Events
Zazenkai – August 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesWhat Is Zazenkai? Zazenkai is an opportunity to become more familiar with Zen meditation and to drop deeply into practice. For those unfamiliar, a glimpse of sesshin (week-long intensive meditation retreat) practice is experienced. Please wear loose clothing that is comfortable for sitting. Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community is happy to offer this day of practice (in-person at […]
Street Retreat Boston, August 23-27, 2023
"When we go...to bear witness to life on the streets, we're offering ourselves. Not blankets, not food, not clothes, just ourselves." Practicing in the spirit of these words from Bernie Glassman on a Street Retreat is a unique opportunity to experience the energy of the oneness of life. We go to the streets to let […]
Precepts Reflection with So’on Ric Dunworth
Please join us for a Precepts reflection given by So'on Ric Dunworth and followed by the Precepts Recommittment Ceremony(Fusatsu). So'on is a Spirit Holder and senior practitioner with Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. He was, for many years a Daojin (Sangha Steward) with the Zen Mountain Monastery community in Tremper, NY and served as a […]
Dharma Talk – The Dharma of Sewing
Please join us tonight for a special talk given by Marilyn Whitney. Marilyn is a Zen Practitioner, ordained Zen Chaplain, working Interfaith Oncology Chaplain, and lover of wild places. For the past 12 years, she has taught hundreds of students taking Jukai how to thread their needles, make stitches, and construct hand sewn rakusus. She […]
“Not Always So” Retreat
Please join Petra Zenryu Hubbeling and Peg Kendo Murray for this 3 day “commuter” retreat in person (limited spaces) or online to sit in silence together and to explore this simple (although not easy!) practice we call Zen. We’ll use the words of Shunryu Suzuki from a little book of his teachings entitled, “Not Always […]
Dharma Reflection by Emily Taido Strube, November 1, 2023
On Wednesday November 1 from 5:30 – 6:30pm, Emily Taido Strube will give the dharma reflection. You can email us if you need the zoom link (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 […]
Canceled Rohatsu 2023 – San Francisco Street Retreat (cancelled)
Join Joshin Byrnes for the 2023 Annual Rohatsu Street Retreat in San Francisco Start Friday December 1, 2pm End Friday December 8, 10am "What's the deal here?" We plunge into life on the streets and sit within this question. When we beg for money, look for places to get food, a place to sleep, shelter, public […]
Rohatsu 2023 – BLMZC
GATHER 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesDecember 1-8, 2023 Sesshin is a time for nourishing silence and deep practice, sitting in the posture of the Buddha, unfolding your own and our collective liberation. The theme for Rohatsu this year is Hongzhi's Silent Illumination. How do you experience true freedom? How has your very life brought you to this moment of sitting […]
Rohatsu 2023 – Gather
GATHER 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesDecember 1-8, 2023 Sesshin is a time for nourishing silence and deep practice, sitting in the posture of the Buddha, unfolding your own and our collective liberation. The theme for Rohatsu this year is Hongzhi's Silent Illumination. How do you experience true freedom? How has your very life brought you to this moment of sitting […]
Dharma Talk by Kosan Carla Callahan
On Wednesday December 20 from 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Kosan Carla Callahan will give the dharma talk. 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 with ALS. Because of this […]
108 Bells on New Year’s Eve
108 Bells on New Year's Eve at 5:30pm. We will offer into the hearth the altar names from 2023, and ring in the New Year with 108 bells. Please join us in person or on zoom for this touching annual tradition and bring in your heart your commitments for the year ahead. We will use […]
Dharma Talk: Second Annual Fireside Chat with Joshin
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesJanuary 3, 5:30pm. Dharma Talk: Second Annual Fireside Chat with Joshin. All friends and members are invited to bring questions, reflections, and requests. Joshin will give an update on the general health and wellbeing of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen, review 2023 and talk about some new developments for 2024. This is a wonderful way for […]
