Telephone Dokusan 

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Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering online dokusan on Tuesday, 8th October from 4pm-6pm. Please click here to register. Registration closes on Sunday, 6th October.​

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Online Dokusan

 

Chris Barker Sensei will be leading a 1-Day online Zazenkai via Zoom on Sunday, 20th October. Please click here to register before Thursday, 17th October.

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Membership and Donation

 

Please renew your ZGWA membership by 31st July 2024. Your 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.

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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