Calendar

2024 BZC Calendar of Events

Weekly Schedule

Week of Feb 13th

  • Way Seeking Mind Talk: Dean Bradley

    Way Seeking Mind Talk: Dean Bradley


    Mon, Feb 13, 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.

  • One-Day Sesshin

    One-Day Sesshin

    All day
    Sat, Feb 18, 2023

    1.  Deadline to sign up is Noon on Thursday, February 16.  In-person attendance will be limited to 30 people.  Slots will be given on a first-come-first-served basis.
    SIGN UP BY CLICKING HERE:
    2. The sesshin will also be offered online:  (sign up with the same form as above).
    3. For in-person sesshin attendees, proof of vaccination and booster shots are required to participate.  Social distancing protocols will be observed and all attendees will be required to wear an N94, KN94 or KN95 mask.
    4. We will not be offering a meal at this sesshin:  please bring your own bag lunch or dine locally.  We will also have a short work period, so please bring work clothes you can change into.
    5. Hozan Alan Senauke will offer dokusan both for in-person and online participants.  Practice discussion will also be offered by a senior student, both in-person and online.
    6. The sesshin fee is $15 for both in-person and online participation.  You may pay online, or you can send a check to BZC at:
    Berkeley Zen Center
    1931 Russell Street
    Berkeley, CA 94703
    Attention:  Office Manager, Helen Cheng
    Additional donations may be made at https://berkeleyzencenter.org/support-bzc/.

    If you have questions, please contact the Sesshin Director, Rob Lyons at robertlyons2305@gmail.com

    Winter Sessin information here: https://berkeleyzencenter.org/SrvLJ

    General Sesshin information here: https://berkeleyzencenter.org/X9AAC

     

     

     

     

    Buddha’s Parinirvana Ceremony

    Buddha’s Parinirvana Ceremony


    Sat, Feb 18, 2023

    Time subject to change.

    Lecture: Hozan Alan Senauke

    Lecture: Hozan Alan Senauke


    Sat, Feb 18, 2023

    This lecture is occuring during a one-day sesshin.  Non-sesshin participants may attend the following periods:

    • Zazen:             9:40 – 10:10
    • Kinhin:             10:10 - 10:15
    • Lecture:          10:15 – 11:15