Events
Online
Community Town Hall Meeting
A community meeting with Joshin to hear about the health and vitality of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. Bring all of your questions about our BLMZC culture, finances, programs, and plans for 2023. Wednesday January 4, 5:30pm Eastern Time (there will be no regular Dharma Talk). The Zoom link will be the usual Dharma Talk […]
Community-Engaged Practice
We use the term Community Engaged Buddhism to describe a way of practicing on the path of service and social action close to home, in the intimacy of a neighborhood and local community. It is about opening the doors for relationship with those who live nearby but have previously been “othered” and marginalized. Bread Loaf Mountain Zen has experimented with this […]
EcoDharma Group
This is the gift of the Great Turning. When we open our eyes to what is happening, even when it breaks our hearts, we discover our true size; for our heart, when it breaks open, can hold the whole universe. ~ Joanna Macy ~ John Parker Mary Richards and John Parker will be co-facilitating monthly BLMZC […]
Ease and Joy of Mornings – February 2023
Dōgen Zenji, the thirteenth-century founder of our lineage, referred to his method of practice as “simply the dharma gate of enjoyment and ease.” In this half-day retreat facilitated by Taidō and Busshin, we’ll explore this together and provide a live introduction to our Zen practice. The morning will be spent engaging wholeheartedly in alternating periods […]
Ease and Joy of Mornings – April 2023
Dōgen Zenji, the thirteenth-century founder of our lineage, referred to his method of practice as “simply the dharma gate of enjoyment and ease.” In this half-day retreat facilitated by Taidō and Busshin, we’ll explore this together and provide a live introduction to our Zen practice. The morning will be spent engaging wholeheartedly in alternating periods […]
Precepts Reflection and Renewal Ceremony
Every month on the third Wednesday, we recommit ourselves to the peacemaker precepts in a beautiful ceremony of chanting and bows (fusatsu) held during evening meditation. This ceremony is preceded by a brief precept reflection from a sangha member. Join us this month in-person or online on July 19th at 5:30pm Eastern Time. Email us if you need […]
Dharma Talk by Kosan Carla Callahan
On Wednesday December 20 from 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Kosan Carla Callahan will give the dharma talk. Please e-mail us if you need the zoom link (link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Kosan Carla Callahan is a Zen nun and artist and she is living with ALS. Because of this […]
Dharma Reflection Gansho Clark Hanjian
On Wednesday January 10, Gansho will give an online dharma reflection 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). Gansho Clark […]
Dharma Talk by Kosan Carla Callahan
On Wednesday February 28 from 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Kosan Carla Callahan will give the dharma talk. Topic: "Losing My Religion " Please e-mail us if you need the zoom link (link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Kosan Carla Callahan is a Zen nun and artist and she is living […]
Dharma Reflection Gansho Clark Hanjian
On Wednesday April 17, Gansho will give an online dharma reflection at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. Please join us at Bread Loaf Mountain or on Zoom. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm. Register here for the Zoom link to join us online (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Gansho […]
