2024 AZC Annual Membership Meeting & Brunch
All are welcome to join us for our Annual Membership Meeting & Brunch following Buddha’s Birthday Ceremony
At AZC, all people of every race, religion, nationality, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical ability are welcome to practice with the community. Practicing inclusivity and welcoming diversity is a foundation of the Dharma, and a path to alleviating the suffering of everyone. May all beings realize their true nature.
As an expression of our commitment to offer a place of refuge and trust, firearms and other weapons are excluded from our grounds and buildings.
Questions about our offerings may be directed to our Temple Administrator
All are welcome to join us for our Annual Membership Meeting & Brunch following Buddha’s Birthday Ceremony
Join us in offering incense and bathing the baby Buddha with sweet tea in his flower pagoda. We will share cake after the ceremony, too.
Next Step is a 1½ hour class for those who have attended Beginners’ Instruction and have been introduced to our formal chanting and bowing and would like to deepen their understanding of Zendo forms.
Join us for a Dharma Talk by Rev. Daigan Gaither, a part of our regular Saturday morning program.
In this workshop, co-led by Revs. Gathier and Antonaccio, we will explore our vow in the context of responsible, healing, and healthy sexual choices.
Queer Dharma is a group for anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+. We aim to meet monthly. Join us!
We meet at 5:30 pm. All who identify as women are welcome, regardless of spiritual path.
Join us for our Beginners’ Meditation Instruction in person at AZC
Join us in chanting for the well-being of loved ones and those in need, following Wed evening zazen.
Join us for our regularly scheduled offerings of zazen, now online! Click on the Zoom links within to enter.
Getting together in-person for caring for our garden & grounds is one of the few ways we can practice together body to body!
The Austin Zen Center partners with the Trinity United Methodist Church to collect non-perishable food to be distributed to those in need.
Join the Dharma Discussion Group for weekly book discussions every Monday at 7pm.
All are welcome to join the AZC Sangha in our online zendo. Please observe the following guidelines to help create a warm and harmonious space.
Austin Zen Center now has a live chat server for Sangha members. Sign up here!
There are many ways to participate in the AZC community, from ceremonial roles to helping in the communal garden.
AZC is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Any amount you wish to donate will be deeply appreciated.
Make a commitment to Zen practice by making a payment towards your membership or becoming a member of the AZC community.
We acknowledge that we practice on Indigenous land. We acknowledge and pay respects to the Carrizo & Comecrudo, Coahuiltecan, Caddo, Tonkawa, Comanche, Lipan Apache, Alabama-Coushatta, Kickapoo, Tigua Pueblo, and all the American Indian and Indigenous Peoples and communities who have been or have become a part of these lands and territories in Texas.