Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra, Paula Kane Robinson Arai; The Path to Bodhidharma, Shodo Harada Roshi; Trust, Realization, and the Self in Soto Zen Practice, Daijaku Kinst; Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sutra, Donald S. Lopez and Jacqueline I. Stone; The Buddha in Jail, Cuong Lu; The Shamanic Bones of Zen, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel; Kobun’s Teaching on Platform Sutra, Kobun Chino Otogawa; The Stories of the Lotus Sutra, Gene Reeves; American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War, Duncan Ryuken Williams.
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6:00 am – 5:30 pm, Wed, Dec 6, 2023 - Lecture: Abbot Hozan
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Dec 9, 2023 - Zendo Holiday - Informal Zazen Only
6:00 am – 6:30 pm, Mon, Dec 11, 2023 - Wednesday Night Drop-in Sitting and Study
7:10 pm – 9:00 pm, Wed, Dec 13, 2023 - Lecture: Ross Blum
10:15 am – 11:15 am, Sat, Dec 16, 2023 - Interim - Informal Zazen Only
7:30 am – 8:15 am, Mon, Dec 18, 2023 - New Year’s Eve at BZC
8:00 pm – 12:30 am, Sun, Dec 31, 2023 – Mon, Jan 1, 2024
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A Soto Zen practice place led by Hozan Alan Senauke and founded by Shunryu Suzuki and Sojun Mel Weitsman
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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.