Notices

AZG is offering an online Sesshin commencing on the evening of Thursday 7 July to mid-morning on Tuesday 12 July. The teachers will be Allan Marett Roshi, with Steve Wigg and Peter Bursky as apprentice teachers.

The Sesshin will include early risings settling into a routine of zazen and walking meditation across the day and into the evening, interspersed with periods of rest and work supported by regular contact with a teacher in private interview and Dharma talks. This format provides an unique opportunity to deepen our practice and to get in close contact with, to become aware of, more familiar with our innermost true being. 

Both part-time and full-time participation will be available, so even if you have commitments preventing you from attending full-time, you could attend early morning and evening blocks as well as during the weekend. As much or as little as you can manage.

Application forms have been sent out by email – if you haven’t received one and would like one, please get in touch at azg@azg.org.au.

The AZG Autumn Sesshin will run over the Easter Weekend, from 14-20 April.

So, there will be no practice at Hutt St (or on Zoom) next Thursday 14 April.
Also, there’s no in-person sitting at Hutt Street on Sunday 17 April.

We will return to our regular program on Thursday 21 April.

However, we are still meeting in person and via Zoom at Hutt St. tomorrow
night Thursday 7 April starting at 7:30pm. Please join us!

3rd January, 2022

What a beginning to 2022.

Adelaide Zen Group was planning to begin in-person sitting this Thursday, the 6^th of January.

But… with the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in South Australia, and the ongoing uncertainty about case numbers and community spread, AZG will not sit in-person, but will meet online on Thursday night and Sunday morning through to the end of January.

At the end of January, we’ll reassess the situation based on the information that’s available to us at the time. At that point, we’ll let you know how we will continue sitting in February and beyond.

This, of course, is not the way we would have liked to begin 2022. On the other hand, it’s an opportunity for us to sit together online and to make AZG available to those of us who can’t be with us in person for whatever reason.

How to Sit Online With Us In January

Thursday night sitting will begin at 7PM Adelaide time (NOT the usual 730PM for in-person sitting)

Sunday morning sitting will begin at 9am Adelaide time

All our sittings will take place on Zoom.

If you are already on the AZG mailing list, an email with the link and more details will go out to you in the coming days. Also, please check the Calendar for any other updates.

If you’re not on the list and would like to join us online, or if you have any questions about the plans for the future, please contact us and we’ll keep you updated.

Thanks for your ongoing support. We look forward to seeing you in ways that are available to us as we move through January.

Congratulations to Steve Wigg, who is taking the big step into an Apprentice Teacher role with the Adelaide Zen Group.

Steve, who took jukai with Robert Joyner Roshi, has been a longstanding member of the group and on top of his intense years of dharma training has served in almost every role the group has to offer, and has also organised many AZG in-person retreats and hosted weekend intensives at his house with its beautiful garden and lotus pond. Steve has also been serving as President of the group, and will step aside from that role to focus on his teacher training.

We’re looking forward to meeting Steve in dokusan and experiencing his own personal flavour of the dharma. Congrats Steve!

(Post: Wed, 25/8/2021)

A note that there’ll be no sitting at Hutt Street this Sunday, 29th of August. The AZG weekend Intensive, which was delayed due to lockdown and restrictions, has been rescheduled to this weekend.

See you all again next Sunday, the 5th of September

On Sunday August 15, Craig Behenna will lead a training session for the Jiki leadership role. If you’ve wondering how to get more involved in the zen group and what a leadership role involves, this is a perfect way to dip your toe into the waters.

If you’re interested in learning how the role works, if you’re curious about how the sound of the bell and the role of timekeeping can help your own practice and also help those around you, please join us! Training will at 11am after Sunday sitting and will last around 1 hour.

We’re back! We’re now sitting again on Sunday mornings (9am-11am) and Thursday evenings (7:30pm-9:30pm).

Please wear a mask when you attend. Checkin QR codes and paper sign-in options are available. We’re also following SA state government guidelines re the number of people in the zendo at any one time. These numbers will very a bit as conditions change. If you have any questions, please contact us and we’ll be in touch.

Dear friends,

You may have heard that South Australia has gone into Stage 5 restrictions for seven days from 6pm on July 20, 2021.

This means there’ll be no sitting at Hutt Street on Thursday 22/7 or on Sunday 25/7. If you’re on our mailing list, you should have had an email to confirm this.

We hope things return to some sort of normal after our week of isolation. At this stage plans remain in place for our in-person weekend intensive at the end of the month, but we’ll be in touch once we get through this seven days. Watch this space and keep an eye on your emails for further info.

Please stay safe and we look forward to seeing you all soon.

Welcome to the first post of the AZG blog!

If you’re involved with the Adelaide Zen Group, if you’re interested in what we do, or if you’re just curious about Zen and want to know more, check back here regularly for updates and articles about the AZG and what we’re up to.

On the blog, we’ll feature:

• Encouraging words from our teachers
• Updates on events
• Info about our regular weekend intensives and sesshins (longer retreats)
• Important updates from the AZG committee
• Other things we’re finding interesting in the group and the wider world of Zen practice

The blog is an evolving project, so stay tuned – and let us know what you’d like to hear about.

Gassho

Craig Behenna