Events
Zazenkai – February 2024
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesFacilitated 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 StatesPlease 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 StatesSince 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 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 […]
Dharma Talk with Peggy Kendo Murray
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesJoin 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 StatesUnfortunately 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 StatesOn 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 StatesFacilitated 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 […]
Dharma Reflection Gansho Clark Hanjian
On Wednesday April 17, Gansho will give an online dharma reflection at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. Please join us at Bread Loaf Mountain or on Zoom. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm. Register here for the Zoom link to join us online (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Gansho […]
Dharma Reflection by Emily Taido Strube
On Wednesday April 24 from 5:30 – 6:30pm, Emily Taido Strube will give the dharma reflection. Register here for the Zoom link to join us online (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Emily Taido Strube (she/they) is a community engaged minister and novice at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. Taido’s unpaid work focuses […]
May 2024 Zen Circle
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesDylan & Dogen: Creativity and the Awakened Way Join us this May for a Zen Circle as we explore the intersecting paths of 13th Century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dogen and iconic musician Bob Dylan. Celebrated for their common spiritual journeys and profoundly poetic contributions by a contemporary generation of scholars, Zen teachers, and practitioners, […]
