Events
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 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 […]
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 […]
