Most Melbourne Zen Group activities are open to both members and non-members.

If you’re extremely new to the group, we recommend you spend a few months to getting to know us before you apply for membership.

However, if you’ve participated in Melbourne Zen Group activities for more than a few months, we encourage you to consider applying for membership as a way to deepen your commitment to practice, and to support our group and teachers.

Member Benefits

Members contribute to decision making about the group’s direction, have ongoing access to dokusan with group teachers, receive advanced notification and booking priority for some events, and have access the MZG library of books and teisho (talks by teachers) recordings and transcriptions. Members also receive a monthly member newsletter email (non-members can sign up to receive our monthly event update email).

Membership Fees

Our annual membership fees are $120 full, $60 concession. Membership fees help cover the cost of the group’s public liability insurance, equipment maintenance, library purchases, and annual accounting/bookkeeping.

Membership fees don’t cover our venue fee for weekly group meditation at CERES — this is covered by contributions (by both members and non-members) to the bowl put out at each group sit. Contributions to our costs can also be transferred, in lump sums, directly to our bank account.

Further Information

For further about applying for membership, please contact  committee@mzg.org.au