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Dojo Schedule
St Paul's Hall 6.30pm - 8:30pm
January 2025
Thursday 2nd
Zazen and 'Ring in the New Year'
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Sunday 5th
Sit on Country at Kaarta Gar-up​​​
Thursday 9th
Zazen and Chanting workshop
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Sunday 12th
Online dokusan
Council meeting
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Thursday 16th
Zazen
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Tuesday 21st
Telephone dokusan with Mari
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Thursday 23rd
Zazen
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Thursday 30th
Zazen and precepts sharing (TBC)
Ring in The New Year
As part of our tradition, we will be ringing in the new year on the first sitting of the year on Thursday, 2nd January 2025. Kathy will deliver a new year message from our teacher, Mari Rhydwen Roshi followed by Paul sounding the bell 108 times.
​Sit On Country
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Our monthly 'Sit on Country' will be on Sunday, 5th January 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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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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Chanting workshop
Paul Wilson will lead a 'How to chant' workshop on Thursday, 9th January at St. Paul's dojo. This session is a refresher on the traditional way of chanting as it was done in Japan and the early days of the Diamond Sangha.
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Online Dokusan
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Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering dokusan via Zoom on Sunday, 12th January from 6am to 8 am. Please click here to register before Thursday, 9th January.
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Telephone Dokusan
Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering online dokusan on Tuesday, 21st January from 4pm-6pm. Please click here to register. Registration closes on Sunday, 19th January.​​​​​​
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.
