Please join us for a potluck dinner on Tuesday, September 13, beginning at 6:30 in the community room. A sign-up sheet is posted on the patio bulletin board for bringing food and drinks and helping with cleanup. After dinner the Board will nominate three candidates for this fall’s election. In recruiting candidates, the Board Nomination and Election Committee has identified skills that support the sangha’s interests, including but not limited to: oral and written communication, organization, information technology, money management, fundraising, engineering, building maintenance, and nonprofit law. Board members are expected to attend monthly meetings and an all-day retreat on a Sunday in February and to serve on at least one working Board committee: finance, buildings, development, electronic communication, nominations/elections. As in the past, all BZC members are welcome to nominate fellow members for this position, but please contact them first concerning their willingness to be nominated. We hope to see you at the dinner and meeting.
- Practice Period Class: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
7:15 pm – 8:45 pm, Thu, Jun 1, 2023 - Way Seeking Mind Talk: Shuso Sue Oehser
5:40 pm – 6:25 pm, Fri, Jun 2, 2023 - Bodhisattva Ceremony
9:10 am – 10:10 am, Sat, Jun 3, 2023 - Lecture: Abbot Hozan
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Jun 3, 2023 - Open Discussion
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Jun 5, 2023 - Founders’ Ceremony
7:00 am – 8:00 am, Wed, Jun 7, 2023 - Wednesday Night Drop-in Sitting and Study
7:10 pm – 9:00 pm, Wed, Jun 7, 2023 - Practice Period Bansan - "Tea" - and Discussion
5:40 pm – 6:30 pm, Fri, Jun 9, 2023 - Lecture: Shuso Sue Oehser
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Jun 10, 2023 - All-Sangha Work Day
All day, Sun, Jun 11, 2023 - Way Seeking Mind Talk: Ron Nestor
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Jun 12, 2023 - In Person Shosan Ceremony with Abbot Hozan
5:40 pm – 6:30 pm, Fri, Jun 16, 2023 - Lecture: Abbot Hozan
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Jun 17, 2023
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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.