Zen Meditation Wellington (Zenz Wellington)

31/07/2024

Hi Everyone

Just letting you know that due to the need for an administrative meeting this Monday, 5th August, we won’t be holding our usual service and zazen at St Andrew’s on the Terrace/ online. Sorry about this.

We look forward to seeing you again on the 12th.

01/01/2024

This is a wonderful talk by Danica Shoan Ankele who is a Senior monastic and Dharma holder at Zen Mountain Monastery in the USA. She has been practicing for over 20 years.
Her wish to visit Soto Zen monasteries in Japan was granted by Shugen Roshi and she spent 6 weeks there. In this talk she recounts her deeply affecting experiences.
Recommended!

Danica Shoan Ankele, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 12/17/2023 - Mn Shoan recounts some of her encounters and experiences during her recent pilgrimage to Japan.

23/07/2023

Hi everyone. We’ll be doing a memorial service for Thomas Murray, who passed away last week, at the start of tomorrow night’s programme, so will adjust the timing of our meditation periods to accommodate this.

10/06/2023

There’s still time to sign up for this amazing opportunity!

Silent intensive meditation retreat (sesshin) near Nelson, with Shugen Roshi.

22/02/2023

Our group continues to meet on Monday evenings at 7;00 pm at St Andrew's (2nd floor). There are no special precautions. Once a month we listen to a recorded talk.
Everyone is welcome. Training is available for beginners.
Ka kite!

28/02/2021

Under Level 2 precautions against Covid, we do not meet for zazen. Breathing together in a small room for two hours seems unwise under the circumstances.

So no sitting on March 1st! Looking forward to seeing everyone again on March 8th, when we shall listen to the talk by John Daido Loori Roshi which had been planned for March 1st.

Take care out there!

14/02/2021

CANCELLATION: Due to Covid19 restrictions, there will be no sitting on Monday 15 February at St Andrew's on the Terrace.

We shall post regarding future events as the situation evolves.

You can get in touch with us at [email protected], if you have questions.

In the mean time, take care!

31/01/2021

Monday February 1, 2021

On this first Monday of February the schedule will be as follows:
- 35 min zazen,
- 10 min kinhin (walking meditation),
- a 55 min recorded Dharma talk by Shugen Roshi,
- sharing a cup of tea, and the opportunity to discuss any question which may arise.

DHARMA TALK: Mind is Buddha
by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Roshi

Mumonkan - The Gateless Gate
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The Gateless Gate is a collection of 48 Zen koans compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai.

Shugen Roshi is the Head of the Mountains and Rivers Order, abbot and resident teacher of Zen Mountain Monastery and abbot of the Zen Center of New York City.

The talk was given at Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt Tremper, New York, on 10 January 2021.

At St Andrew's, beginners' instruction in zazen is available every Monday. Attendance is free and open to everyone who wishes to learn more about Zen and develop their practice.

For further information, contact Gary Page at (04) 479-2627.
You can also visit our website http://zen.org.nz

02/11/2020

Tonight t 7:00 pm, Monday 2nd November, after a first period of meditation and a short walking meditation, we shall listen to a recently recorded talk by the Abbott of the Mountains and Rivers Order, Shugen Roshi.

This talk is about the Verse of the Kesa, which is chanted by Zen practitioners every morning, around the world:

Vast is the robe of liberation
A formless field of benefaction
I wear the Tathagata's teaching
Saving all sentient beings.

Referencing the words of the great Master Dogen, Shugen Roshi addresses this verse and its implications for all Mahayana Buddhists.

As he says in the talk, we are all fully capable of engaging this path, just as we are, using just what is available to us, in our own time and place.

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Beginners' instruction in zazen is available every Monday. Our sessions are free and open to everyone who wishes to learn more about Zen and develop their meditation practice.

Ka kite ano ki a koutou!

16/08/2020

All our meditation sessions at St Andrew's are cancelled until the nation returns to Level 1

Take care out there!

18/06/2020

Our first meeting will be on Monday June 22nd.