The big job before the REALLY big job!
Read about upcoming developments for departing AZC practice leader & resident Tim Kroll.
Impersonation of Guiding Teacher Choro
Saturday, October 26th, 6am-5pm
This is a one day retreat in which we will practice the forms of meditation together.
One Day Meditation Retreat March 2025
Sunday, September 29th @ 8am–12 pm
A morning of informal practice with zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation) and no formal lecture or service.
Sunday Zazenkai
Saturday, September 18th, 6:45pm
Join us for this most ancient of Buddhist ceremonies.
Bodhisattva Full Moon Ceremony
Saturday, December 9th 10:15am
All are welcome to join us in celebrating Buddha’s Enlightenment.
Buddha’s Enlightenment Ceremony
Wednesday, November 1st @ 6:45-8:00pm
ALL ARE WELCOME at Sejiki, a traditional, annual Japanese Zen Buddhist ceremony honoring our ancestors.
Hossenshiki Ceremony
December 1st - 8th
Coming together to support each other in cultivating this practice, we sit, walk, eat, work and listen in the intensive winter retreat known at Rohatsu. Registration is full. Join the waitlist.
Rohatsu Sesshin 2024
Thursdays Oct 17th -Nov 21st
For our practice period class this year, we will study the Six Paramitas, or “heroic practices of Bodhisattvas” as taught by Tenshin Reb Anderson.
Fall Ango Class: We Could be Heroes and Enter the Mind of Buddha
Saturday, September 7th @10:15 am
Join us for a sangha Q&A in the Zen tradition with ACZ's Guiding Teacher.
Sangha Q&A w/Rev. Choro Antonaccio
Fall Practice Period: Oct 12th -Dec 8th
You are warmly encouraged and invited to participate in the upcoming annual Ango (Practice Period).
AZC Fall 2024 Practice Period: We Could be Heroes
Saturday, September 18th, 6:45pm
Join us for this most ancient of Buddhist ceremonies.
Bodhisattva Full Moon Ceremony
Sunday, September 21st @ 10:15
In this dedication we will have an Eye Opening ceremony for the Jizo figure at the center of the space, chant and hang papers with names and wishes for those who have passed. A reception follows.
Memorial Garden Dedication
Saturday, September 28th @10:15 am
Join us for a Dharma Talk by our lay entrusted teacher, ShiOn Pat Yingst
A Dharma Talk by ShiOn Pat Yingst
Sunday, September 29th @ 8am–12 pm
A morning of informal practice with zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation) and no formal lecture or service.
Sunday Zazenkai
Thursday, October 3rd @ 6:45–8:15 pm
Next Step is a 1½ hour class for those who have attended Beginners’ Instruction and have been introduced to our formal chanting and bowing and would like to deepen their understanding of Zendo forms.
Next Step Class
Saturday, October 12th 10:15am
Join us for the Ango Opening Ceremony followed by a Dharma Talk with our Guiding Teacher.
Ango Opening Ceremony
Saturday, October 12th following Ango Opening Ceremony
Join us for A Dharma Talk with ACZ's Guiding Teacher
A Dharma Talk w/Rev. Choro Antonaccio
Saturday, October 5th, 2024 @10:15 am
Join us for visiting teacher Konjin Gaelyn Godwin Roshi's Dharma Talk, a part of our regular Saturday morning program.
A Dharma Talk w/Visiting Teacher Konjin Gaelyn Godwin Roshi
Saturday, October 16th, 6:45pm
Join us for this most ancient of Buddhist ceremonies.
Bodhisattva Full Moon Ceremony
Saturday, October 19th @10:15am
Join us as we witness and support Christopher Azbill, Anzan Keido (Peaceful Mountain Jubilant Way) during this ceremony where he will take his seat as Shuso for the fall Ango.
Shuso Entering Ceremony
Saturday, October 26th, 6am-5pm
This is a one day retreat in which we will practice the forms of meditation together.
One Day Meditation Retreat October
Wednesday, November 1st @ 6:45-8:00pm
ALL ARE WELCOME at Sejiki, a traditional, annual Japanese Zen Buddhist ceremony honoring our ancestors.
Sejiki Ceremony
Saturday, August 31st @ 10am - 1pm
Join us for zazen and a Sangha Work Day with a potluck lunch.
Sangha Work Day
Saturday, November 15th - 17th
Join us for a weekend retreat with Dharma Talks and oryoki style meals in the zendo.
Weekend Meditation Retreat
Saturday, July 20th, 6:45pm
Join us for this most ancient of Buddhist ceremonies.
Bodhisattva Full Moon Ceremony
Saturday, July 27th @10:15 am
Take refuge in sangha and enter a circle of compassion: being completely present with the experience of others and of yourself.
Circle of the Community
Sunday, July 28th @ 8am–12 pm
A morning of informal practice with zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation) and no formal lecture or service.
Sunday Zazenkai
Saturday, August 17th @10:15 am
Join us for A Dharma Talk with ACZ's Guiding Teacher
A Dharma Talk w/Rev. Choro Antonaccio
Saturday, August 24th, 6am-5pm
This is a one day retreat in which we will practice the forms of meditation together.