Events
Half Day Intensive May 20, 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Sesshin May 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Dharma Talk with Eisho Sinclair and Jissan Michelle Nicolle
On Wednesday May 24, Eisho and Jissan will give an in-person dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center as part of the Spring Practice Period | Cooking Your Life. Please join us at Bread Loaf Mountain or on Zoom. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm. Please email us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for […]
Dharma Reflection with Hogen Raka Banerjee
On Wednesday May 31 from 5:30 – 6:30pm ET, Hogen Raka Banerjee will give the dharma reflection. You can e-mail us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Hogen Raka Banerjee is a novice priest with Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community and has been a […]
Song of the Jewel Mirror Awareness – June 2023
Date: Saturday, June 3, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time (online and in-person) Facilitators: Hogen Banerjee and Gansho Hanjian The Jewel Mirror Samadhi is one of the most famous texts in Zen Buddhism and is chanted regularly in monastic and lay communities throughout the world. Although it is often attributed to the […]
Hanging Out with Sheila Liming
“Hanging Out.” A conversation with author Sheila Liming about her new book, the epidemic of loneliness, and what we’re doing at Gather. Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 1:00pm Gather: 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury Sheila Liming, professor at Champlain College in Burlington and the author of “Hanging Out,” argues that the simple act of getting together […]
Dharma Talk with Joshin Byrnes
On Wednesday June 28, Joshin will give an in-person dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. Please join us at Bread Loaf Mountain or on Zoom. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm. Please email us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Joshin […]
Dharma Talk with Eisho Sinclair
On Wednesday July 12th, from 5:30 - 6:30pm Eisho Sinclair will facilitate the dharma talk. If you want to join the dharma talk, please email us for the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Eisho Sinclair is a senior practitioner and a student of Joshin Byrnes. He […]
Dharma Reflection with Daigan Widell
On Wednesday July 12th, from 5:30 - 6:30pm ET, Daigan Widell will give the dharma reflection. E-mail us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Daigan Widell began his formal Zen training at Upaya Zen Center, where he received Jukai from Roshi Joan Halifax. […]
Mountains and Rivers Zen Retreat
Mountains and Rivers Zen Retreat July 13 – 16, Yadkin County, North Carolina (near Winston Salem) Mountains belong to those who love them – Dōgen Joshin Byrnes and Jissan Nicolle will facilitate an outdoor-focused Zen retreat to explore our oneness with mountains and rivers in the spirit of the Mountains and Rivers Sutra by Eihei Dōgen. […]
Precepts Reflection with Peggy Kendo Murray
On Wednesday July 19th from 5:30 - 6:30pm, Peggy Murray will give the precepts reflection, followed by our precepts renewal, where we recommit ourselves to the peacemaker precepts in a beautiful ceremony of chanting and bows (fusatsu) held during evening meditation. You can email us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all […]
Precepts Reflection and Renewal Ceremony
Every month on the third Wednesday, we recommit ourselves to the peacemaker precepts in a beautiful ceremony of chanting and bows (fusatsu) held during evening meditation. This ceremony is preceded by a brief precept reflection from a sangha member. Join us this month in-person or online on July 19th at 5:30pm Eastern Time. Email us if you need […]
