Events

Dharma Talk with Joshin Byrnes

On Wednesday June 28, Joshin will give an in-person dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. Please join us at Bread Loaf Mountain or on Zoom. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm. Please email us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Joshin […]

Dharma Talk with Eisho Sinclair

On Wednesday July 12th, from 5:30 - 6:30pm Eisho Sinclair will facilitate the dharma talk. If you want to join the dharma talk, please email us for the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Eisho Sinclair is a senior practitioner and a student of Joshin Byrnes. He […]

Dharma Reflection with Daigan Widell

On Wednesday July 12th, from 5:30 - 6:30pm ET, Daigan Widell will give the dharma reflection. E-mail us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Daigan Widell began his formal Zen training at Upaya Zen Center, where he received Jukai from Roshi Joan Halifax. […]

Precepts Reflection with Peggy Kendo Murray

On Wednesday July 19th from 5:30 - 6:30pm, Peggy Murray will give the precepts reflection, followed by our precepts renewal, where we recommit ourselves to the peacemaker precepts in a beautiful ceremony of chanting and bows (fusatsu) held during evening meditation. You can email us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all […]

Dharma Talk by Jitsujo Gauthier

Please join us for a Dharma Talk given by Jitsujo Gauthier tonight at 5:30 pm (in person in the Barndo!)

Dharma Talk with Sr. Gail Worcelo

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States

Gail Worcelo is a co- founder with Bernadette Bostwick and the late Passionist priest and cultural historian Thomas Berry, of Sisters of the Earth Community, the first community of Catholic sisters founded specifically for Earth Healing and Protection, honoring Earth as a Single Sacred Community. Sisters of the Earth Community has a worldwide base of […]

Way-Seeking Mind Dharma Reflection by Ben Busshin Nash

Please join us for a Dharma reflection by Ben Busshin Nash as he recounts the influences leading to his decision to ordain as a Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community Novice Priest in October 2022.

Precepts Reflection with So’on Ric Dunworth

Please join us for a Precepts reflection given by So'on Ric Dunworth and followed by the Precepts Recommittment Ceremony(Fusatsu). So'on is a Spirit Holder and senior practitioner with Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. He was, for many years a Daojin (Sangha Steward) with the Zen Mountain Monastery community in Tremper, NY and served as a […]

Dharma Talk – The Dharma of Sewing

Please join us tonight for a special talk given by Marilyn Whitney. Marilyn is a Zen Practitioner, ordained Zen Chaplain, working Interfaith Oncology Chaplain, and lover of wild places. For the past 12 years, she has taught hundreds of students taking Jukai how to thread their needles, make stitches, and construct hand sewn rakusus. She […]

Dharma Reflection by Emily Taido Strube, November 1, 2023

On Wednesday November 1 from 5:30 – 6:30pm, Emily Taido Strube will give the dharma reflection. You can email us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Emily Taido Strube (she/they) is a community engaged minister and novice at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. Taido’s unpaid work focuses […]

Dharma Talk by Kosan Carla Callahan

On Wednesday December 20 from 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Kosan Carla Callahan will give the dharma talk. Please e-mail us if you need the zoom link (link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Kosan Carla Callahan is a Zen nun and artist and she is living with ALS. Because of this […]

Dharma Talk: Second Annual Fireside Chat with Joshin

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States

January 3, 5:30pm. Dharma Talk: Second Annual Fireside Chat with Joshin. All friends and members are invited to bring questions, reflections, and requests. Joshin will give an update on the general health and wellbeing of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen, review 2023 and talk about some new developments for 2024. This is a wonderful way for […]