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.
- Wednesday Night Drop-in Sitting and Study
7:10 pm – 9:00 pm, Wed, Feb 8, 2023 - Introduction to Zen Class with Abbot Hozan
7:15 pm – 8:45 pm, Thu, Feb 9, 2023 - Lecture: Laurie Senauke
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Feb 11, 2023 - Way Seeking Mind Talk: Dean Bradley
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Feb 13, 2023 - One-Day Sesshin
All day, Sat, Feb 18, 2023 - Buddha’s Parinirvana Ceremony
9:10 am, Sat, Feb 18, 2023 - Lecture: TBA
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Feb 18, 2023 - Zendo Holiday
All day, Mon, Feb 20, 2023 - Lecture: Gary Artim
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Feb 25, 2023 - Women Ancestors Ceremony
11:45 am – 12:45 pm, Sat, Feb 25, 2023 - Beginners’ Sesshin
All day, Sun, Feb 26, 2023 - Way Seeking Mind Talk: Stephanie Solar
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Feb 27, 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.