- We offer zazen (meditation) daily, Monday – Friday
- 2025 BZC Calendar
Chant the Lotus Sutra on Memorial Day
Five-Day Sesshin begins June 11
Registration is now open for our June 11-15 five-day sesshin to close the spring practice period. Abiding Teachers Linda Galijan and Greg Fain will lead. Colleen Busch is the Director. The final day will include a Shuso Hossen ceremony with our Head Student Genzan Seishi Mark Copithorne.
REGISTER HERE by Monday, June 2.
Practice Period Sangha Work Day June 1st!
Practice Period Class: The Lotus Sutra
Upcoming Sittings
(for details about these programs, check the Calendar Page)
up or to ask any questions, please contact the director, Gary Artim (gartim@gmail.com).
You can pay for any of these events by mailing a check to the BZC Office Manager at 1931 Russell St., Berkeley 94703, or you can pay through the website using the “Sits/Classes” button on the “Generosity” tab. In either case, please indicate what you are paying for, so that your payment is not mixed up with dues or donations
Mountains and Rivers Sesshin
Mark your calendars for a three-day Mountains and Rivers Sesshin at Point Reyes National Seashore.
This is our first M&R sesshin since before the pandemic, and we are excited to be offering it again. The sesshin, led by Ellen Webb and Susan Marvin, will be Friday through Sunday, July 18‒20 (three days and two nights). It will involve hiking and camping while maintaining a sesshin atmosphere and mindful practice, including periods of silence, zazen, group study, free time, and assigned positions and responsibilities such as cooking or cleanup. It offers a wonderful way to meet and connect with other practitioners and experience practice in a beautiful natural setting.
Carpooling will be arranged. Please sign up on the BZC patio bulletin board or contact Ellen Webb (ellenwebbdance@gmail.com) and/or Susan Marvin (lai_hang@yahoo.com).
In Memoriam – Hozan Kushiki Alan Senauke Daiosho 
Our dear Abbot Hozan Roshi passed away on December 22 after a year’s illness. Hozan served as Vice Abbot of BZC for 20 years before his Mountain Seat Ceremony in January of 2021. Earlier he served as the Executive Director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and later served as a teacher and advisor for Upaya Zen Center’s Chaplaincy Training Program. You can access many of his lectures and teachings (and music) in various sections of the BZC website, YouTube, and elsewhere online; his full obituary is available on Legacy.com.
BZC had a full round of traditional Soto Zen ceremonies in the days following Hozan Roshi’s death, ending with 49th day memorial service on February 8. There will be a larger, more eclectic funeral/memorial service on August 10, 2025, at the Freight and Salvage Coffee House in Berkeley.