Events

May Zen Circle

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

Dylan & Dogen: Creativity and the Awakened Way Join us this May for a Zen Circle as we explore the intersecting paths of 13th Century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dogen and iconic musician Bob Dylan. Celebrated for their common spiritual journeys and profoundly poetic contributions by a contemporary generation of scholars, Zen teachers, and practitioners, […]

Zazenkai – June 8, 2024

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

Zazenkai, Saturday June 8, facilitated by Taido Strube This Saturday retreat provides the opportunity to join the Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in several periods of uninterrupted meditation in a full day of silence. We observe Noble Silence throughout the day, including meal and tea time. We engage wholeheartedly in alternating periods of sitting and […]

Dharma Reflection by Emily Taido Strube

On Wednesday June 12 from 5:30 – 6:30pm, Emily Taido Strube will give the dharma reflection. Register here for the Zoom link to join us online (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 […]

Singing the Song of Zazen – A Commuter Sesshin – In Person and Online

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

Early morning in May: Looking at Bread Loaf Mountain. (Eisho 2022) Three full days June 13th, 14th, 15th. Let’s get together for a few days, in sesshin, a gathering of our heart-minds and bodies. Let’s spend these days in silence, with periods of sitting and walking meditation, dharma talks and lunch together. This retreat is […]

Dharma Reflection by Michelle Jissan Nicolle

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

On Wednesday June 19 from 5:30pm – 6:30pm EST, Jissan Michelle Nicolle will give a dharma reflection. Register here for the Zoom link to join us online (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Jissan Michelle Nicolle, PhD, BCC,  is a professional chaplain and novice Zen priest at Bread Loaf […]