Meditation
On Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Tuesday mornings we offer seated meditation, or zazen as it is called in Zen Buddhism. We offer zazen at the Annandale zendo every...
On Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Tuesday mornings we offer seated meditation, or zazen as it is called in Zen Buddhism. We offer zazen at the Annandale zendo every...
Dharma Cafe is an evening, on Monday and Wednesday at the zendo at Annandale, where we discuss questions about our daily lives. Every two months, on the full moon, you...
Zazenkai is half a day of intensive zazen and a Dharma talk which provides an opportunity to deepen your practice. If you have not practised with us, please arrange an orientation before...
Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th March This retreat is open to all women sitters who have meditation experience and is a wonderful opportunity to be together over a weekend with...
Autumn - Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 March Samu is a wonderful opportunity to extend your practice into your daily life, and an ancient way of giving something valuable back...
Sesshin is an opportunity to deepen into stillness, restore your inter-connection and place in the web of life, to build resilience, to see with new eyes, to realise and practice...
Sunday 23rd April A special family event will be held at Annandale to celebrate the naming of new babes in the sangha and the Buddha's birthday. If you’d like to include...
On Thursday evenings in May we will have a series of short talks followed by discussion related to the Arts and Zen, with some reference to Dogen. Thursday evenings are usually...
Friday June 9 to Wednesday June 14 (including Queen's Birthday June 12) This sesshin is led by apprentice teachers Jane Andino and Peter Bursky. It will be held concurrently at the zendo...
June 18 at Annandale Zendo Zazen from 8.30am to 9.30am. There will be a talk by Brendon Stewart at 9.30am before we commence our jobs at about 10.15am. Feel free to...
August 19th and 20th - led by Apprentice teacher, Will Moon This year the walking weekend is a zazenkai, a practice weekend in the Blue Mountains. The theme is, ‘the...
Saturday 23rd to Saturday 30th September SZC Spring sesshin will be led by Gillian Coote, roshi and apprentice teacher Will Moon In a profound valley beneath high cliffs, zazen is...
Please join us for our Benefit Concert on Saturday 8th October This concert features the talented musicians and performers of the Sydney Zen Centre, in the beautiful Upstairs Hall of...
Sunday 15th October - Annandale zendo It’s a great opportunity to find out how we’ve been going over the last year and help plan for the future. Also, a reminder...
We sit zazen from 9am and at 11am we hold a special ceremony for friends and family who have died. This ceremony is led by Maggie Gluek, roshi. We offer...
Don't wait for the New Year - start your morning meditation practice in your own home right now! Are you already meditating but needing a little motivation to set up...
Saturday 20th & 21st August 2022 There will be a day's walk into Yengo National park from our bush zendo, Kodoji on Saturday, led by Will Moon. This is a...