Calendar

2024 BZC Calendar of Events

Weekly Schedule

Events in April 2023

  • Bodhisattva Ceremony

    Bodhisattva Ceremony


    Sat, Apr 1, 2023

    Lecture: Mary Mocine

    Lecture: Mary Mocine


    Sat, Apr 1, 2023

    Saturday Morning Schedule

    • Zendo opens:       8:20 am
    • Zazen:                      8:30 – 9:10
    • Service:                   9:10 – 9:30
    • Kinhin/break       9:30  – 9:40
    • Zazen:                      9:40 – 10:10
    • Lecture:                  10:15 – 11:15
  • Open Discussion

    Open Discussion


    Mon, Apr 3, 2023

    There will be an open discussion in the online zendo right after a shorter period of zazen:

    7:30 am: zazen

    8:00 am: open discussion

  • ONLINE SEMINAR ON WILLS AND TRUSTS

    ONLINE SEMINAR ON WILLS AND TRUSTS


    Thu, Apr 6, 2023

    BZC invites you to a Seminar in our online Zendo,  given by an experienced estate attorney, Cynthia Trutner  Cynthia de Nevers Trutner – Bancroft & McAlister LLP (bamlaw.com) . Cynthia will provide information on wills, trust, and powers of attorney.  This is offered as a service, with no obligations to the attorney or to BZC.  In California Trusts are highly recommended as a vehicle for simplifying and reducing the costs of settling a person's estate.

    A will and trust can be created by consultation with an attorney or by using information and forms available online or publications available through Nolo Press, a company located in Berkeley.

    We are accepting Reservations for the Seminar.  Please email Hannah Meara (hmeara@gmail.com) for more information or to reserve a spot.

  • Founders’ Ceremony

    Founders’ Ceremony


    Fri, Apr 7, 2023

    Way Seeking Mind Talk: Dan Harden

    Way Seeking Mind Talk: Dan Harden


    Fri, Apr 7, 2023

    BZC schedules a Way-Seeking Mind Talk on the First Friday afternoon of each month. The talk, followed by Q&A, begins at 5:45pm after five minutes of zazen and runs until 6:25pm. Please note, our First Friday afternoon WSM Talks are on Zoom. The zendo is closed for Zazen on the First Friday of the month.

     

  • Buddha’s Birthday Celebration

    Buddha’s Birthday Celebration


    Sat, Apr 8, 2023

    On Saturday, April 8, 10:15‒11:15 a.m., following a short talk by Abbot Hozan, BZC will join Buddhist centers around the world in celebrating the birth of the baby Buddha (traditionally considered to have been in early April). Our celebration takes place in the courtyard and is kid-friendly. We welcome children and others to come for work period at 7:35 a.m. to help decorate a bower in which the baby Buddha stands.

    Lecture: Abbot Hozan

    Lecture: Abbot Hozan


    Sat, Apr 8, 2023

    Saturday Morning Schedule

    • Zendo opens:       8:30 am
    • Zazen:                      8:40 – 9:20
    • Service:                   9:20 – 9:30
    • Kinhin/break       9:30  – 9:40
    • Zazen:                      9:40 – 10:10
    • Lecture:                  10:15 – 11:15
  • Way Seeking Mind Talk: Clay Taylor

    Way Seeking Mind Talk: Clay Taylor


    Mon, Apr 10, 2023

    There will be a 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.

  • Lecture: Hannah Meara

    Lecture: Hannah Meara


    Sat, Apr 15, 2023

    Saturday Morning Schedule

    • Zendo opens:       8:20 am
    • Zazen:                      8:30 – 9:10
    • Service:                   9:10 – 9:30
    • Kinhin/break       9:30  – 9:40
    • Zazen:                      9:40 – 10:10
    • Lecture:                  10:15 – 11:15
  • Board Meeting

    Board Meeting


    Sun, Apr 16, 2023

  • Way Seeking Mind Talk: Ken Knabb

    Way Seeking Mind Talk: Ken Knabb


    Mon, Apr 17, 2023

    There will be a 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.

  • Zazen Refresher with Abbot Hozan

    Zazen Refresher with Abbot Hozan

    All day
    Fri, Apr 21, 2023

    Abbot Hozan will offer basic Zazen instruction, including time for Q & A.

  • Lecture: Mary Duryee

    Lecture: Mary Duryee


    Sat, Apr 22, 2023

    Saturday Morning Schedule

    • Zendo opens:       8:20 am
    • Zazen:                      8:30 – 9:10
    • Service:                   9:10 – 9:30
    • Kinhin/break       9:30  – 9:40
    • Zazen:                      9:40 – 10:10
    • Lecture:                  10:15 – 11:15
  • Half-Day Sitting

    Half-Day Sitting


    Sun, Apr 23, 2023

    Berkeley Zen Center will have an in person half day sitting on Sunday March 5 from 8:00am to noon.
    Our health practices around masking and Covid vaccines will be observed. Muffins and tea will be served. A $10 donation is suggested.
    Email me with questions or to sign up.
    Mark Copithorne
    510.703.5465
  • Way Seeking Mind Talk: Marian Yu

    Way Seeking Mind Talk: Marian Yu


    Mon, Apr 24, 2023

    There will be a 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.

  • Lecture: Judy Fleischman

    Lecture: Judy Fleischman


    Sat, Apr 29, 2023

    Saturday Morning Schedule

    • Zendo opens:       8:30 am
    • Zazen:                      8:40 – 9:20
    • Service:                   9:20 – 9:30
    • Kinhin/break       9:30  – 9:40
    • Zazen:                      9:40 – 10:10
    • Lecture:                  10:15 – 11:15