Events

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 […]

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 States

Dylan & 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, […]

Free

Spring 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 Joshin Brian Byrnes

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

Please join us this evening in person (in the Zendo) or online for a brief period of sitting meditation followed by the Dharma Talk in the Cornwall house given by the guiding teacher of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community, Sensei Joshin Brian Byrnes. All are welcome. There is no charge for this event, but donations […]

Dharma Reflection Jan Gentaku Mojsa

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

On Wednesday May 29 from 5:30 – 6:30pm ET, Jan Gentaku Mojsa will give a dharma reflection. Register here for the Zoom link to join us online (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Jan Gentaku Mojsa is a registered psychotherapist and chaplain working in the West Country of England. A […]

Dharma Talk Daiken Nelson and Joshin Byrnes

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

Please join us this evening in person (in the Zendo) or online for a brief period of sitting meditation followed by the Dharma Talk in the Cornwall house given by Rev. Daiken Nelson, Roshi, Founder & Guiding Teacher of the Pamsula Zen Center in W. Harlem (pamsulazen.org) and Founder of The Mandala Café (mandalacafe.org) and […]

Zazenkai – June 2024

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

Zazenkai, Saturday June 8, facilitated by Taido Strube 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 […]

Free

Dharma Reflection by Emily Taido Strube

On Wednesday June 12 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 […]