Dojo Schedule
St Paul's Hall 6.30pm - 8:30pm
July 2025​​
Tuesday 1st
Telephone dokusan
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Thursday 3rd
Zazen and Training in Compassion
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Sunday 6th
Sit on Country
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Thursday 10th
Zazen​​​
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Sunday 13th
Walking meditation
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Thursday 17th
Zazen​
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Sunday 20th
Online dokusan
Council meeting​
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Thursday 24th
Zazen​
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Sunday 27th
ZGWA AGM
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Thursday 31st
Zazen​ and Precepts Sharing
​Sit On Country
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Our monthly 'Sit on Country' will be on Sunday 6th July at Kaarta Gar-up (Kings Park). We will join with Michael Wright in zazen and kinhin on Whadjuk Noongar Country. Gather at 9.15 am for a 9.30 start beneath the Marri trees to the south of the war memorial. We will finish by 10.30 am, but feel free to bring along a drink and a small snack to enjoy socialising in the shades of the trees afterwards.​​
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Walking meditation
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Mark will lead a walking meditation session at Whitford Nodes Park on Sunday, 13th July from 8am to 9am.
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Membership and Donation
Membership fees and dana contributions help towards the support of sangha member's practice and the financial viability of ZGWA. If you would like to to become a new member of ZGWA or to support ZGWA by donation, please click here.​​
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Wobbly Pot
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The latest ZGWA bi-annual journal, Wobbly Pot Autumn-Winter 2025 edition is now available.
Telephone Dokusan
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Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering telephone dokusan on Tuesday, 1st July from 4pm to 6 pm. Please click here to register before Sunday, 28th June.​​​​
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Online Dokusan
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Mari Rhydwen Roshi will be offering dokusan via Zoom on Sunday, 20th July from 6am to 8 am. Please click here to register before Thursday, 17th July.​​​​
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Training in Compassion
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Nick will lead a training in compassion discussion on Thursday, 3rd July. It will be based on Slogan 19 - There is only one point.
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ZGWA AGM
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The Zen Group of Western Australia is holding its Annual General Meeting on Sunday, 27th July 2025 from 2 pm to 4pm at St. Paul's hall in Beaconsfield. Invitation is opened to all members to attend the meeting, followed by light refreshments. Please bring a plate of food to share, tea and and coffee will be provided.
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Precepts Sharing
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Britta or Desmond will lead a Precepts sharing session on Thursday, 31st July. The topic of discussion will be the third of the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Paths: 'Right Speech'.
The Zen Group of Western Australia is a lay-Buddhist organisation founded in 1982 and affiliated with the Diamond Sangha. We meet on Thursdays at St Paul's Anglican Church Hall, 162 Hampton Road, Beaconsfield, WA 6162. All are welcome to sit with us.
