Events
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 by our Chinese Zen ancestor Seiko Kisen, (700-790). It is a fundamental text of the Soto Zen school and chanted regularly in Zen temples throughout […]
Ease and Joy of Mornings – February 2022
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesEase 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 for beginners, intermediate or long-time meditators who want a refresher course on this “dharma gate of joy and ease” as described by Zen Master, Dogen-Zenji. […]
Zazenkai – March 2022
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, 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 […]
Christian Buddhist Group – March-April 2022
Six weeks, March 4 - April 15, 2022
Dharma Talk with David Chernikoff
On Wednesday March 23, 5:30 – 6:30pm David Chernikoff will give the dharma talk. Aging and Awakening: A Contemplative Perspective on Growing Older. You can email Petra for the zoom link. David Chernikoff began the study and practice of meditation in 1971 and started teaching insight meditation in 1988. He trained as a yoga teacher at […]
Ease and Joy of Mornings – April 2022
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesEase 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 for beginners, intermediate or long-time meditators who want a refresher course on this “dharma gate of joy and ease” as described by Zen Master, Dogen-Zenji. […]
Ease and Joy of Mornings – April 2022 – Winston-Salem
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesEase 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 for beginners, intermediate or long-time meditators who want a refresher course on this “dharma gate of joy and ease” as described by Zen Master, Dogen-Zenji. […]
Holy Week Street Retreat New York City – April 2022
Join Joshin Byrnes on the streets of New York City during the Holy Week Street Retreat April 13 - 17, 2022 Start Wednesday April 13, 3pm on the streets of New York City End Sunday April 17, 10am *This street plunge will proceed barring unforeseen spikes in Covid among vaccinated people. You must be fully […]
Clean-Up Day – April 2022
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Dharma Reflection with Jan Gentaku Mojsa
On April 27, 5:30 – 6:30pm Jan Gentaku will give a dharma reflection You can email Petra for the zoom link. Jan Gentaku Mojsa - Gentaku is a registered psychotherapist and chaplain working in the West Country of England. A former school teacher and lecturer she also regularly works with people in Pakistan, helping to […]
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 […]
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 settles, and the mind becomes clear and open. We experience the deep stillness that lies within each of us and the tremendous strength of a […]
