Join our Anti-Racism Study Modules this Winter
AZC's Waking Up Group is launching new study modules starting January 17th. Everyone respectfully interested (BIPOC, White-identified &/or Unidentified) is welcome!
All are welcome to respectfully and compassionately join us in our traditional Soto Zen memorial service - in support of our fellow bereaved Sangha members and for all beings.
Memorial Services for our Departed Friends & Family
Saturday, September 12th at 10am
Join us for Visiting Teacher Dawn Neal, speaking on early Buddhist teachings from the Pāli Canon.
Ancient Buddhist Teachings on Racism and Responding to Social Strife – A Dharma Talk by Dawn Neal
AZC member Rich Graf has kept up his practice of arranging flowers for AZC altars: Read about it here.
Flowers of Compassion
Saturday, September 26th from 5-6pm
Join us for this auspicious ceremony celebrating 4 of our sangha members receiving lay-ordination.
Bodhisattva Initiation Ceremony (Zaike Tokudo)
AZC's 100 year old building, grounds, & repairs is an ongoing project. Here's where we are in our stewardship of the treasure that is our temple. We are currently looking for volunteers to help with watering our heat-fatigued plants!
AZC Building and Grounds: Repairs & Maintenance Updates
Join fellow AZC sangha members in this 3-part Tuesday evening (6-8pm) series from September 1-15th, hosted by the Houston Zen Center.
Fundraising for Buddhists – From Hesitance to Confidence!
Some simple practices for taking great care during a time of COVID19.
Living with Great Care for Fellow Beings
Starting September 14th
Join Lea Seigen Shinraku in an 8 Week Self-Compassion training through SF Center for Self-Compassion.
Kinder Inside – 8 week Self-Compassion Training with Lea Seigen Shinraku
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
We are looking into ways to make giving and receiving to one another simple and straightforward in the weeks and months to come.
About AZC’s Emergency Relief Fund
Send in a photo of your home altar and/or a few words about your home practice during the pandemic - to be featured in our next newsletter!
Our Zendo Away From Zendo
Keep in touch with Rev. Koji Dreher (now in Minneapolis) through his recently created website.
Staying in Touch: A Letter from Koji
Thoughts on a Pastime as Practice
Read about AZC member Nick Salome's practice with Sculpture
Sculpture As Practice, by Nick Salome
Read a few words from visiting teacher & Branching Streams liaison Tova Green
Sangha photo from AZC’s last day, and words from Tova Green
An Appeal to help keep Cuke Archives Thriving A Message from David Chadwick Back in 1966, at the age of 21, I rang the bell of…
Support the Shunryu Suzuki Cuke Archives
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
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
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
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!
October 30, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm ALL ARE WELCOME to join us for this year’s Sejiki Celebration,…
Sejiki Ceremony & Reception
October 9th - December 13th
Please note form changes for our Fall Practice Period.
Practice Period Form Changes
Going to to Tassajara for the first time, I really didn’t know what to expect.
Into the Valley of Stillness, by Nick Salome
Monday, September 16th from 7-9:30pm
This is an opportunity for People of Color (POC) to gather and investigate together as individuals and collectives our relationship to race in this particular American moment.
People of Color (POC) Gathering at AZC
AZC has appointed 2 Ombudsfolk to act as an impartial and independent resources in cases of potential maladministration: Charles Ball & Shuken Robert McCarthy
AZC Ombudsperson Positions Filled
Read Tim Kroll's 8/10 Statesman article
As part of the "Doing Good Together" series by Interfaith Action of Central Texas
The Experience of Silence by Tim Kroll
Wednesday, February 26th @ 6:45-8:15 pm
Join us for a Visioning Community Council meeting ahead of our Annual Membership brunch.
AZC Visioning Community Council Meeting
Providing a peaceful haven for practice is a vital task that the leadership and sangha perform as our collective mission for all beings. Over the past two and a half years the board, the leadership, and members of our sangha set out...
Midyear Message from the Board of Directors
Sat, August 3rd @ 1:00 - 4:00pm
Join us for a Dharma Talk (10:15am) and Workshop with Zoketsu Norman Fischer.
The World Could be Otherwise – Zoketsu Norman Fischer
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