Weekly Schedule:

Weekday Mornings (Mon-Fri)

• 6:00am – Zazen (seated meditation)
  
• 6:35am – Kinhin (walking meditation)
• 6:45am – Zazen
• 7:20am – Service
• 7:35am – Soji (temple cleaning)
• 7:50am – Morning program ends

Weekday Evenings (Mon-Thu)

(Many come to zazen after work; it's OK to enter the zendo whenever you can get here.)

• 5:40pm – Zazen
  
• 6:20pm – Service
• 6:30pm – Evening program ends

(Note: You may depart before service begins.)

Saturday Beginner's Instruction

• 9:15am – Beginners' Program (across street at 702 W. 31st St.)
• 10:20am – Join regular schedule (see below)

Saturday Morning Program

• 8:15am – Zazen
• 8:50am – Kinhin
• 9:00am – Zazen
• 9:40am – Service
• 9:55am – Soji (temple cleaning)
• 10:30am – Dharma Talk
• 11:15am – Announcements, tea and snacks

*Childcare offered on the first Saturday of each month from 9am – 11:30am. Sign up here for 8/7/10.

Affiliated groups meeting at Austin Zen Center

• Dharma Punx: Sundays, 11am–12:30pm
• Meditation and Recovery: Sundays, 6–7:00pm
• Natural Wisdom & Compassion Meditation, with Betty Holmes: Mondays, 6:45–7:45pm
• Yoga, with Sebastian Bentkowski: Thursdays, 4:45–5:30pm (at 702 W. 31st)

AZC Calendar

July 2010	July 1, 7pm, Book Discussion w/Chris Lance (thur) July 3, 9am-11:30am, Childcare available (sat) July 4, 11am-12pm, Dharma Punx (sat) July 3, 6-7pm, Meditation in Recovery (sat) July 5, all day, AZC will be closed in celebration of Independence Day (mon) July 7, 6:45pm, Way Seeking Mind Talk with Bright Dornblaser (wed) July 7, 9-11am, Garden and Grounds Caretaking (wed) July 8, 4:45–5:30pm;Yoga with Sebastian Bentkowski, 704 W. 31st Street (thur) July 9-11, Summer Sesshin, Sign up here, (details here), (fri-sun) July 14, 9-11am, Garden and Grounds Caretaking (wed) July 14, 6:45pm, Way Seeking Mind Talk with Rudi Miller (wed) July 15, 4:45–5:30pm; Yoga with Sebastian Bentkowski, 704 W. 31st Street (thur) July 17, 6:45pm, Dharma talk with Rev. Trevor Maloney (sat) July 19, 6:45pm, Natural Wisdom & Compassion Meditation with Betty Holmes (mon) July 21, 9-11am, Garden and Grounds Caretaking (wed) July 22, 4:45–5:30pm; Yoga with Sebastian Bentkowski, 704 W. 31st Street (thur) July 24, 7:00–10:00pm; Buddha Flix (sat)Details July 26, 6:45pm, Natural Wisdom & Compassion Meditation with Betty Holmes (mon) July 28, 9-11am, Garden and Grounds Caretaking (wed) July 28, 7:30pm, Bodhisattva Precepts Ceremony (wed) Details July 29, 4:45–5:30pm; Yoga with Sebastian Bentkowski, 704 W. 31st Street (thur)
August 2010	August 28, Sangha Work Day (sat)
September 2010	September 11-13, Sesshin
December 2010	December 3-10, Sesshin

Registration: Many special events require preregistration as noted above because of cost or space limitations. Register online here.

Zen Jargon / Glossary of Zen Terms

Most people start practicing with us on Saturday mornings, the most lively part of the week at AZC. We suggest beginning with the Beginners' Program and staying all morning on the first visit. If you cannot come Saturday, you can arrange private instruction at another time by clicking here. The Saturday service involves chanting the Heart Sutra and the Ten Verse Kannon Sutra for the well being of anyone who is ill or endangered. If you have someone you'd like us to acknowledge during this service, you can submit their name here or give the name to the Ino (zendo manager).

Classes are offered periodically. Our head teacher and senior students are available to provide guidance on training and practicing in the world with one's own karmic situation.