Austin Zen Center

Affirmation of Welcome:

Walking the path of liberation, we express our intimate connection with all beings.

The Austin Zen Center community offers a haven of peace and harmony in which to engage in the arduous task of self-discovery through Zen practice. Welcoming diversity, the practice of zazen is available to people of every race, religion, nationality, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical ability.

May all beings realize their true nature.

Weekly Schedule:

Weekday Mornings (Mon-Fri)

6:00am – Zazen (seated meditation)
6:35am – Kinhin (walking meditation)
6:45am – Zazen
7:20am – Service
7:35am – Soji (temple cleaning)
7:50am – Morning program ends

Weekday Evenings (Mon-Thu)

(Many come to zazen after work; it's OK to enter the zendo whenever you can get here.)

5:40pm – Zazen
6:20pm – Service
6:30pm – Evening program ends

(Note: You may depart before service begins.)

Saturday Beginner's Instruction

9:15am – Beginners' Program (across street at 702 W. 31st St.)
10:20am – Join regular schedule (see below)

Saturday Morning Program

8:15am – Zazen
8:50am – Kinhin
9:00am – Zazen
9:40am – Service
9:55am – Soji (temple cleaning)
10:30am – Dharma Talk
11:15am – Announcements, tea and snacks

*Childcare offered on the first Saturday of each month from 9am – 11:30am. Sign up here for 8/7/10.

Affiliated groups meeting at Austin Zen Center

Dharma Punx: Sundays, 11am–12:30pm
Meditation and Recovery: Sundays, 6–7:00pm
Natural Wisdom & Compassion Meditation, with Betty Holmes: Mondays, 6:45–7:45pm
Yoga, with Sebastian Bentkowski: Thursdays, 4:45–5:30pm (at 702 W. 31st)