Class Details
Natural Wisdom & Compassion with Betty Holmes
Mondays at 6:45pm-8:15pm
No cost for the class. Donations gratefully accepted.
As a longtime practitioner of Zen and Tibetan practices, Betty leads her group in cultivating wisdom and compassion through chanting.
A Path with Heart Book Group with the Rev. Colin Gipson
Monday evenings, 7pm-8:30pm
Colin is a longtime Zen practitioner with many years of monastic training. This group studies A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield in a warmly fun and contemplative atmosphere. You need not have read the book beforehand. No cost for this group, but any donations gratefully accepted.
Next Step with Colin Gipson
Next-Step with the Rev. Colin Gipson is for people who have attended a Beginner’s Instruction class, and who are interested in bringing what they have learned to the zendo. Next-Step is an hour and a half class where we will go over the forms and ceremonies in Soto Zen. We’ll have a refresher of meditation instruction and will touch on things like how to move around in the zendo, bowing, chanting, and service. We’ll also cover kinhin (walking meditation) as well. There will be time for questions and answers. We will meet at the main building (3014 Washington Square). There is no charge for the class, though a $5 donation is gratefully received.
Yoga & Contemplative Movement with Ginger McGilvray
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 8:00am-9:00am
No cost, but donations gratefully received.
Ginger is a Zen practitioner with many years of teaching yoga. She brings skill and warmth to this ancient practice.
Dharma Talks
Reb Anderson, February 18, 2012, The Bodhisattvas Mundane and Super-Mundane Meditation Practice
Guest Practice
Interested in either starting or deepening your Zen practice in a residential setting with others? Our Guest Practice program is a short term opportunity that includes meditation, study, work practice and discussions about Zen Buddhism.
Just This
The editorial staff of Just This, the blog journal of the Austin Zen Center, announces its latest issue: Sitting: Part 2, In our latest issue Just This offers a second conversation on Sitting. Sometimes sitting is not as straightforward as we'd hoped. There might be problems, circumstances, a need for a different approach. And what is sitting anyway? Come see what we're saying to each other about it. Read and see the work of many fine contributors from AZC and beyond.
