Events

September 2021 Practice Intensive: Five Buddha Families

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

Five Buddha Families Online and Onsite Practice Intensive Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community Sept 1- September 28, 2021 Whether you are new to Zen or have been sitting meditation for […]

Jukai Ordination 2021

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

Priest Retreat October 2021

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

Dharma Talk by Stephanie Kaza

On Wednesday November 10, Dr. Stephanie Kaza will give a dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. We'll start at 5:30 pm with 15 minutes of zazen before the […]

Zazenkai – January 2022

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

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 […]

Sandokai Seminar – January 2022

Saturday, January 29, 2022 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time Facilitators: Novice Priests Jissan Nicolle and Taido Strube The Sandokai is a poem written in the 8th century […]

Ease and Joy of Mornings – February 2022

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

Ease and Joy is a quiet morning designed to introduce you to the art of zazen, which is the word we use for Zen meditation. It is an ideal entryway […]

Zazenkai – March 2022

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

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 […]

Ease and Joy of Mornings – April 2022

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

Ease and Joy is a quiet morning designed to introduce you to the art of zazen, which is the word we use for Zen meditation. It is an ideal entryway […]

Sesshin – May 2022

Sesshin, meaning to gather the heart/mind, is a meditation retreat, done with others that deepens our relationship to our mind and to the world. In sesshin, the mind/body calms and […]