Calendar

2024 BZC Calendar of Events

Weekly Schedule

Week of Apr 18th

  • Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Christian Evans

    Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Christian Evans


    Mon, Apr 18, 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.

  • Wednesday Night Drop In Sitting and Study

    Wednesday Night Drop In Sitting and Study


    Wed, Apr 20, 2022

  • Lecture: Hozan Alan Senauke

    Lecture: Hozan Alan Senauke


    Sat, Apr 23, 2022

    Saturday Program Link (ie, Online Zendo)
        • 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

    Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
    Passcode: bzc

  • Sojun Roshi Public Dokusan

    Sojun Roshi Public Dokusan


    Sun, Apr 24, 2022

    Please join us for an online gathering to view the first video of Sojun Roshi's Public Dokusans, which were offered in the Online Zendo on Thursday evenings throughout the 2nd half of 2020.  The video lasts about one hour; Sojun makes a brief introduction and then invites questions; there are about 10 encounters in this recording.
    Sunday, April 24 at 7 PM in the Online Zendo
    Sojun Roshi Public Dokusan

    Sojun Roshi Public Dokusan


    Sun, Apr 24, 2022

    Please join us for an online gathering to view the first video of Sojun Roshi's Public Dokusans, which were offered in the Online Zendo on Thursday evenings throughout the 2nd half of 2020.  The video lasts about one hour; Sojun makes a brief introduction and then invites questions; there are about ten encounters in this recording.
    Sunday, April 24 at 7 PM in the Online Zendo