Berkeley Zen Center

Shinchi Linda Galijan and Zenshin Greg Fain have joined BZC as visiting teachers.

Shinchi Linda Galijan was ordained as a Zen priest by Sojun Mel Weitsman in 2004 and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2012. She has been a professional musician and licensed clinical psychologist and has practiced Buddhism and yoga for over 30 years. Linda practiced at Tassajara for almost 10 years, including four years as the Director. She completed her service as President of San Francisco Zen Center at the beginning of 2021.

Zenshin Greg Fain got his first introduction to Zen at San Francisco Zen Center when he was 19, and has been training closely with Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi, the Abbot of Berkeley Zen Center, for over 20 years. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 2002 and received Dharma Transmission in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi from Sojun Roshi in April 2012.

2024 Aspects of Practice

Fall 2024 Aspects of Practice Class

The Fall Practice period class “Ordinary Bodhisattvas: The Brahmaviharas in Action” will begin on Thursday October 17 and be held for 4 consecutive weeks, from 7:17-8:45p. We will study the Four Heavenly Abodes, or Four Faces of Love – Loving-kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy and Equanimity. The class will be led by Visiting Teachers Linda Galijan and Greg Fain.

The class will be hybrid. In person instruction will meet in the community room, orif more than 15 people are present in person, in the zendo.

Please register to learn more and to receive updates by clicking this link:

https://forms.gle/fEvXxcdQ7Zz31sWK7.

Class fee is $40 for the series.

Questions can be directed to the class coordinator Ryushin at andrea.thach@gmail.com

Upcoming Sittings and Sesshins

Half-day sittings are offered every other month at BZC. The one more 2024 date left on Nov 24.

BZC will host a Beginners Sitting on Sunday, September 29.

Please join us for a special sitting that comes around only twice a year. This is an opportunity for new and old practitioners alike to become intimate with Beginner’s Mind.

The sitting will be led by Carol Paul and Gerry Oliva and will run from 8:30AM to 4:30PM.

The fee is $15 or whatever you can afford.

For more details and to register, please see the registration form: https://forms.gle/cJqkc8bfZ3wsVUCi9