Walking the path of liberation, we express our intimate connection with all beings.
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.
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
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 9/4/10.
AZC also offers numerous other practice opportunities and classes.
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)
