Meditation
Each Monday and Wednesday evening at our city temple in Annandale the Sydney Zen Centre offers seated meditation, or Zazen as it is called in Zen Buddhism. A teacher is...
Beginners’ Orientation
All are welcome to participate in orientations to Zen Buddhist practice. There will be instructions about sitting and walking meditation; as well as some information about Zen philosophy and rituals. Please wear loose dark,...
Dharma Cafe
Dharma Cafe is a discussion evening held once every two months. It is a good chance to ask those questions you’ve been sitting on for some time, or one’s that...
Riley Lee Shakuhachi Concert
Please join us for an intimate shakuhachi concert with Riley Lee. Riley Lee is a world famous composer and performer of the shakuhachi, and the first non-Japanese person to earn...
Full Moon Precept Ceremony
Full Moon Ceremony give us a chance, on the full moon, to reflect on one of the ten Precepts we take up as Zen Buddhists. We discuss, for example, the...
Zen Roots workshop
Saturday 12 August 1pm to 4pm Paul Maloney, roshi is conducting a workshop exploring Zen Buddhist history, theory and practice. For several years Paul gave a comprehensive six-week course on...
Zazenkai
The SZC offers monthly Sunday morning meditation groups (zazenkai) which are offered on the third Sunday of each month, from 8:30 am to 12 pm, at the city zendo. Each...
Spring Sesshin
Sesshin is an invitation to leave the tumbling, noisy, incessant world behind. At Kodoji, in the valley of beauty and wilderness, practising in deep silence and letting go of ideas...
Annual General Meeting
Everyone is welcome! It's important that SZC members are involved in the decision making process of our sangha. There will be zazen 9-10am, the AGM starts at 10.30am Please bring...
Kodoji Family Picnic Weekend
Zen practice isn't just about sitting on your cushion! It includes your partner and children, nieces, nephews, cousins and your neighbours. So come to Kodoji for a family weekend full...
Memorial Ceremony
A ceremony to honour family and friends who have died. This year we will also be celebrating our founder, Robert Aitken Roshi's 100th birthday. There will be zazen from 9am...
