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Sydney Zen Centre
Sydney Zen Centre is Australia’s original Zen Buddhist community. We are a lay community affiliated with the Diamond Sangha, which was founded by Robert Aitken Roshi who first visited Sydney in 1979 and then led annual sesshin (traditional Zen retreats) here for nearly a decade.

We recognise and pay respect to the Gadigal and Wangal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which our city zendo sits.

We are a welcoming and inclusive sangha.

The Annandale zendo is open every Monday and Wednesday night for zazen. These are the Covid safety measures for the zendo: there are a limited number of people allowed in the zendo and proof of double vaccination is mandatory, so booking is essential. We also offer Zoom meditation sessions every second Monday night, every Thursday night and Tuesday morning. If you wish to come to the zendo or Zoom please contact info@szc.org.au.

Once a month we have half day practice periods (zazenkai) at our city zendo. We also have retreats at our bush zendo, Kodoji, about two hours from Sydney.

If you’d like to learn more about Zen please visit our Newcomers page for information about joining us.

The Sydney Zen Centre also has a group that practises in the Blue Mountains. Please email to find out details of their zazen schedule: bluemountainszen@gmail.com

Sydney Zen Centre is managed by a Board which is elected at the Annual General Meeting. The current Board is: Kerry Stewart (Chair), Stephen Crump (secretary), Jason Koh (treasurer), Helen Sanderson, Julie Robinson, Zoe Thurner, Pablo Scodellaro and Joe Gaebel.
251 Young Street,
Annandale, NSW, 2038
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