Calendar

2024 BZC Calendar of Events

Weekly Schedule

Events in December 2022

  • Way Seeking Mind Talk: Kurt Kowalski

    Way Seeking Mind Talk: Kurt Kowalski


    Fri, Dec 2, 2022

    There 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.

  • Lecture: Carol Paul

    Lecture: Carol Paul


    Sat, Dec 3, 2022

  • Rohatsu Sesshin

    Rohatsu Sesshin

    All day
    Mon, Dec 5, 2022

    Please view our home page for recently updated changes to our schedule for rohatsu.

    Suzuki Roshi Annual Memorial

    Suzuki Roshi Annual Memorial


    Mon, Dec 5, 2022

  • Rohatsu Sesshin

    Rohatsu Sesshin

    All day
    Mon, Dec 5, 2022

    Please view our home page for recently updated changes to our schedule for rohatsu.

  • Rohatsu Sesshin

    Rohatsu Sesshin

    All day
    Mon, Dec 5, 2022

    Please view our home page for recently updated changes to our schedule for rohatsu.

  • Rohatsu Sesshin

    Rohatsu Sesshin

    All day
    Mon, Dec 5, 2022

    Please view our home page for recently updated changes to our schedule for rohatsu.

  • Rohatsu Sesshin

    Rohatsu Sesshin

    All day
    Mon, Dec 5, 2022

    Please view our home page for recently updated changes to our schedule for rohatsu.

  • Rohatsu Sesshin

    Rohatsu Sesshin

    All day
    Mon, Dec 5, 2022

    Please view our home page for recently updated changes to our schedule for rohatsu.

    Lecture: Abbot Hozan

    Lecture: Abbot Hozan


    Sat, Dec 10, 2022

    Buddha’s Enlightenment Ceremony

    Buddha’s Enlightenment Ceremony


    Sat, Dec 10, 2022

  • Rohatsu Sesshin

    Rohatsu Sesshin

    All day
    Mon, Dec 5, 2022

    Please view our home page for recently updated changes to our schedule for rohatsu.

  • Zendo Holiday

    Zendo Holiday

    All day
    Mon, Dec 12, 2022

  • Lecture: Abbot Hozan

    Lecture: Abbot Hozan


    Sat, Dec 17, 2022

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.

  • Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    Winter Break - Informal Zazen

    All day
    Sun, Dec 18, 2022 Sat, Dec 31, 2022

    Informal zazen (i.e., no talks or services) will be offered during the winter break - ONLINE ONLY - at 6:00 am, 7:30 am, and 5:40 pm.  Note that we are still in the process of staffing this so there may be some gaps; watch this space for late breaking news.