Events

Dharma Reflection Ben Busshin Nash

Join us for the Dharma Reflection of Ben Busshin Nash. Busshin is a former resident of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community and a student and priest of Joshin. Email us for the Zoom link.

Clean Up Morning at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community

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

Every last Saturday of 3 months we will practice Clean Up. Winter Clean Up is a way to practice with open heart and mind to support the residents in Cornwall with deep cleaning and maintenance in and around the house. The schedule for the Clean Up Morning: 7:00 am Zazen and Service (optional) 8:00 am […]

Dharma Reflection by Colleen Jishu Brown

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

On Wednesday January 31, 5:30 – 6:30pm Colleen Jishu Brown will give a Dharma Reflection. Colleen Jishu Brown is a student of Joshin, a board member of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community, and coordinates the volunteers for Gather, our community living room. You can email us for the zoom link, or you can join in […]

Zazenkai – February 2024

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

Facilitated by Eisho Sinclair This Sunday 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 […]

Dharma Reflection by Daigan Widell

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

Please join us in person or online (via Zoom) for a Dharma reflection given by Daigan Widell. Daigan is an ordained novice priest with Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community, and he engages his practice locally through his work in harm reduction with Vermont Cares and his weekly offerings of Friday wellness facilitation and Saturday music […]

Winter Clean Up Morning at Gather

GATHER 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States

Since the opening of Gather, we have observed friendships developing, trust and intimacy growing, the diversity of our guests expanding, our presence in the community becoming more widely known, our partnerships with other organizations multiplying, use of our space increasing, and time in our space being more closely identified with our core values of hospitality, […]

Dharma Talk by Kosan Carla Callahan

On Wednesday February 28 from 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Kosan Carla Callahan will give the dharma talk. Topic: "Losing My Religion " Please e-mail us if you need the zoom link (link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Kosan Carla Callahan is a Zen nun and artist and she is living […]

Zazenkai – March 2024

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 […]

Dharma Talk with Peggy Kendo Murray

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

Join us for the dharma talk of Peggy Kendo Murray (in person or online) Please e-mail us if you need the zoom link (link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Peg has cultivated a spiritual friendship with Joshin sensei for more than 10 years and he has recognized her as a senior practitioner […]

Teaching by Peace House Monk Bhante Kusala (cancelled)

GATHER 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States

Unfortunately this event is cancelled   Bhante Kusala is a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka. Born in 1987, he entered the monastic life at the age of 16 in 2004 at Sri Gangagiri Vihara in south Sri Lanka. He did his undergraduate and graduate studies in the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka majoring in […]

Dharma Reflection by Petra Zenryū Hubbeling

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

  On Wednesday March 27, 5:30 – 6:30pm Petra Zenryū Hubbeling will give the dharma reflection. This month the theme is Women in the Dharma.  You can email us for the Zoom link. Petra is a dharma sister of Joshin and a long term Zen practitioner from The Netherlands. She is one of the founders of […]

Zazenkai – April 2024

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

Facilitated by Peg Kendo Murray This Sunday 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 […]