The Development Committee has created a 50th Anniversary T-shirt, very limited edition. These shirts will be available for $20 each beginning in July (on sale after the Saturday program). All profits will be donated to the Let’s Party Fund, in support of our upcoming anniversary party in September. The shirt front has the BZC logo with “Berkeley Zen Center, Fifty Years.” The back reads: “Accomplishing nothing since 1967.”
- Bodhisattva Ceremony
9:10 am – 9:40 am, Sat, Apr 1, 2023 - Lecture: Mary Mocine
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Apr 1, 2023 - Open Discussion
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Apr 3, 2023 - Wednesday Night Drop-in Sitting and Study
7:10 pm – 9:00 pm, Wed, Apr 5, 2023 - ONLINE SEMINAR ON WILLS AND TRUSTS
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Thu, Apr 6, 2023 - Founders’ Ceremony
7:00 am – 8:00 am, Fri, Apr 7, 2023 - Way Seeking Mind Talk: Dan Harden
5:40 pm – 6:25 pm, Fri, Apr 7, 2023 - Buddha’s Birthday Celebration
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Apr 8, 2023 - Lecture: Abbot Hozan
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Apr 8, 2023 - Way Seeking Mind Talk: Ken Knabb
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Apr 10, 2023 - Lecture: Hannah Meara
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Apr 15, 2023 - Board Meeting
9:00 am – 11:00 am, Sun, Apr 16, 2023 - Way Seeking Mind Talk: Clay Taylor
8:00 am – 8:30 am, Mon, Apr 17, 2023 - Lecture: Mary Duryee
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Apr 22, 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.