Sydney Zen Centre

Australia's Original Zen Buddhist Community

We are a lay group and a member of the Diamond Sangha a worldwide network of Zen Buddhist groups

OUR PRACTICE

Zazen or seated meditation is a path to discovering insight and wisdom

NEWCOMERS

We offer regular beginners orientation nights for newcomers to Zen. Please book to attend

OUR SCHEDULE

We have online and in-person meditation, both twice a week, and hold regular talks and ceremonies and seasonal retreats

09/11/2026 7:00 PM -9:00 PM

10/11/2026 7:00 PM -8:30 PM By Peter Bursky, Jane Andino

15/11/2026 10:00 AM -12:00 PM By Maggie Gluek

07/11/2026

This talk explores “Don’t you know there is no Zen teacher??” Huang-po’s strong and challenging words to his assembly:  "All...

02/11/2026

This talk discusses Hui-neng’s journey to East Mountain to become a monk under the fifth patriarch Hung-jen. It considers the...

30/10/2026

This teisho weaves koans, words from Layman P’ang and Joko Beck, suggests ways to wake to the countless Dharma Gates from...