Sat, July 13th @ 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Join us for a Dharma Talk (10:15am) and Workshop (1-4pm) on Embodied Practice with Visiting Teacher Daigan Gaither.
Saturday, May 23rd at 10am
Join us for this special Dharma Talk offering by author of Crooked Cucumber, David Chadwick, in the AZC Online Zendo.
Dharma Talk by Author of Crooked Cucumber, David Chadwick
Wednesday, April 22 @ 6:45 pm
Join us online for our ceremony celebrating the 50th Earth Day.
Earth Day Celebration at AZC – Online Ceremony
Read a message from Soto Zen Headquarters and watch a short video on zazen, by Rev. Gaelyn Godwin.
Now is the Time to Practice Zazen: A Message from Soto-shu Headquarters
Keep in touch with Rev. Koji Dreher (now in Minneapolis) through his recently created website.
Staying in Touch: A Letter from Koji
Read a few words from visiting teacher & Branching Streams liaison Tova Green
Sangha photo from AZC’s last day, and words from Tova Green
AZC member Rich Graf has kept up his practice of arranging flowers for AZC altars: Read about it here.
Flowers of Compassion
March 28th @10:00am
Join us in AZC's Online Zendo for a Dharma Talk given by the world renowned Edward Espe Brown. This offering is a part of our Saturday Morning Program, now online.
Dharma Talk on Buoyancy with Edward Espe Brown
March 21st @10:00 am
Join us for our first online Dharma Talk, given by incoming Tanto Rev. Choro Antonaccio. **Note the new time of 10am**
Dharma Talk on No Coming, No Going, by AZC Tanto Rev. Choro Antonaccio
Read about AZC's response and preparedness for mitigating the spread of CoVID-19 virus.
AZC response to CoVID-19 Pandemic (updated 3/13/20)
March 14th @ 10:15am
Rev. Jisan Tova Green is the liaison to Branching Streams - sanghas affiliated with SFZC's Suzuki Roshi lineage.
Dharma Talk on Belonging, by Rev. Jisan Tova Green
March 28th @ 2–5 pm
Join Edward Espe Brown in exploring Mindful Touch as a basis to connect with what is.
CANCELLED: Mindfulness Touch: Experiencing Connection, w/ Edward Espe Brown
Join us for more Bamboo & Weed removal: Contact Bill H or Dave P to Volunteer
STILL ON! – Bamboo & Weed Removal
Friday, March 13 @ 7-9pm
Join us for Pizza, Movie & Discussion of this 4-star documentary on Vipassana meditation program in an Alabama Max-security prison.
Buddha Flix: The Dhamma Brothers
March 29th @ 1:30–5 pm
Beginning with a brief class to discuss plans for the day, we’ll have a three hour cooking class (with a break), followed by a tasting meal and clean-up.
CANCELLED – No Recipe – Cooking as Spiritual Practice with Edward Espe Brown
March 14 @ 1:00-4:30
In this afternoon workshop we will discuss the variety of practices from the world of Buddhist yoga and meditation and begin to make informed decisions that empower us as autonomous practitioners.
Designing Your Personal Practice w/Koji Dreher
Thursday Feb. 27th, 2020
Join a panel of Buddhists from the Austin Buddhist community and broaden our circle of interfaith friendships.
Friends in Faith – An iACT Luncheon on Buddhism
A Proposal & Survey from the AZC Board
Members are invited to participate in collectively articulating AZC's long term goals and vision.
AZC Visioning – 2020 and beyond
April 10-16, 2020
Join us for a Sangha Work-Week at our home monastery (and hot-springs) in the Ventana Wilderness of California.
CANCELLED – Sangha Work-Practice Week at Tassajara ZMC
Saturday, April 4 @ 10am
Join us for a Dharma Talk on Dongshan's famous poem, Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, by Rev. Bryan Clark
Dharma Talk on the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, w/Rev. Chiho Bryan Clark
With deep gratitude we thank Melanie Gulick for her many years of service, and introduce 2 new Board Nominees.
AZC Board of Directors: Coming & Going
Find out how to extend your Zen Practice to support our Temple and Sangha!
Volunteer Practice Opportunities at AZC
4 Thursdays; Feb 6-27th @ 7 - 8:15pm
In this class series we will learn zen practice from the ground up, demystifying its workings, identifying its many applications, and discovering its place in our modern lives.
Unmasking Zen: An Intro to Zen
January 21st - Ceremony at 7:15am
Join us for an early morning sit and commemorative service celebrating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Ceremony
May 10th @ 9:30am - 4:30pm
Explore how presence with the movement of the brush works in our heart, mind, and environs in this Brush-Mind Workshop with Kaz Tanahashi.
Cancelled – Heart of the Brush w/Kazuaki Tanahashi
AZC will host the next Branching Streams Conference, from October 12-15, 2021.
AZC to Host 2021 Branching Streams Conference
8-Session Study Series on Uprooting Racism & White Privilege
WAIC UP! (White Awareness Insight Curriculum for Uprooting Privilege) is a study program developed at Spirit Rock.
WAIC UP!
January 9 @ 6pm - January 12 @ 5pm
This Denko-e is a study-sesshin dedicated to studying Keizan Zenji's Transmission of the Light, as taught by Rev. Kokyo Henkel.
Embracing Mind & Transmitting the Light – A Denko-e Sesshin w/Rev. Kokyo Henkel
January 4th from 1-5pm
This afternoon workshop with visiting teacher Koji Dreher examines the 8-fold Noble Path as a means to our liberation from suffering.
Clarifying the Path – A Workshop w/Rev. Koji Dreher
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