Events
Community Town Hall Meeting
A community meeting with Joshin to hear about the health and vitality of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. Bring all of your questions about our BLMZC culture, finances, programs, and plans for 2023. Wednesday January 4, 5:30pm Eastern Time (there will be no regular Dharma Talk). The Zoom link will be the usual Dharma Talk […]
Vowed Way Orientation January 7, 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United States
Dharma Talk with Steve Brittain
Steve Brittain will give the Dharma Talk on Wednesday January 11. The Dharma Talk starts at 5:30pm Please email programs@breadloafmountainzen.org for the zoom link. Steve Brittain is a retired neurologist and long-time Zen practitioner. He will read from his new book: "Topping Trees: Reflections in Poetry on Zen Master Dogen's Genjo Koan". The title in […]
Community-Engaged Practice
We use the term Community Engaged Buddhism to describe a way of practicing on the path of service and social action close to home, in the intimacy of a neighborhood and local community. It is about opening the doors for relationship with those who live nearby but have previously been “othered” and marginalized. Bread Loaf Mountain Zen has experimented with this […]
Zazenkai – January 2023
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesEcoDharma 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 […]
