- We offer zazen (meditation) daily, Monday – Friday
- A half day program most Saturdays
- First time? Come to zazen instruction Saturday morning at 8:40. First time visitor FAQs
- See the DAILY SCHEDULE
The December 14th Saturday Program will begin at 8:50 with work period. No breakfast will be served.
BZC’s Winter Interim begins this coming Monday (12/16) and ends on New Year’s Eve. There will be no morning, noon, or evening zazen in the zendo during the interim.
The online doans will continue to offer zazen from 7:30am to 8:10am Tuesday through Friday via BZC’s Zoom link during the interim closure.
Tues 12/17 through Fri 12/20, and
Tues 12/24 through Fri 12/27
On December 31, will be the New Year’s Eve sitting from 8pm to midnight in the zendo. More information will follow.
Upcoming Sittings and Sesshins
Half-day sittings are offered every other month at BZC. There is one more 2024 date left on Nov 24. Sign up to follow.
You are invited to sign up for a new BZC reading group that will start with Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path” by Liên Shutt, a priest linage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition.
We will meet on the third Mondays of the Month, starting on Oct 21, 2024 from 6:45 to 7:45 pm in the BZC Community Room and on Zoom. For more information, please email sonia.tamez@berkeleyzencenter.org.