Gail Worcelo is a co- founder with Bernadette Bostwick and the late Passionist priest and cultural historian Thomas Berry, of Sisters of the Earth Community, the first community of Catholic sisters founded specifically for Earth Healing and Protection, honoring Earth as a Single Sacred Community. Sisters of the Earth Community has a worldwide base of […]
Please join us for a Dharma reflection by Ben Busshin Nash as he recounts the influences leading to his decision to ordain as a Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community Novice Priest in October 2022.
What 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 […]
"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 […]
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 […]