Events

Dharma Reflection by Maia Duerr

Wednesday September 15, Maia Duerr, will give a dharma reflection Starts at 5:30pm with 15 minutes of meditation. Maia is an anthropologist, writer, and longtime Zen student. In 2012, she received lay ordination from Roshi Joan Halifax as a lay Buddhist chaplain. She is a student in the Soto Zen lineage of Suzuki Roshi, and has […]

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 dharma talks starts. Dr. Stephanie Kaza Stephanie Kaza is professor emerita of environmental studies, University of Vermont, and Soto Zen practitioner.  Her books include Green […]

Rohatsu Street Retreat – December 2021

Join Joshin Byrnes for the 2021 Annual Rohatsu Street Retreat 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 bathrooms, when we […]

Dharma Talk with Sensei Genzan Quennell

Wednesday December 22, Sensei Genzan Quennell will give the Dharma Talk. Start 5:30pm Eastern Time with 15 minutes of Zazen, before we start the Dharma Talk. Genzan Quennell A close dharma brother of Joshin Byrnes, Sensei (they received Tokudo and Transmission together), Genzan has been practicing zazen since 1991. He has taught meditation and buddhist […]

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 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 […]

Infinite Circle 2022

A Plunge into Community Engaged Zen Practice  Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community is offering a unique program of practice, study, and engagement for those wanting to heal their own neighborhoods and local communities. Our Infinite Circle training program in Community Engaged Buddhism brings the history and practices of Socially Engaged Buddhism back to our own […]