Events
Community Activity
Chef’s Table – July 2018
"The Supreme Meal is the whole of life." Preparing food, eating together, and washing our dishes are how we nourish one another. At Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community, the kitchen table, along with the zendo, is at the heart of practice. We are welcoming a young local person, Dakota Hallock, as our head chef for […]
Concert Featuring Hiroya Tsukamoto – 2019
Please join us for a wonderful opportunity to hear guitarist and composer Hiroya Tsukamoto. The event is free, but all are invited to make a contribution to support Hiroya and his music. Hiroya Tsukamoto is an innovative guitarist and composer who fuses together folk, jazz, and world music. Born and raised in Japan, he received […]
Movie Night – 2019
We'll sit Zazen from 5:30 till 6:30 pm and then we will share a pot of soup. You are welcome to bring something to share, too. The movie starts at 7:00pm and afterwards we have time for discussion. Next Movie: Saturday, March 9th - End Game This short 2018 Netflix documentary looks at end-of-life in […]
Bonfire at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center
“Come enjoy a night of warmth and community around our first bonfire of the year at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. Working with a local Druid practitioner we will also offer a brief ritual, combining Buddhism and ancient nature-spirituality practices. We'll provide the marshmallows!"
Coffee and Community on Saturday Morning – 2019
Every Saturday morning when we don't have an event scheduled. You can join us for the 7am sit followed by a convivial breakfast and friendly conversation about life, dharma, or whatever naturally arises.
Every Friday: Community Cafe in Rutland (on hold)
The Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Cafe is a community meal held every Friday in the Trinity Church Meeting Hall at the corner of Church and West Streets in Rutland. Doors open around 10:00. Lunch is served from noon to 1:00. All are welcome to eat and to be a part of the community. There is […]
Zen Circle – October 2020
On Wednesday evening during our meditation time, we'll have Zen Circle time - which will be a simple online way to express some of what we might be stirring in you as you make your way through this pandemic. We'll gather online at 5:30 for a few minutes of silence together, and then open it […]
A Supreme Meal – Gate of Sweet Nectar Ceremony for Thanksgiving
Join our A Supreme Meal Gate of Sweet Nectar Ceremony for Thanksgiving on Wednesday November 24, 5:30pm Eastern Time. Same zoom link as our meditations and dharma talks.
Clean-Up Day – April 2022
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States
Community Town Hall Meeting
A community meeting with Joshin to hear about the health and vitality of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. Bring all of your questions about our BLMZC culture, finances, programs, and plans for 2023. Wednesday January 4, 5:30pm Eastern Time (there will be no regular Dharma Talk). The Zoom link will be the usual Dharma Talk […]
Hanging Out with Sheila Liming
“Hanging Out.” A conversation with author Sheila Liming about her new book, the epidemic of loneliness, and what we’re doing at Gather. Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 1:00pm Gather: 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury Sheila Liming, professor at Champlain College in Burlington and the author of “Hanging Out,” argues that the simple act of getting together […]
Concert Featuring Hiroya Tsukamoto
Please join us on Friday, July 28th at 7pm at Gather on the Green (48 Merchants Row in Middlebury) for a wonderful opportunity to hear guitarist and composer Hiroya Tsukamoto. The event is free, but all are invited to make a contribution to support Hiroya and his music. Hiroya Tsukamoto is an innovative guitarist and […]
