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 Monday and Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm.
Zoom zazen is offered Tuesday mornings (6.55am – 7.30am), and Thursday evenings (6.50pm – 8.30pm).

Covid safety measures for attendance at Annandale: Wearing a mask is optional in the dojo and at the teacher’s discretion when going to dokusan.

On Thursday Zoom evenings there has been a theme to start a discussion. Lately we have had ‘Buddhism: Back to Basics’, The Ten Paramitas, and The Brahmaviharas.

Starting in July, Peter Bursky and Jane Andino will be presenting the first of ‘Appreciating the Classics’. We will begin with Verses on the Faith Mind (Xin xin ming), reputedly written by the Third Patriarch Sengtsan (Sengcan). Probably you have read this text in the Readings that we do at sesshin, and perhaps have been puzzled by or inspired by certain lines. This is your chance to revisit Verses on the Faith Mind at our Thursday meetings where we will share our responses to lines which resonate with our life and practice.

There will be no sitting at our city zendo in Annandale on public holidays or when sesshins (retreats) are being held at our bush zendo, Kodoji (Autumn and Spring). When there is a non-residential retreat at Annandale (Winter and Rohatsu) there will be no regular Monday night sitting there, but everyone is welcomed to book into the evening block.

If you are a non-member and attend our sitting group at Annandale the fee is $10. If you are a non-member participating in our on-line meditation program, we request a facility fee of $5.  You can pay by cash at the zendo or directly into our bank account: BSB 062 182 Account number 1013 7103. Please tag the payment with your name and the letters “FF”.

If you are a newcomer and interested in attending our weekly meditation evenings, we ask that you undertake an orientation first. This provides simple instructions about sitting and walking meditation, as well as general information about Zen philosophy and rituals. Find out more about our orientation schedule here.

This is our teachers’ schedule for the next couple of months: