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.
- Way Seeking Mind Talk: Gensan Kristopher Thomson
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, May 19, 2025 - Lotus Sutra Class
7:15 pm – 8:30 pm, Thu, May 22, 2025 - Shuso Dharma Talk: Mark Copithorne
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, Fri, May 23, 2025 - Dharma Talk: Greg Fain
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, May 24, 2025 - Lotus Sutra Chanting
8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Mon, May 26, 2025 - Practice Period Bansan - "Tea" - and Discussion
5:40 pm – 6:30 pm, Fri, May 30, 2025 - Dharma Talk: Shuso Mark Copithorne
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, May 31, 2025 - Sangha Work Day
8:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sun, Jun 1, 2025 - Way Seeking Mind Talk: Joe Buckner
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Jun 2, 2025 - In Person Shosan Ceremony with Linda and/or Greg
5:40 pm – 6:30 pm, Fri, Jun 6, 2025 - Dharma Talk: Linda Galijan
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Jun 7, 2025 - Priest Ordination
11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Sun, Jun 8, 2025
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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.