Events
In-person
Vowed Way Orientation January 7, 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesVowed Way Orientation January 28, 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Los Angeles Street Retreat, Passover and Holy Week, April 5-9, 2023
"When we go...to bear witness to life on the streets, we're offering ourselves. Not blankets, not food, not clothes, just ourselves." Practicing in the spirit of these words from Bernie Glassman on a Street Retreat is a unique opportunity to experience the energy of the oneness of life. We go to the streets to let […]
Connecting Faith and Money Small Group Gathering
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Hanging Out with Sheila Liming
“Hanging Out.” A conversation with author Sheila Liming about her new book, the epidemic of loneliness, and what we’re doing at Gather. Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 1:00pm Gather: 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury Sheila Liming, professor at Champlain College in Burlington and the author of “Hanging Out,” argues that the simple act of getting together […]
Mountains and Rivers Zen Retreat
Mountains and Rivers Zen Retreat July 13 – 16, Yadkin County, North Carolina (near Winston Salem) Mountains belong to those who love them – Dōgen Joshin Byrnes and Jissan Nicolle will facilitate an outdoor-focused Zen retreat to explore our oneness with mountains and rivers in the spirit of the Mountains and Rivers Sutra by Eihei Dōgen. […]
Concert Featuring Hiroya Tsukamoto
Please join us on Friday, July 28th at 7pm at Gather on the Green (48 Merchants Row in Middlebury) for a wonderful opportunity to hear guitarist and composer Hiroya Tsukamoto. The event is free, but all are invited to make a contribution to support Hiroya and his music. Hiroya Tsukamoto is an innovative guitarist and […]
Street Retreat Boston, August 23-27, 2023
"When we go...to bear witness to life on the streets, we're offering ourselves. Not blankets, not food, not clothes, just ourselves." Practicing in the spirit of these words from Bernie Glassman on a Street Retreat is a unique opportunity to experience the energy of the oneness of life. We go to the streets to let […]
“Not Always So” Retreat
Please join Petra Zenryu Hubbeling and Peg Kendo Murray for this 3 day “commuter” retreat in person (limited spaces) or online to sit in silence together and to explore this simple (although not easy!) practice we call Zen. We’ll use the words of Shunryu Suzuki from a little book of his teachings entitled, “Not Always […]
Canceled Rohatsu 2023 – San Francisco Street Retreat (cancelled)
Join Joshin Byrnes for the 2023 Annual Rohatsu Street Retreat in San Francisco Start Friday December 1, 2pm End Friday December 8, 10am "What's the deal here?" We plunge into life on the streets and sit within this question. When we beg for money, look for places to get food, a place to sleep, shelter, public […]
Rohatsu 2023 – BLMZC
GATHER 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesDecember 1-8, 2023 Sesshin is a time for nourishing silence and deep practice, sitting in the posture of the Buddha, unfolding your own and our collective liberation. The theme for Rohatsu this year is Hongzhi's Silent Illumination. How do you experience true freedom? How has your very life brought you to this moment of sitting […]
Rohatsu 2023 – Gather
GATHER 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesDecember 1-8, 2023 Sesshin is a time for nourishing silence and deep practice, sitting in the posture of the Buddha, unfolding your own and our collective liberation. The theme for Rohatsu this year is Hongzhi's Silent Illumination. How do you experience true freedom? How has your very life brought you to this moment of sitting […]
