Events

Dharma Talk by Joshin Byrnes

Wednesday December 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 Petra for the zoom link. Brian Joshin Byrnes is a Zen priest and teacher in the White Plum Lineage and Zen […]

Dharma Talk with Steve Brittain

Steve Brittain will give the Dharma Talk on Wednesday January 11. The Dharma Talk starts at 5:30pm Please email programs@breadloafmountainzen.org for the zoom link. Steve Brittain is a retired neurologist and long-time Zen practitioner. He will read from his new book: "Topping Trees: Reflections in Poetry on Zen Master Dogen's Genjo Koan".  The title in […]

Zazenkai – January 2023

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

Dharma Reflection with Raka Hogen Banerjee

On February 8, 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Raka Hogen Banerjee will give the dharma reflection. Please e-mail us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Raka Hogen Banerjee is a novice priest with Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community and has been a student of […]

Dharma Talk with Peggy Kendo Murray

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

On March 1 from 5:30 - 6:30pm EST, Peggy Kendo Murray will give the dharma talk. You can e-mail us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Peg has cultivated a spiritual friendship with Joshin sensei for more than 10 years and he has […]

Zazenkai – March 2023

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

Dharma Talk with Ando Jaune Evans

On Wednesday March 22 from 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Ando Jaune Evans will give the dharma talk. You can e-mail us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Ando Jaune Evans was originally ordained as a priest in the White Plum Lineage by Bernie Glassman and […]

Dharma Talk with Jitsjuo Gauthier

On Wednesday March 29 from 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Jitsujo Gauthier will give the dharma talk. You can e-mail us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Jitsujo T. Gauthier is an Associate Professor and Cochair of the Buddhist Chaplaincy department at University of the West. […]

Workshop on Dependent Origination

Dependent origination or Paticcasamupada has been called the heart and the essence of Buddha’s teaching. It is the detailed description of the cause of suffering (the Second Truth of the Noble One) and the practical means to understanding suffering’s end. On the night of his awakening, the Buddha came to see how nothing arises and passes away […]