Schedule

Weekly Practice Sessions:

These sessions are for students who practice regularly at QZC and include Sutra chanting, Zazen & Koan interviews. Students are expected to arrive early to help set up, and to be on their cushion 10 minutes before each practice session begins.  Please see the information page and contact us if you would like to attend.

Introduction to Zen Training:

These Dharma Talks by Zen Master Senshin are for new and experienced students wishing to deepen in their practice and/or familiarise themselves with the training offered at the Queensland Zen Centre.  A period of zazen and sutra chanting follows each talk. Should questions regarding ones practice arise, time is allocated at the end of each session.

Registration is essential so that Covid-related instructions and other information can be provided. Please see the information page for more details, and contact us if you would like to attend.

Retreats:

Please see our retreat page for information about retreats with QZC and upcoming retreat dates.

August 2021:

Weekly practice sessions:

• Sunday 15th and 29th August, 9am to 12 noon
  

One day Retreat:

• Sunday 22nd August, 8.30am to 4.30pm
  

Special events:

Kishitigarbha Ceremony

• Sunday 8th August, 9am to 12 noon
• Our tradition honors those who have passed in a yearly ceremony. For those wishing to commemorate the lives of their loved ones, please bring pictures, food and drink, or any other  item that can be placed on the altar as together, we recite The Bodhisattva Kishitigarbha Sutra. In Buddhism, the Bodhisattva Kishitigarbha is revered as the protector of children and the dead. In Zen, the reading is a way of actualising our inherent connection and continuing relationship with all beings, whether dead or alive.   
  
• Given the profound and on-going impact of Covid-19, in every single beings' life, we make this offering to clear our mind and to support all who are struggling.