About us:
Founded in 1989 by the late Zen Master Seung Sahn, internationally renowned Grand Master of the Kwan Um School of Zen, the Queensland Zen Centre (QZC) is a Brisbane-based group of practitioners dedicated to the practice of awakening. Zen Master Seung Sahn named the QZC Dae Kwang Sa, or Great Light Temple.
Since 1996 our Guiding Teacher, Zen Master Senshin, has overseen all aspects of our group’s training including the teaching of the meditation practices of sitting, walking, chanting, and kong-an study. In addition to weekly practice sessions, which offer an introduction for new students as well as practice opportunities for regular students, Zen Master Senshin leads monthly retreats. During retreats, Zen Master Senshin offers dharma talks and individual interviews for those wishing to deepen in their understanding. Please see our schedule and retreat pages for more information.
The QZC is a non-profit religious organisation, which relies on the generosity of members and friends for support. Regular practitioners are encouraged to consider making a contribution towards costs and/or membership as an active way of supporting, while being supported by, the QZC.
Both new and experienced practitioners are welcome. Our information page provides information new students will need to know before attending a session for the first time. For all students new to QZC, additional information will be provided when you contact us.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Since 1996 our Guiding Teacher, Zen Master Senshin, has overseen all aspects of our group’s training including the teaching of the meditation practices of sitting, walking, chanting, and kong-an study. In addition to weekly practice sessions, which offer an introduction for new students as well as practice opportunities for regular students, Zen Master Senshin leads monthly retreats. During retreats, Zen Master Senshin offers dharma talks and individual interviews for those wishing to deepen in their understanding. Please see our schedule and retreat pages for more information.
The QZC is a non-profit religious organisation, which relies on the generosity of members and friends for support. Regular practitioners are encouraged to consider making a contribution towards costs and/or membership as an active way of supporting, while being supported by, the QZC.
Both new and experienced practitioners are welcome. Our information page provides information new students will need to know before attending a session for the first time. For all students new to QZC, additional information will be provided when you contact us.
We look forward to hearing from you.
What's on:
November at QZC:
Full details of our schedule for November can now be found on the calendar page. There will be a working bee at Samadhi House on Saturday 17 November from 9-11am - volunteers much appreciated! We'll be working around the house and garden, getting things in order ahead of summer. If you're able to help, please let us know via the QZC email - thank you! |
"We are all caught and attached to our physical body and its emotions. In fact, it is only about how we act, express, move, function and manifest. It is not just believing in these things. It is to awaken to wisdom and then with that wisdom, to use it, to manifest it, to function from it. That is the Dharma." Shodo Harada Roshi |