Noon zazen returns just in time for spring practice period! Beginning April 4th, we will offer a period of zazen from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Beginners are welcome, but please be prepared to meditate in stillness for thirty minutes. There will also be opportunities discuss Zen practice and share a bag lunch with vice abbot Hozan Alan Senauke immediately following noon zazen on Wednesday, April 13, Thursday, May 12 and Tuesday, June 21. We look forward to this opportunity to practice together at this new time of day.
- Rohatsu Sesshin
6:00 am – 5:30 pm, Fri, Dec 8, 2023 - Lecture: Abbot Hozan
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Dec 9, 2023 - Zendo Holiday - Informal Zazen Only
6:00 am – 6:30 pm, Mon, Dec 11, 2023 - Wednesday Night Drop-in Sitting and Study
7:10 pm – 9:00 pm, Wed, Dec 13, 2023 - Lecture: Ross Blum
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Dec 16, 2023 - Interim - Informal Zazen Only
7:30 am – 8:15 am, Mon, Dec 18, 2023 - New Year’s Eve at BZC
8:00 pm – 12:30 am, Sun, Dec 31, 2023 – Mon, Jan 1, 2024
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A Soto Zen practice place led by Hozan Alan Senauke and founded by Shunryu Suzuki and Sojun Mel Weitsman
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Walking the path of liberation, we express our intimate connection with all beings. Berkeley Zen Center is a sangha of Buddhist practitioners drawing from the Bay Area’s many spiritual and cultural communities. Just as Shakyamuni Buddha welcomed people of all backgrounds to practice, here at BZC our activities embrace diversity, and are available to people of every color, every way of life and ethnic background, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and ability. May all beings practice in safety and equality, realizing our true nature.