
AZC Closed for Summer Interim July 4th – 18th
Please have a safe and healthy summer break!
At AZC, all people of every race, religion, nationality, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical ability are welcome to practice with the community. Practicing inclusivity and welcoming diversity is a foundation of the Dharma, and a path to alleviating the suffering of everyone. May all beings realize their true nature.
As an expression of our commitment to offer a place of refuge and trust, firearms and other weapons are excluded from our grounds and buildings.
Please have a safe and healthy summer break!
Have you moved recently? Changed your name? Please help us ensure that the contact information we have for you is accurate.
Click here for the latest updates (we have signed a contract!) and to make a donation to this vital temple project.
Please join us for a special evening. Abbot Jiryu will share his new book, a collection of talks by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.
Donation Forms and Event Registrations are getting an upgrade
We welcome you to familiarize yourself with the Austin Zen Center and our core practice by attending the Beginner’s Class held on Saturdays at 8am.
We meet at 5:45 pm. All who identify as women are welcome, regardless of spiritual path.
This group is led by Zen practitioners with experience in group facilitation and men’s group participation. Please join us.
This peer led book group meets weekly online to promote engaged practice and Dharma discussion.
All are welcome to join us in the opportunity to engage in (mostly) silent work-practice in the beautiful Austin Zen Center garden.
Austin Zen Center has a live chat server for Sangha members and those interested in AZC!
We acknowledge that we practice on Indigenous land. We acknowledge and pay respects to the Carrizo & Comecrudo, Coahuiltecan, Caddo, Tonkawa, Comanche, Lipan Apache, Alabama-Coushatta, Kickapoo, Tigua Pueblo, and all the American Indian and Indigenous Peoples and communities who have been or have become a part of these lands and territories in Texas.