Events
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 […]
A Supreme Meal – Gate of Sweet Nectar Ceremony for Thanksgiving
Join our A Supreme Meal Gate of Sweet Nectar Ceremony for Thanksgiving on Wednesday November 24, 5:30pm Eastern Time. Same zoom link as our meditations and dharma talks.
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
