Events

Dharma Talk with Rory McEntee

Wednesday March 24, Rory McEntee will give a dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. Title of his dharma talk: A New Monastic and Interspiritual Perspective on 'Path' The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm and you can join it by Zoom. Rory McEntee, is an author, scholar, educator, and contemplative activist. Rory serves as […]

Dharma Talk with Pir Netanel Miles-Yépez

Wednesday April 21, Pir Netanel Miles-Yépez will give a dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm and you can join it by Zoom. Pir Netanel Miles-Yépez is the current head of the Inayati-Maimuni Order of Sufism. An artist, writer, philosopher, and scholar of comparative religion, Pir Netanel first studied […]

Dharma Talk with Monica Sanford

Wednesday April 28, Rev. Dr. Monica San ford will give a dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm and you can join it by Zoom. Rev. Dr. Monica Sanford began studying Buddhism on her own from her home state of Nebraska in 2002. She was inspired by books […]

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 […]

Dharma Talk – Friends on the Path

During our May Practice Intensive the Wednesday dharma talks will be held by Ando Jaune Evans and Joshin Byrnes The dharma talks start at 5:30pm Eastern Time with 15 minutes of Zazen.

Dharma Talk with Sr. Pat Teiko Farrell, OP

Wednesday June 2, Sister Pat Farrell will give a dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm and you can join it by Zoom. Sister Pat Teiko Farrell, OP, a Dominican Sister of San Rafael, is the hosting manager of Santa Sabina Center in California. She is a trained […]

Precept Study Group – Summer 2021

Precepts and Lay Ordination (Jukai) Join our online precepts study group, facilitated by Peggy Reishin Murray and Eisho Sinclair on Zoom. Our weekly classes (7 weeks) will be one hour long, beginning at 4:00pm Eastern time on Friday June 4 ending on Friday July 16. Anyone interested in learning more about the precepts and their […]

Dharma Talk with Danielle Stillman

Wednesday July 7, Danielle Stillman will give a dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm and you can join it by Zoom. Please email Petra for the zoom link. Danielle Stillman is the Rabbi and an Associate Chaplain at Middlebury College where she works with students to build […]

Dharma Talk by Marilyn Whitney

Wednesday July 21st, Marilyn Whitney will give a dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. Topic: Sewing as Practice The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm and you can join it by Zoom. Marilyn Whitney is a graduate of Upaya Zen Center's chaplaincy program,  and was given lay ordination in 2013 by Roshi Joan Halifax.  Since […]

Dharma Talk by Tom Redden

Wednesday July 28, Tom Redden will give a dharma Talk. Start 5:30pm with 15 minutes of meditation If you want to join the dharma talk send an email to info@breadloafmountainzen.org Envisioning a “Politics of Compassion” for the 21st Century Many of us are asking ourselves how as a country and as individuals can we move […]

A Year to Live (Year-Long Program)

A Year To Live, practice group Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in association with the Zen Peacemakers Low Lands Orientation meeting Sunday August 1st (for the different time zones see below), the orientation meeting will be approximately 2 hours. A Year to Live is being offered as a year-long practice program. This year-long practice is […]

September 2021 Practice Intensive: Five Buddha Families

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States

Five 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 […]