The purpose of the Auckland Zen Centre is to foster authentic Zen Buddhist practice, and a vibrant Sangha of committed practitioners, by means of regular formal sittings, live Dharma talks and teishos, dokusan and ceremonies to mark important days on the Buddhist calendar, community service, social events, activities for families, sesshin and residential training.
Zen takes commitment, discipline, and, most important of all, the will to integrate the fruits of sitting practice into one(TM)s everyday life. Zazen, practiced with devotion, begins to uncover our mind of clear awareness. We must then endeavor to engage this mind in every aspect of our lives. Sooner or later, when the mind is brought to a state of complete absorption and self-forgetfulness, one sees into one(TM)s True Nature.
And so our task as Zen practitioners is endless.
Zen practice as a way of realizing our innate wisdom, compassion and virtue, each moment, for the sake of all sentient and insentient beings.
