The Austin Zen Center community offers a haven of peace and harmony in which to engage in the arduous task of self-discovery through Zen practice. Welcoming diversity, the practice of zazen is available to people of every race, religion, nationality, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical ability. May all beings realize their true nature.
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This Week
Monday, 6/17
6:45pm » Guided Meditation with Betty Holmes
7:30pm » Urban Zen (7:00pm » Posture Clinic)
Tuesday, 6/18
6:45pm » Writing Group
Wednesday, 6/19
7:00pm » Wednesday Night Book Group
Saturday, 6/22
8:00am » NO Beginner's Instruction
8:00am » NO Early Morning Sit
9:00am - 12:30pm » Spring/Summer Festival
10:30am » NO Dharma Talk
Sunday, 6/23
11:00am » Dharma Punx
2:00pm - 3:30pm » Words of the Buddha
6:00pm » Meditation & Recovery
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Spring Fair
Saturday, June 22
9:00am - 12:30pm
The AZC Spring Fair is this Saturday! Everyone is invited to participate in the event and volunteers are much needed to help with planning and set up.
Silent Weekend Retreat
Friday evening, July 13 - Sunday, July 15
AZC will have a silent retreat beginning Friday evening, July 12th through Sunday at noon, July 15th. All participants are asked to attend the Friday orientation at 6:00pm. The retreat will begin at 7:00pm with zazen. We will be eating lunch & supper together in silence. Read more...
Sitting Easy: Half-Day Retreat
Saturday, July 20
1:00pm - 5:00pm
This retreat is geared toward new meditators, people who want to sit for a longer period without attending a full sesshin, or even for people who have very limited time. This retreat will have shorter periods of meditation interspersed with walking meditation, and we'll have time at the end for tea and questions. Read more...
Dharma Talks
Kosho McCall, June 1, 2013,
Are You Interested in the Tea or the Teapot?
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 (one to four weeks) that includes meditation, study, work practice and discussions with other practitioners about Zen Buddhism.
JustThis
Vulnerability in Practice
Practice makes us vulnerable. We are led to let the carapace of protection drop and to soften into a new way of being. What of our old protective habits of fear and retreat, anger and blame? This issue of JustThis speaks of the joys and sorrows of opening to our vulnerability.
http://justthis.austinzencenter.org
