Events in November 2022
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Way Seeking Mind Talk: Taryn Eliot Way Seeking Mind Talk: Taryn Eliot
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Fri, Nov 4, 2022 -
Lecture: Bob Rosenbaum Lecture: Bob Rosenbaum
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Sat, Nov 5, 2022 -
Half-Day Sitting Half-Day Sitting
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Sun, Nov 6, 2022Berkeley Zen Center will have the last half day sitting of the year on Sunday, November 6 from 8:00 am to noon.In person only. There will be muffins. A $10 donation is suggested. Our safety practices will be observed.To sign up or ask questions: email Mark Copithorne: -
Founders' Ceremony Founders' Ceremony
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Mon, Nov 7, 2022Lecture: HEAR Presentation Lecture: HEAR Presentation
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Lecture: Abbot Hozan Lecture: Abbot Hozan
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Sat, Nov 12, 2022 -
Board Meeting Board Meeting
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Sun, Nov 13, 2022 -
Way Seeking Mind Talk: Emily Fenster Way Seeking Mind Talk: Emily Fenster
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Mon, Nov 14, 2022There will be a Zoom student talk in the online zendo right after a shorter period of zazen:
7:30 am: zazen
8:00 am: way-seeking mind talk
What is a "way-seeking mind" talk? See below.
Way-Seeking Mind at Berkeley Zen Center
“Way-Seeking Mind” talks by practitioners at Berkeley Zen Center have been a regular event on Monday mornings for more than thirty years. Each of us came to Zen practice as a seeker, with a spirit of inquiry. Each of us arrives at BZC from our own diverse backgrounds—social, familial, educational, religious, and so on. The idea of our way-seeking mind talks is for students to share how it is that they came to practice. Each person tells his or her own story in a unique way that often blends autobiography, spiritual biography, and the practice questions that each of us is engaged with.
The talks are by invitation, and last about twenty-five minutes, including time for presentation and short question & answer period. For newer students, this is a chance to meet and hear those we are sitting with. Those invited to talk have been sitting steadily at BZC; for them it is an opportunity to tell their story and be seen and heard. One of the teachers or senior students is available for advice in shaping one's talk, should that be useful.
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Lecture: Luminous Heart Thompson Lecture: Luminous Heart Thompson
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Sat, Nov 19, 2022 -
Way Seeking Mind Talk: Juen Friederike Boissevain Way Seeking Mind Talk: Juen Friederike Boissevain
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Mon, Nov 21, 2022There will be a Zoom student talk in the online zendo right after a shorter period of zazen:
7:30 am: zazen
8:00 am: way-seeking mind talk
What is a "way-seeking mind" talk? See below.
Way-Seeking Mind at Berkeley Zen Center
“Way-Seeking Mind” talks by practitioners at Berkeley Zen Center have been a regular event on Monday mornings for more than thirty years. Each of us came to Zen practice as a seeker, with a spirit of inquiry. Each of us arrives at BZC from our own diverse backgrounds—social, familial, educational, religious, and so on. The idea of our way-seeking mind talks is for students to share how it is that they came to practice. Each person tells his or her own story in a unique way that often blends autobiography, spiritual biography, and the practice questions that each of us is engaged with.
The talks are by invitation, and last about twenty-five minutes, including time for presentation and short question & answer period. For newer students, this is a chance to meet and hear those we are sitting with. Those invited to talk have been sitting steadily at BZC; for them it is an opportunity to tell their story and be seen and heard. One of the teachers or senior students is available for advice in shaping one's talk, should that be useful.
Class postponed to January Class postponed to January
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Mon, Nov 21, 2022details coming soon.
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Zendo Holiday Zendo Holiday
All day
Thu, Nov 24, 2022 -
Lecture: Abbot Hozan Lecture: Abbot Hozan
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Sat, Nov 26, 2022 -
Way Seeking Mind Talk: Rob Walker Way Seeking Mind Talk: Rob Walker
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Mon, Nov 28, 2022There will be a Zoom student talk in the online zendo right after a shorter period of zazen:
7:30 am: zazen
8:00 am: way-seeking mind talk
What is a "way-seeking mind" talk? See below.
Way-Seeking Mind at Berkeley Zen Center
“Way-Seeking Mind” talks by practitioners at Berkeley Zen Center have been a regular event on Monday mornings for more than thirty years. Each of us came to Zen practice as a seeker, with a spirit of inquiry. Each of us arrives at BZC from our own diverse backgrounds—social, familial, educational, religious, and so on. The idea of our way-seeking mind talks is for students to share how it is that they came to practice. Each person tells his or her own story in a unique way that often blends autobiography, spiritual biography, and the practice questions that each of us is engaged with.
The talks are by invitation, and last about twenty-five minutes, including time for presentation and short question & answer period. For newer students, this is a chance to meet and hear those we are sitting with. Those invited to talk have been sitting steadily at BZC; for them it is an opportunity to tell their story and be seen and heard. One of the teachers or senior students is available for advice in shaping one's talk, should that be useful.
Class postponed to January Class postponed to January
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Mon, Nov 28, 2022Details coming soon