Events
Infinite Circle Study and Practice Program – 2020
A Plunge into Community Engaged Buddhism Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community offers this practice, study, and service program for those who wish to serve people close to home in their communities. Community Engaged Buddhism is a way of practicing and serving locally, to alleviate suffering associated with poverty, economic insecurity and homelessness in neighborhoods, on city […]
Introduction to The Brahma Viharas – February 2020
Introduction to The Brahma Viharas or How to Befriend Everything. There are four virtues mentioned in Buddhist teachings that are said to epitomize the highest expression of humanity and to be the ideal mode of conduct in relating to all situations, events, and people. Also called the Four Immeasurable Minds, or the Four Limitless Ones, they are viewed […]
Meditation: Four Foundations of Mindfulness – February 2020
Saturday February 29, 1:00pm - 5:00pm Meditation: Four Foundations of Mindfulness with Kyodo Sinclair For this afternoon, we will explore one of the core texts of Buddhist meditation practice: The Satipatthana Sutta. We will dive into this sutra with teaching, discussion and some themed meditation sessions. Kyodo Sinclair lives mainly in England and serves as a Prison […]
Every Friday: Community Cafe in Rutland (on hold)
The Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Cafe is a community meal held every Friday in the Trinity Church Meeting Hall at the corner of Church and West Streets in Rutland. Doors open around 10:00. Lunch is served from noon to 1:00. All are welcome to eat and to be a part of the community. There is […]
Ease and Joy of Mornings – March 2020
Ease 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 2020
April 8-12, 2020 New York City 2,500 years ago Shakyamuni Buddha led his monks each day in the practice of begging for food, receiving whatever was offered with gratitude. In 1996 Bernie Glassman started with the Holy Week Street Retreats. In this 2020 Holy Week Street Retreat led by Joshin Byrnes, Kineret Ando Yardena and Áine […]
Canceled Interpersonal Meditation Retreat (on hold)
Interpersonal meditation is the practice of discovering and training new mindful ways of relating with others. The practice is done with others in pairs, small groups, and large groups. We practice directly the art of seeing and being seen in relationship without needing to change ourselves or others. Interpersonal meditation is an excellent way to integrate […]
Introduction to the Brahma Viharas (2 Sessions)
Introduction to The Brahma Viharas or How to Befriend Everything (2 sessions) Online program by zoom: Sunday May 3, 11:00 am Eastern time (session 1) AND Sunday May 24, 11:00 am Eastern time (session 2) There are four virtues mentioned in Buddhist teachings that are said to epitomize the highest expression of humanity and to be the ideal mode […]
Summer Sesshin 2020
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesSesshin, 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 […]
