Events
Practice Intensive
May 2021 Practice Intensive: Friends on the Path
A 30-Day Online Collaborative Community Practice Intensive on Spiritual Friendship May 1 - May 28, 2021 Via Zoom Ando Jaune Evans, Heart of Compassion Sangha in Point Reyes, California Joshin Brian Byrnes, Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in the Green Mountains of Vermont “Once the Buddha’s disciple Ananda asked him about friendship. Ananda knew […]
September 2021 Practice Intensive: Five Buddha Families
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesFive 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 a while, this practice intensive is a wonderful way to enter practice or deepen it in a nourishing context you can access from home or […]
Spring 2022 Practice Period – Touching the Bodhisattva Heart
Touching the Bodhisattva Heart: Embracing your life. Embracing the world. A four-week Spring practice period with Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community: May 1st - May 27th, 2022 Sesshin Dates: Wednesday 18th - Sunday 22nd May (5 day sesshin) Shuso ceremony: Wednesday 25th May. How do you open your own Bodhisattva heart? How do you bring […]
Spring 2023 Practice Period – Cooking Your Life
Stories from the Kitchen Recipes for Community Online Practice Intensive and Sesshin Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community May 1 - May 28, 2023 Whether you are new to Zen or have been sitting meditation for a while, this practice intensive is a wonderful way to enter practice or deepen it in a nourishing context you […]
May 2024 Zen Circle
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesDylan & Dogen: Creativity and the Awakened Way Join us this May for a Zen Circle as we explore the intersecting paths of 13th Century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dogen and iconic musician Bob Dylan. Celebrated for their common spiritual journeys and profoundly poetic contributions by a contemporary generation of scholars, Zen teachers, and practitioners, […]