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Saturday May 24th at 10:15am Dharma Talk w/ Visiting Teacher Daigan Gaither. All are Welcome!
May 24th Dharma Talk
Please join us in our celebration of Buddha's Birthday on May 17th after our regular Saturday morning program. Children of all ages are welcome.
Upcoming Buddha’s Birthday Celebration
Saturday May 10th at 10:15am Dharma Talk w/ Visiting Teacher Zenki Dillo Roshi. All are Welcome!
May Dharma Talk
Saturday May 3rd at 10:15am Dharma Talk w/ AZC Practice Leader Chris Azbill. All are Welcome!
May Dharma Talk
The AZC kitchen remodeling project is nearing a big milestone.
Spring Progress Report
The kitchen committee goes appliance hunting!
Refrigerators, Ranges, and Freezers
Please join us at 6:45pm on Wednesday June 11th following our regular Wednesday evening program for one of the oldest ceremonies in Buddhism. We will renew our bodhisattva vows. All are welcome!
Bodhisattva Full Moon Ceremony June 11th
The big job before the REALLY big job
Sorting and Cleaning has Begun
This peer led book group meets weekly online to promote engaged practice and Dharma discussion.
Dharma Discussion Group
Queer Dharma is a group for anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+. Join us!
Queer Dharma
Read about upcoming developments for departing AZC practice leader & resident Tim Kroll.
Impersonation of Guiding Teacher Choro
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 31st @ 10am - 1pm
Join us for zazen and a Sangha Work Day with a potluck lunch.