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.
- All-day Study Sitting
5:00 am – 5:30 pm, Sat, Sep 21, 2024 - Dharma Talk: Linda Galijan
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Sep 21, 2024 - Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Peter Carpentieri
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Sep 23, 2024 - Drop-in Sitting and Study Group
7:10 pm – 9:30 pm, Wed, Sep 25, 2024 - Dharma Talk: Rhonda Magee
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Sep 28, 2024 - Beginners Sitting
8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Sun, Sep 29, 2024 - Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Dean Bradley
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Sep 30, 2024 - Way Seeking Mind Talk: Jean Selkirk
5:40 pm – 6:25 pm, Fri, Oct 4, 2024 - Dharma Talk: Abbot Hozan
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Oct 5, 2024 - Jukai (Lay Ordination) Ceremony
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sat, Oct 5, 2024 - Open Discussion
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Oct 7, 2024 - One-Day Sitting/Open Aspects
All day, Sat, Oct 12, 2024
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A Soto Zen practice place led by Hozan Alan Senauke and founded by Shunryu Suzuki and Sojun Mel Weitsman
Affirmation of Welcome
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.