Welcome
Pathway Zen hosts weekly meditation and mindfulness practice groups in Brisbane. Our purpose is to offer a structured program that integrates and personalises Zen, as a practice-path in daily life.
Our purpose...
The goal of Pathway Zen is to guide anyone who is serious about the discovery of their true-nature and the cultivation of Zen, as a practice-path in their life. This is facilitated through a systematic program that includes introduction to Zen courses, weekly sittings, monthly daylongs, residential retreats and koan introspection. All activities are grounded in both Soto and Rinzai Zen practices within a lay householder lineage.
As a secular and non-profit organisation, everyone is welcome irrespective of their tradition, religious affiliation or none. Please feel free to come along to one of our regular events, in Spring Hill or feel free to participate via Zoom online. Our Samford venue is still closed due to Covid restrictions. Newcomers are encouraged to participate in an introduction to Zen session, which is held concurrently on Thursday evenings in Spring Hill. A comprehensive introduction to Zen course is also offered online on an ongoing basis.
Pathway Zen is guided by Arno Hess, an Australian and Brisbane based Dharma and Zen Buddhist teacher, certified both in Australia and through the Sanbozen lineage in Kamakura Japan.
Community engagement:
Prison project
Pathway Zen is a founding member of Inside Mindfulness Inc., which facilitates weekly mindfulness based rehabilitation programs in Queensland correctional centres. Volunteer facilitators are always welcome to participate. For more information please contact Arno Hess.
Carbon Footprint
Pathway Zen is a carbon neutral organisation. We are committed to a continued strategy to maintain carbon neutrality through identifying, reducing and offsetting our carbon emissions.
Upcoming Events and News:
Thursday meditation (Zazen) resumes in Spring Hill. Also streamed via Zoom.
Newcomers to Zen will be given an introduction to Zen on request. Please arrive by 6:45pm. 7:00pm to 8:30 pm - Zazen
Thursday program & Zoom link: View more
Foundations of Zen Buddhism: 5-week online introductory course.
Next course Wednesdays: 19 May to 16 June: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
Introduction to Zen lectures - view more
Zenkai (daylong retreat) Spring Hill
18.07.2021
A silent daylong retreat will again be held in our Spring Hill venue as well as via Zoom. Please arrive at 9:15 for a 9:30 am start. All welcome.
Newcomers will be given instructions on arrival.
Online retreat & Zoom link. View more
Dharma talk.
24.06.2021
Our regular monthly dharma talk will be presented during the evening (8:00 PM) in lieu of the third meditation period, followed by Q&A. All welcome. This talk is also available to Zoom participants. To log-in, please click on the Thursday evening Zoom link:
Residential 7-day Sesshin
17.10.2021 to 24.10.2021
Registration is now open for our residential meditation retreat in Toowoomba.
Inside Mindfulness Facilitators Training
For those interested in teaching mindfulness in prisons, an introductory evening and subsequent training workshop is being held on the following dates:
June 7th, Zoom introductory evening, June 26 and July 3, in-person training workshop.
The workshop will be convened by Arno Hess and Dr Barbara Sullivan.
For more information please contact :
info@pathwayzen.org.au.
