GOOLWA SESSHIN 2022: SITTING WITH COUNTRY

The AZG held our first in-person sesshin since 2019 at Goolwa Beach from April 14-20. Allan Marett Roshi led the sesshin and was joined by apprentice teacher Steve Wigg, who gave his first sesshin Dharma talks during the retreat.

“Sesshin” literally means Se = to touch, to get in close contact, Shin = our heart-spirit (our original, true being). This Autumn we took this practice literally in many ways. Our zendo was generously provided by AZG member Rogier Voorhoeve in a space designed and built by him and his son. Rogier’s commitment to sustainability led him to use the earth from foundations of the house and repurpose it as the floor of the home. This meant we were touching the earth every time we sat together. We’re very grateful to Rogier for giving us the chance to sit together in this space!

This autumn also saw the group welcomed to country in a ceremony held by Ngarrindjeri and Narungga artist and elder Cedric Varcoe. Cedric’s ceremony was an important marker for the group as a welcome to country and as a reminder that deep traditions permeate the land we sit and walk upon.

We were moved by Cedric’s stories and ideas about the importance of connection to country, which made many of us consider our own practice differently during our week. Cedric’s words and ways of welcoming us influenced our commitment to being present on the ancient ground on which we sat and taking care with each moment and each step as a mark of respect for the country in which we were guests.

The sesshin was a great success and a deep time of practice and reflection. Our accommodation was an unusually long walk from our zendo so the walk back for meals became a practice of its own as the week continued (and hopping into one of the cars became an equally important practice at other times!). As well as the chance to sit together as COVID restrictions lifted, we had the rare opportunity to sit with three teachers in the room as we were joined by apprentice teacher Imelda Carlson, who brought great presence and provided a lot of help in the running of the sesshin.

We’d like to thank Allan Marett for his teachings and Dharma talks which delved deep into his ongoing work on the Book of Serenity. And also congratulations to Steve Wigg who delved deep into his personal experience of the dharma for his talks. Thanks also to the AZG committee for all their work to make this sesshin happen, especially David Edwards and Jak Baddams. Jak also offered some words about his sesshin experience:

A warm and busy sesshin, long walks to a very beautiful zendo lacking in the ageing vinyl and corduroy furniture we have grown to love. Uncle Ced gave us a blessing that could be heard all the way to the bottom of the ocean’s roar
There were kangaroos watching the whole time, I like to think.

March 2022: What’s Happening at AZG

First of all: There’ll be no sitting on Sunday 6th of March due to the AZG online intensive.

Second:

In-Person Sitting Returns at Hutt Street from Thursday evening 10 March and continue every Thursday evening and Sunday morning from that time on. 

Some things to know:

Thursday night sitting will start in-person at 730PM. Sundays will continue to start at 9AM.

We will be following SA Govt COVID Safe Guidelines including; wearing a mask, no group chanting and maintaining safe distancing. 

In addition, we will continue to require proof of vaccination (at least 2 doses). If you have not yet provided evidence OR have received a booster shot please contact us as soon as possible.

Proof of vaccination can also be presented when you attend at Hutt St. 

If you have any questions or issues, please email us and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

We’ve enjoyed the chance to step into the world of online sitting and we’re looking for ways to continue to offer in in the future. Stay tuned for more information.

Myvanwy Williamson and Alexander Cox take Jukai with Allan Marett Roshi in a hybrid ceremony in person and online, supported by Rev. Neti Mushin and Twining Vines Zendo.

Myvanwy Williamson and Alexander Cox took Jukai with AZG teacher Allan Marett in a special, and so far as we know, unique ceremony.

Originally, Allan had planned to travel to Canberra, where Alex and Myvanwy live, to conduct the ceremony at the Twining Vines Zendo. As COVID continued, a different plan was hatched. Allan attended the ceremony via Zoom and officiated as Alex and Myvanwy took the precepts at Twining vines with Reverend Neti Mushin, a Soto Zen priest and Diamond Sangha teacher, officiating in person.

Jukai is a wonderful way to commit to the path of practicing Zen and an opportunity to reflect on what the practice means and how to express it in our vows and our lives. This was a particularly special expression as family, friends and other sangha members joined from across Australia and the world.

Alex and Myvanwy kindly agreed to allow their vows to be published. Congratulations to you both!

Jukai Vows: Myvanwy Williamson

The Three Refuges

I take Refuge in the Buddha

I take refuge in the Buddha’s awakening and in the all-pervading Buddha nature. I vow to cultivate the clarity to see that these are not separate, and to perceive the complete coming forth of all things.

I take Refuge in the Dharma

I take refuge in the Dharma as teaching and the fullness of the many dharmas that arise and fall. I vow to cultivate the humility to accept and live these completely.

I take Refuge in the Sangha

I take refuge in the Sangha of all Beings. I vow to cultivate the openness and trust to let go into the arms of the Sangha. Although I do not go for Dokusan with the magpies they are still my teachers. Although there are places that I cannot go there is nowhere I am not home.

The Three Pure Precepts

I vow to keep all precepts.

Each precept contains the others. I vow to practice skilfully and embody the precepts in every moment. 

I vow to practice all good Dharma.

The Buddha way is always present. I vow to cultivate the Buddha way in every moment and practice all good Dharma through any hardships. 

I vow to save the many beings.

The many beings are already saved and yet suffering continues. I vow to save the many beings through my practice and through my actions in the world.

The Ten Grave Precepts

I take up the way of Not Killing

Although there is fundamentally no birth or death, birth and death come forth fully in each moment without hindrance, gain or loss. I vow to cultivate the compassion to honour life and death in every form.

I take up the way of Not Stealing

There is no one who owns and nothing to own and yet taking what is not given causes harm. I vow to cultivate the generosity to give freely and not cling to ideas of self and ownership.

I take up the way of Not Misusing Sex

Sensuality arises as naturally as the blossoms in spring, and yet its misuse can destroy lives. I vow to honour the integrity of every being and their interconnectivity.  

I take up the way of Not Speaking Falsely

The fundamental truth cannot be explained and yet communication is essential for human life. I vow to cultivate authenticity in all speech and conduct.

I take up the way of Not Giving or Taking Drugs

Drugs themselves are neither wholesome nor unwholesome but they become wholesome when used as medicine, and unwholesome when used as intoxicants. Although the Way is always present, the unwholesome use of drugs obscures that fact. I vow to practice skilfully to only give and take drugs when it is wholesome.

I take up the way of Not Discussing the Faults of Others

Judging another is comparison which hardens the heart and obfuscates one’s true nature. I vow to speak in a compassionate way that does not create division between self and other.  

I take up the way of Not Praising Myself While Abusing Others

To hold oneself up against another is what creates both self and other. I vow to recognise the illusory nature of difference, that each of us is not better, not worse, always coming forth completely without hindrance.  

I take up the way of Not Sparing the Dharma Assets

Not sparing the Dharma assets is to give and receive without hesitation or obstruction. I vow to not let dualistic thinking obstruct the original Dharma sharing that has been here from the beginning, so I do not put myself in the way of what would otherwise flow freely.

I take up the way of Not Indulging in Anger

Clinging to anger perpetuates one’s suffering and transmits it to others. I vow to cultivate the spaciousness to recognise anger as a teacher and allow it to soften and reveal the deep caring that lays beneath it

I take up the way of Not Defaming the Three Treasures

Not defaming the three treasures is to polish them in everyday life. To polish the Three Treasures is to take refuge in them and sincerely practice the Way. I vow to practice sincerely and honour the Three Treasures in all their manifestations.

Jukai Vows: Alexander Cox

The Three Refuges:

I take refuge in the Buddha. Buddhanature pervades the whole universe, but it can seem hidden until we wake up from our dream. I vow to take refuge in this awakening, and to the peace that this brings to the world.

I take refuge in the Dharma. The truth cannot be expressed in words or contained in thoughts, and yet when I hear the teachings I see that they are a true guide to living. I vow to take refuge in this truth, and to share it with others.

I take refuge in the Sangha. Nobody can wake up for me, and yet my practice would not be possible without the support of my many companions along the way. I vow to take refuge in the support of the community, our ancestors, birds, stones and rubbish trucks.

The Three Pure Precepts:

I vow to keep all precepts. Life is full of opportunities to indulge in the unwholesome, which harms my practice and promotes disharmony in the community. I vow to practice the precepts, so that I can steadily keep to the path.

I vow to practice all good Dharma. Life is full of opportunities to practice the wholesome and promote harmony in the community. I vow to practice good Dharma, so that the Buddha Way can spread far and wide.

I vow to save the many beings. Innumerable beings suffer in endless cycles of delusion. I vow to liberate the many beings, so that we may all be at ease in life and death.

The Ten Grave Precepts:

  1. I take up the way of not killing. There is fundamentally no self that can kill or die, yet all beings suffer and fear death. I vow to protect life and act compassionately towards all beings.
  2. I take up the way of not stealing. In the ultimate sense nobody owns anything and nothing is owned, yet we suffer when we are deprived of what we consider ours. I vow to take only what is given, and only as much as I need.
  3. I take up the way of not misusing sex. There is not a single object in the whole universe, yet when we treat beings as separate from us, they suffer. I vow to treat all beings with kindness and respect and to refrain from harmful sexual behaviour.
  4. I take up the way of not speaking falsely. The absolute truth can never be obscured, yet when I deceive another it breeds distrust and bolsters ego.­­ I vow to speak from my deepest truth in a skilful and compassionate way.
  5. I take up the way of not giving or taking drugs. My original nature is always clear and unobstructed, yet when I cloud myself with intoxicants it only furthers suffering. I vow to not intoxicate myself or others with drink, drugs or avoidant behaviours.
  6. I take up the way of not discussing the faults of others. Stories are fundamentally insubstantial, yet gossiping and labelling limit possibilities and construct self. I vow not to tell the tales that hold us back.
  7. I take up the way of not praising myself while abusing others. Nothing ever truly separates us, but arrogance and comparisons create illusions of self and other. I vow to not indulge in attitudes of better or worse, while also honouring our uniqueness.
  8. I take up the way of not sparing the dharma assets. The world is full and complete as it is, and yet when I am stingy others are deprived of the opportunity to practice. I vow to practice generosity continuously so that we may all realise the Buddha way.
  9. I take up the way of not indulging in anger. Anger is a natural part of being human, yet left unchecked it causes hurt and fear. I vow to practice vulnerability and wisdom, so that defensiveness does not obstruct the true Dharma.
  10. I take up the way of not defaming the three treasures. Buddhanature is not subject to defamation or praise, yet unwise words might discourage my brothers and sisters from engaging in the way. I vow to live from the three treasures so that others might experience peace in their lives.

COMING UP AT AZG: Full Moon Ceremony & our ONLINE MARCH INTENSIVE

Photo: Nathan Anderson.

But first: Please check for our new email address!

If you’re on our email list, all emails will now be coming to you from azg@azg.org.au, rather than from individual committee members. We’ve also found that some emails have gone to people’s spam/junk mail folders. If that’s happened to you, please add us to your primary inbox or mark our emails as ‘not spam’.

There’s a lot happening through the Adelaide Zen Group in the next couple of months. Here’s a roundup of ways you can join us and practice with us, both online and (hopefully soon) in person in the coming weeks:

Thursday 17th of February marks an online Full Moon ceremony with Allan Marett Roshi.

In the full moon ceremony, we’ll sit together and then have a group discussion, taking one of the precepts as our subject. This is a great way to both practice with the group and take a first look at other aspects of Buddhist practice, ways we can bring our practice with us off the cushion and into our lives every day.

The AZG Weekend Intensive (Online): this year, the Summer/Autumn Intensive will be held online for the first time, on Saturday the 5th – Sunday the 6th of March. This is two day of intensive practice between 9AM and 5PM Adelaide time. As well as an opportunity to take some extended time for practice, the intensive will be led by apprentice teachers Imelda Carson and Steve Wigg.

If you’ve been sitting with the group and would like to try a longer period of practice without committing to a full retreat of several days, an intensive is an ideal place to start. You can come for the full two days, one day, or blocks of half days.

And, while we’re sitting online this time around for COVID safety reasons, it’s also a chance for people who wouldn’t normally be able to be with us in person to join us from wherever you are.

If you’re on the AZG mailing list, check your recent emails – and fill in the online application form to reserve your space. If you’re not on the list, or have questions, please contact us to stay up to date on our events.

Please Stay in Touch

Again, if there’s anything you’d like to ask about, or if you’re just curious about joining us and finding out what Zen meditation is about, please contact us. We’d love to have you along to a session and we’ll arrange for an experienced member of the AZG to show you the basics of meditation.

Thank You For Being With Us in 2021

Photo: Chris Liverani.

Thank you to everyone who has joined us in person and online from Adelaide, around Australia and across the world.

This challenging time has reminded us of the importance of our zazen practice. It’s also reminded us that zazen is only one part of the path, and that the connections we make in our community are just as important. We show each other how our practice affects not just us but those around us. Thanks to everyone who has been part of the group; whether setting up the zendo, helping to organise sesshin and intensives, being part of the committee, or joining us for a coffee after practice, you help us and the practice enormously.

The AZG plans to be back in person on Thursday the 6th of January at 7:30PM at Hutt Street.

Have a safe and regenerating break. We look forward to seeing you in 2022!

An Update On the AZG COVID Safety Plan from the AZG Committee

Monday, 22nd of November, 2021

Dear Sangha
South Australian borders open this week after a long period of closures and restrictions due to COVID-19. These changes lead us to ask questions about how best to proceed as a group.

As a sangha, we are interdependent upon each other to maintain dharma practice, and the environment for our ongoing safety and wellbeing. We believe that vaccination has a key role to play in this, both as individuals and as a group.

At this stage, from Tuesday the 23rd of November, sitting in person with AZG will be open to people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

For those who are not vaccinated or preferring not to attend in person events, we are establishing a regular online sitting practice. We’ve had great success stepping into the world of online sangha in the last eighteen months and look forward to offering this option to you on a regular basis. We will update you soon on details.

If you have a medical exemption from the vaccine, please contact us.

To help us with this policy, we ask that you send evidence of your vaccination status to Jak Baddams at jak.baddams@gmail.com or Ros Schmidtke at ros.schmidtke91@gmail.com.  Questions and concerns can also be raised with Jak and Ros as the welfare officers.

It’s also possible for you to bring evidence of vaccination to the Hutt Street Zendo instead of emailing, as any zendo leader can cite your evidence, and you will only need to show us once. Please arrive ten minutes early so we can confirm your status and be able to start on time. If you are still setting up your myGov record, the post vaccine paper record is fine to bring.

We have a QR code in place for checking in, and hand sanitizer is provided. We’ll continue to ask our sangha to wear masks while in the zendo for the foreseeable future, and we’ll update the sangha of our ongoing precautions as the SA COVID situation develops.

Also, we ask that if you have any presenting cold or flu symptoms to please stay home and practice with us online until you are well.

We look forward to sitting with you when we see you next.

Adelaide Zen Group Committee

Congratulations Matt Williams on his Jukai ceremony!

On Sunday, 14th of November, AZG held a jukai ceremony for Matt Williams who accepted precepts with Bob Joyner Roshi. This ceremony marks Matt’s ongoing deepening into the practice of working with the precepts with Bob as his guiding teacher, and making a public declaration to the sangha that this journey is an ongoing part of his life and practice.

Matt has kindly let us share his personal vows, a personal response to the precepts that he has developed over several months through deep inner consultation with himself and with his teacher. Congratulations Matt!

If you’re interesting in knowing more about the precepts and understanding Jukai, why not try this article from Lion’s Roar.

Also, if you’d like a taste of how to work with the precepts in person, this coming Thursday, 18 November, evening Zazen at Hutt Street will comprise a Full Moon Precept ceremony led by Allan Marett. We will be taking up the precept of Not Discussing Faults of Others. Please join us!

MATT WILLIAMS: JUKAI VOWS

THREE VOWS OF REFUGE.

I take refuge in the Buddha.

The Buddha lead the way and showed that for all beings, realisation is possible. The Buddha’s example encourages me to keep working at my practice.

I take refuge in the Dharma.

The Buddha’s teaching highlights the path so that when I struggle to see it, the teachings show me the way, in this I take refuge and strength.

I take refuge in the Sangha.

The Sangha as a group of people on the same path provides encouragement and support to me when things are hard.  Without a strong support any building finds it harder to stand, likewise without the sangha to support, my practice becomes harder and shakier.

THE THREE PURE PRECEPTS.

I vow to maintain the precepts.

The precepts guide us and provide the signposts for our journey, they outline a way to behave and act that helps us with our practice and to actualise our buddha nature.

I vow to practice all good Dharmas.

Practicing good Dharmas is not separate from maintaining the precepts and helps us saving the many beings, it is through our words and actions that we express buddha nature to the world and help others to realise it also.

I vow to save the many beings.

I save them all by including, nothing left out.  When I fall back into concepts and ideas, I leave things out and cause separation.   By practicing on my cushion and letting go of concepts and ideas I include all beings. 

THE TEN GRAVE PRECEPTS.

I take up the way of NOT KILLING.

Killing has many forms it’s not just physical killing. 

To stop or hinder someone’s journey in search of empty oneness, which could be through physical death, or it could take a myriad of other forms. To express the truth that there is no separation between you and I we should support and nurture all beings.

I take up the way of NOT STEALING.

Stealing encourages the belief that self and object are separate, and supports the ego centric mindset.  By being generous with the dharma assets we support all beings. 

I take up the way of NOT MISUSING SEX.

This body (all bodies) is none other than a complete presentation of the whole – it should be honoured and respected as such. Misusing sex is not separate from stealing or killing, it is simply another form of perpetuating concepts and ideas, and not promoting realisation.

I take up the way of NOT SPEAKING FALSELY.

To use lies enhances the perception that you are in here and I am out there.  It reinforces the separation that self and other are different and encourages ideas and concepts.

I take up the way of NOT GIVING OR TAKING DRUGS.

An occasional drink is pleasant but escaping to either it or drugs separates us from realisation and enforces concepts and ideas.  To misuse alcohol or drugs is no other than stealing and killing.

I take up the way of NOT DISCUSSING FAULTS OF OTHERS.

All things, and all phenomena are an expression of empty oneness.  To see faults and errors is to fall into concepts and ideas separating ourselves and others.

I take up the way of NOT PRAISING MYSELF WHILST ABUSING OTHERS.

All beings are to be valued and supported, to praise oneself or speak ill of others reinforces the separation and delusion that we strive to see through on our cushions.

I take up the way of NOT SPARING THE DHARMA ASSETS.

All things arise in the moment, nothing is mine, there is no me or other, hanging onto the delusion that I can amass wealth just helps to enforce concepts and ideas, nothing is mine so what is to not give freely.  In doing so we also help others awaken to the truth.

I take up the way of NOT INDULGING IN ANGER.

Anger arises, let it rise but do not hang on it, in doing so we separate ourselves and fall back into delusion, stealing from ourselves and others the opportunity to see the reality just as it is expressed in the moment.

I take up the way of NOT DEFAMING THE THREE TREASURES.

Our Sangha is a key support and one that needs to be treasured.  A group of likeminded people to help us in our practice is something to be valued and nurtured, talking negatively of the sangha encourages and breeds mistrust and will not help to nurture and support our practice or the practice of others. The Buddha showed us the way and the Dharma is our guide if we defile them we help separate ourselves from them and breed delusion.

Reflections on Sesshin by David Edwards

No mud, no lotus.

Sesshin is a core practice of Zen schools across the world and is offered twice per year by the Adelaide Zen Group (along with 3-4 shorter weekend intensives). Sesshin has been described in various ways including; the essence of Zen practice, an opportunity to collect one’s heart and/or mind, a vehicle to drive a life of peace and comfort, a powerful tool for spiritual transformation and even a gruelling “meditation marathon”. Most people find sesshin a rewarding, as well as challenging, part of their practice.

In early October 13 people who practice with the Adelaide Zen Group gathered at beautiful Goolwa Beach for up to 7 days of practice. The group’s initial work is to create the unique sesshin container: creating an atmosphere of support for each others’ practice. This includes a commitment to no talking or eye contact. This allows our attention to turn inward, away from the world’s distractions, in fierce but compassionate scrutiny of the fiction that is the self. Sesshin provides a rare opportunity to practice this difficult work.

The days become a flow of zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation, including two longer walks each day one along Goolwa beach), chanting, teisho (formal Zen talks given by a teacher), Encouragement talks, and dokusan (private interviews with a teacher). Each participant has several opportunities a day for Dokusan.

Part of the power of sesshin comes from the personal instruction given during these meetings. The intensity of sesshin comes from the potent combination of zazen, silence and frequent Dokusan. The schedule also includes a brief period of daily work practice, rest periods and three vegetarian meals a day but mostly it’s about zazen with around eight hours out of each day, beginning with wake up at 4:45am and ending with lights out at 9:00pm. There is virtually no free time except for breaks after the meals. When the body is perfectly still and the senses have nothing to play with, the mind’s activity is the only show in town.

Experiences that might arise during sesshin include seemingly prolonged periods of frustration, fruitless striving, sleepiness and dullness, boredom, profound stillness and peace, exquisite appreciation for just-this-moment, tremendous aversion to just-this-moment, deeper concentration than is usually possible outside of sesshin, and periods of having to endure compulsive thought patterns that repeat endlessly like broken records. There can be periods of great physical or emotional discomfort or pain, and periods when we settle so completely that this pain is transcended.

What keeps us coming back to sesshin, despite the sometimes gruelling nature of it? It’s not the moments that are peaceful and pleasant, although those are very nice. It’s the overall effect on our Zen practice and our life. Spending a week in sesshin is like spending time in graduate school, or in an intensive training course, the subject matter being your own mind. You may learn a great deal studying in your spare time, but nothing compares to setting aside the time and energy to delve as deeply into a subject as you possibly can.

David Edwards is a member of the Adelaide Zen Group and a frequent leader at our regular sittings. If you’d like to join us to learn more about Zen and meditation practice, please come and sit with us.

March 2021 Newsletter

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