Events
Spring 2022 Practice Period – Touching the Bodhisattva Heart
Touching the Bodhisattva Heart: Embracing your life. Embracing the world. A four-week Spring practice period with Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community: May 1st - May 27th, 2022 Sesshin Dates: Wednesday 18th - Sunday 22nd May (5 day sesshin) Shuso ceremony: Wednesday 25th May. How do you open your own Bodhisattva heart? How do you bring […]
Sesshin – May 2022
Sesshin, meaning to gather the heart/mind, is a meditation retreat, done with others that deepens our relationship to our mind and to the world. In sesshin, the mind/body calms and settles, and the mind becomes clear and open. We experience the deep stillness that lies within each of us and the tremendous strength of a […]
Ease and Joy of Mornings – June 2022
Ease and Joy is a quiet morning designed to introduce you to the art of zazen, which is the word we use for Zen meditation. It is an ideal entryway for beginners, intermediate or long-time meditators who want a refresher course on this “dharma gate of joy and ease” as described by Zen Master, Dogen-Zenji. […]
Zazenkai – July 2022
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesWe have a day of silence practice (zazenkai). A zazenkai gives you the opportunity to go deeper in your practice. The zazenkai will be led by Joshin and Petra. Schedule: 7:00 - 7:40am Zazen 7:40 - 8:00am Service 8:00 - 8:45am Breakfast 8:45 - 9:30am Rest 9.30 - 10:30am Samu (work practice) 10:30 - 11:00am […]
Street Retreat Nashville – July 2022
Bearing Witness to Life on the Streets Nashville Tennessee, July 20-24, 2022 Nashville is sometimes called the Las Vegas of the South. It is a lively city famous for its country music scene and The Grand Opry, where nearly every now famous country western singer has gotten their start. It is a crossroads city of the South, with […]
DC Street Retreat – October 2022
Bearing Witness to Life on the Streets Bearing witness to life on the streets is a way to plunge into the unknown, which is crucial to our practice of healing the gap of separation between others and ourselves. We become more observant of ourselves and our surroundings. From this increased awareness, healing takes place. We […]
Dharma Talk by Mark Redmond
On Wednesday August 10, 5:30 – 6:30pm Mark Redmond will give the dharma talk. You can email Petra for the zoom link. Mark Redmond has worked in the field of caring for homeless and at-risk youth for over 40 years. He is presently executive director of Spectrum Youth & Family Services in Burlington, Vermont. He […]
Ease and Joy of Mornings – August 2022
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 48 Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT, United StatesEase and Joy is a quiet morning designed to introduce you to the art of zazen, which is the word we use for Zen meditation. It is an ideal entryway for beginners, intermediate or long-time meditators who want a refresher course on this “dharma gate of joy and ease” as described by Zen Master, Dogen-Zenji. […]
Dharma Reflection with Genjin Becvar
On August 24, 5:30 - 6:30pm Genjin Becvar will facilitate the dharma reflection. Genjin is a priest and student of Joshin Byrnes.
Dharma Talk by Sheila Canal
On Wednesday September 14, 5:30 – 6:30pm Sheila Canal will give the dharma talk, titled The similarities of the Bodhisattva with the Jewish practice of Mussar You can email Petra for the Zoom link. Sheila Canal went on her first retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh in 1991 and found a spiritual home. She has been […]
