Events
Hybrid
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 StatesGail 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.
Zazenkai – August 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesWhat Is Zazenkai? Zazenkai is an opportunity to become more familiar with Zen meditation and to drop deeply into practice. For those unfamiliar, a glimpse of sesshin (week-long intensive meditation retreat) practice is experienced. Please wear loose clothing that is comfortable for sitting. Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community is happy to offer this day of practice (in-person at […]
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 […]
108 Bells on New Year’s Eve
108 Bells on New Year's Eve at 5:30pm. We will offer into the hearth the altar names from 2023, and ring in the New Year with 108 bells. Please join us in person or on zoom for this touching annual tradition and bring in your heart your commitments for the year ahead. We will use […]
