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Dharma Reflection by Colleen Jishu Brown
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesOn Wednesday January 31, 5:30 – 6:30pm Colleen Jishu Brown will give a Dharma Reflection. Colleen Jishu Brown is a student of Joshin, a board member of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community, and coordinates the volunteers for Gather, our community living room. You can email us for the zoom link, or you can join in […]
Zazenkai – February 2024
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesFacilitated by Eisho Sinclair This Sunday 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 walking meditation, an hour […]
Dharma Reflection by Daigan Widell
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesPlease join us in person or online (via Zoom) for a Dharma reflection given by Daigan Widell. Daigan is an ordained novice priest with Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community, and he engages his practice locally through his work in harm reduction with Vermont Cares and his weekly offerings of Friday wellness facilitation and Saturday music […]
Dharma Talk by Joshin Brian Byrnes
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesPlease join us this evening in person (in the Zendo) or online for a brief period of sitting meditation followed by a Dharma Talk given by the guiding teacher of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community, Sensei Joshin Brian Byrnes. All are welcome. There is no charge for this event, but donations are welcomed to support […]
Dharma Talk by Ric So’on Dunworth
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesJoin us for the dharma talk of Ric So’on Dunworth in person or online (on Zoom) You can email us for the Zoom link. Ric So’on Dunworth became a formal student of Joshin Sensei in 2018. Upon re-taking Jukai vows with Joshin he gave him the Dharma name “So’on” (Ancestor’s Warmth). Prior to joining BLMZC […]
Zazenkai – March 2024
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesThis 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 walking meditation, an hour of work practice, chanting […]
Dharma Talk with Peggy Kendo Murray
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesJoin us for the dharma talk of Peggy Kendo Murray (in person or online) Please e-mail us if you need the zoom link (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 recognized her as a senior practitioner […]
Dharma Reflection by Petra Zenryū Hubbeling
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesOn Wednesday March 27, 5:30 – 6:30pm Petra Zenryū Hubbeling will give the dharma reflection. This month the theme is Women in the Dharma. You can email us for the Zoom link. Petra is a dharma sister of Joshin and a long term Zen practitioner from The Netherlands. She is one of the founders of […]
Dharma Talk with Peggy Kendo Murray
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesJoin us for the dharma talk of Peggy Kendo Murray (in person or online) Please e-mail us if you need the zoom link (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 recognized her as a senior practitioner […]
Zazenkai – April 2024
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesFacilitated by Peg Kendo Murray This Sunday 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 walking meditation, an […]
Dharma Reflection by Emily Taido Strube
On Wednesday April 24 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 […]
Gate of Sweet Nectar
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United StatesOn each New Moon of the month we chant the Gate of Sweet Nectar liturgy, calling out to all those who are feeling lost and left behind. We commit to bring our whole selves to all who are suffering in our world, including to those parts of ourselves that we think of as insufficient and […]
