Events
EcoDharma Group
This is the gift of the Great Turning. When we open our eyes to what is happening, even when it breaks our hearts, we discover our true size; for our heart, when it breaks open, can hold the whole universe. ~ Joanna Macy ~ John Parker Mary Richards and John Parker will be co-facilitating monthly BLMZC […]
Vowed Way Orientation January 28, 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Dharma Reflection with Raka Hogen Banerjee
On February 8, 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Raka Hogen Banerjee will give the dharma reflection. Please e-mail us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Raka Hogen Banerjee is a novice priest with Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community and has been a student of […]
Ease and Joy of Mornings – February 2023
Dōgen Zenji, the thirteenth-century founder of our lineage, referred to his method of practice as “simply the dharma gate of enjoyment and ease.” In this half-day retreat facilitated by Taidō and Busshin, we’ll explore this together and provide a live introduction to our Zen practice. The morning will be spent engaging wholeheartedly in alternating periods […]
Dharma Talk with Peggy Kendo Murray
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesOn March 1 from 5:30 - 6:30pm EST, Peggy Kendo Murray will give the dharma talk. You can e-mail us if you need the zoom link (the 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 […]
Zazenkai – March 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Dharma Talk with Ando Jaune Evans
On Wednesday March 22 from 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Ando Jaune Evans will give the dharma talk. You can e-mail us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Ando Jaune Evans was originally ordained as a priest in the White Plum Lineage by Bernie Glassman and […]
Dharma Talk with Jitsjuo Gauthier
On Wednesday March 29 from 5:30 – 6:30pm EST, Jitsujo Gauthier will give the dharma talk. You can e-mail us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Jitsujo T. Gauthier is an Associate Professor and Cochair of the Buddhist Chaplaincy department at University of the West. […]
Los Angeles Street Retreat, Passover and Holy Week, April 5-9, 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 […]
Ease and Joy of Mornings – April 2023
Dōgen Zenji, the thirteenth-century founder of our lineage, referred to his method of practice as “simply the dharma gate of enjoyment and ease.” In this half-day retreat facilitated by Taidō and Busshin, we’ll explore this together and provide a live introduction to our Zen practice. The morning will be spent engaging wholeheartedly in alternating periods […]
Workshop on Dependent Origination
Dependent origination or Paticcasamupada has been called the heart and the essence of Buddha’s teaching. It is the detailed description of the cause of suffering (the Second Truth of the Noble One) and the practical means to understanding suffering’s end. On the night of his awakening, the Buddha came to see how nothing arises and passes away […]
Spring 2023 Practice Period – Cooking Your Life
Stories from the Kitchen Recipes for Community Online Practice Intensive and Sesshin Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community May 1 - May 28, 2023 Whether you are new to Zen or have been sitting meditation for a while, this practice intensive is a wonderful way to enter practice or deepen it in a nourishing context you […]
