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...
Dharma Cafe
Dharma Cafe is a discussion evening, held once every two months, which is open to everyone. It is a good chance to ask those questions you’ve been sitting on for...
Walking Weekend – cancelled
Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th May - this weekend has been cancelled There will be a full day walk into Yengo National park from our bush zendo, Kodoji on Saturday....
Zazenkai
On the third Sunday of the month SZC offers an extended meditation experience (zazenkai) at our city zendo. Zazenkais vary from month to month: from half a day to a...
Beginners Night
The Beginners Night is held a week after the Beginners Orientation and is an opportunity to ask questions and enter into a discussion about Zen practice in daily life, with Sydney Zen Centre...
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...
Winter Sesshin
Saturday June 9 to Tuesday June 12 There just isn’t any kind of night’s sleep in the world to compare with the night’s sleep you get in the desert winter...
Samu – Annandale
Samu - June 17 at Annandale Zendo This is a wonderful opportunity to extend your practice into your daily life. Samu is an ancient way of giving something valuable back...
Transmission Sesshin
Sesshin: Friday 20th to Wednesday 25th July Allan Marett will teach a 5-day non-residential sesshin at our city zendo, prior to his Transmission Ceremony. This sesshin is open to everyone,...
Dharma Transmission Ceremony
Sunday 29th July, 1.30 to 5pm Allan Marett's transmission ceremony will be held at the Buddhist Library, Camperdown. SZC members and invited guests are welcome. SZC members are asked to...
Spring Sesshin
Saturday September 29 to Saturday October 6 (including Labor Day October 1) "Over the silent peaceful days, breath by breath, as the ochre cliffs, eucalyptus forests, brilliant starry skies and...
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...
Memorial Ceremony
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 Gilly, offering flowers, sharing the...
Rohatsu Sesshin
Monday 3 to Friday 7 December This sesshin commemorates the Buddha's realisation. We practice the Buddha Way together - sitting at our city zendo at Annandale during the day and going...
Samu – Kodoji
Kodoji Autumn samu (work practice) weekend Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th March This is a wonderful opportunity to extend your practice into your daily life. Samu is an ancient way...
Autumn Sesshin
Sesshin affords a unique opportunity to deepen and broaden practice. It’s an adventure too! Who ever knows what will manifest in the Dharma realms? Having said that, we can know...
Buddha’s birthday & baby naming ceremony
A special family event will be held at Annandale on Sunday, April 8 to celebrate the Buddha’s birthday and the naming of new babes in the sangha. If you’d like to...
Intensive Practice Period
Monday 21st to Sunday 27th July Allan Marett will once again lead an Intensive Practice Week at the Sydney Zen Centre in Annandale and at his Guanyin Sangha Zendo in...