Welcome to Melbourne Zen Centre (MZC)! MZC runs regular Zazen (Zen meditation) meetings for people from all walks of life. Whether you are new to Zen practice, or have had some prior experience, please feel free to come and sit. Consistent with Zen, MZC follows a clear and simple form of practice rather than expounding ideas or belief systems. Regardless of what may bring you to Zen, Zazen is itself a practice of letting go. While there is now an extensive body of research that regular med …

… The ‘right way’ is discovered through engaging in sitting practice (Zazen).                 Seido Suzuki Roshi   “When you understand how to stop, you are stable,  When you are stable, then your mind can be still. Stillness is the one word necessary to know how to pass through the barrier. The ultimate difficulty is to penetrate this one teaching.” Zen Master Hakuin                           In sitting practice, emphasis is placed on keeping a straight spine. The body remains still a …