The Adelaide Zen Group holds sitting meditation at the Hatha Yoga Centre (172 Hutt St Adelaide) on Sunday morning and Thursday evening at St Chad's Anglican Church, Fullarton.
Please check our calendar for details.
The Adelaide Zen Group belongs to the lay tradition of the Diamond Sangha in Hawaii, and follows the form of practice originating there.
The Diamond Sangha is a lay Zen Buddhist lineage grounded in the heritage of our Chinese and Japanese traditions and drawing upon both major streams of Zen, Soto and Rinzai. We work to further the way of practice and realisation laid out by Chan and Zen masters down through the ages and especially by our funding teacher, Robert Aitken Roshi.
Communities of the Diamond Sangha are functionally independent and diverse in many respects yet united in a commitment to penetrating inquiry into the great matter of life-and-death and to the welfare of all beings, including the mountains and rivers themselves.
We hold that practice and realization must be embodied not just in the way that we conduct ourselves at temples and training centers but also throughout our lives-in relationships personal and familial, social and environmental, economic and political.
The Adelaide Zen Group currently has four teachers.
Steve Wigg Roshi (pictured above on the left)
Allan Marett Roshi (pictured above on the right)
Imelda Carson Roshi
Matthew Williams Apprentice Teacher
It gives us great pleasure to announce the appointment of Matthew Williams as an Apprentice Teacher in the Diamond Sangha. Matthew's appointment by Allan Marett Roshi was unanimously endorsed by the AZG Committee in October 2025.
We would also like to acknowledge Emeritus teacher:
Bob Joyner Roshi