Schedule and Upcoming Events- all are welcome.
Every Sunday: Sitting & Service followed by dharma talk: 8:30-11:00am in person and via Zoom. Please view the sitting schedule using the SCHEDULE tab above.
AZC will be hosting Koun Franz for a visit to Anchorage, AK on June 12-14, 2026.
• Koun will lead a one-day retreat on Saturday, June 13, at the AZC zendo located at 711 Barrow St. Please contact us at zen@alaska-zen.org to RSVP by June 8, or if you have questions. To view that day’s schedule,please go to the RESOURCES tab.
• Koun will also perform a jukai (precept) ceremony Sunday morning from 8:30 to 11:00, June 14, at the AZC zendo located at 711 Barrow St.
• All are invited to a public talk on Friday, June 12 at 6:30pm at the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 2824 E. 18th Ave. This event is free and donations are appreciated.
The June 12th talk will be: How Do We Hold This Moment?
Whether it’s our personal lives or the state of the world, at times it can feel like it’s all just too much. Instead of teaching a way out, Buddhism teaches us a way into suffering, into unknowability, into the vast complexity of being alive.
Book discussion group: second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 5:45pm on Zoom.
- May 24, 2026: 10:00am following our sitting schedule, dharma talk by Koun live on Zoom and discussion
- May 28, 2026: Book Club @ 5:45pm via Zoom: Compassionate Conversations, How to Speak and Listen from the Heart
- May 31, 2026: 10:00am following our sitting schedule, community discussion
- June 7, 2026: 10:00am following our sitting schedule, recorded dharma talk by Koun and discussion
- June 11, 2026: Book Club @ 5:45pm via Zoom: Compassionate Conversations, How to Speak and Listen from the Heart
- June 12, 2026: Public Talk by Koun Franz in person in Anchorage at 6:30 PM at AUUF, 2824 E 18th Ave. Book Club @ 5:45pm
- June 13, 2026: Full-Day sit with Koun in person at the AZC zendo. RSVP at zen@alask-zen.org
- June 14, 2026: Koun joins AZC in person for service and jukai(precept) ceremony 8:30AM
- June 21, 2026: 10:00am following our sitting schedule, recorded dharma talk by Koun and discussion
- June 25, 2026: Book Club @ 5:45pm via Zoom: Compassionate Conversations, How to Speak and Listen from the Heart
- June28, 2026: 10:00am following our sitting schedule, recorded dharma talk by Koun and discussion
Learn more about Koun Franz, Soto Zen priest, here.
Learn about events, workshops, and courses from Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA) here.
Listen to the story about AZC by Eliza Dunn on KSKA’s Alaska News Nightly here
AZC Location: 711 Barrow St., Anchorage, AK 99501 (Map programs may take people to the wrong address. We are located on Barrow Street between 7th and 8th downtown.)
In addition to in person, you may join us via zoom on Sundays; there is a new zoom meeting number, email zen@alaska-zen.org to get connected (rsvp on Meetup won’t automatically send the meeting number so please reach out by email).
Email zen@alaska-zen.org, for more information or if you have any questions.
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