Calendar

2024 BZC Calendar of Events

Weekly Schedule

Week of Aug 1st

  • Open Discussion

    Open Discussion


    Mon, Aug 1, 2022

    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

  • Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Diane Ritchey

    Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Diane Ritchey


    Fri, Aug 5, 2022

    There will be a Zoom student talk in the online zendo right after a shorter period of zazen.

    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


    Sat, Aug 6, 2022

    We invite you to join Abbot Hozan Senauke for a one-day sesshin at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday August 6.  Please review the following details and sign up by clicking on the link below.
    1. The Sesshin will be held on Saturday, August 6, from 7:50 AM to 5:30 PM.
    2.  Sesshin will be both online and in-person. In-person attendance will be limited to 30 people. Proof of vaccination and booster shots are required to participate.  Slots will be given on a first-come-first-served basis, so please sign up as soon as possible:  COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM DUE:  Tuesday, August 2.
    SIGN UP BY CLICKING HERE:
    3. For in-person sesshin attendees, lunch will be served buffet style outside in the courtyard. For work period, please bring suitable clothes to change into.
    4. Abbott Hozan Senauke will give the dharma talk, and Hozan and Senior Practice Leaders will offer Dokusan for both in-person participants and online participants.
    5. The sesshin fee is $15.  You may pay online, or you can send a check to BZC at:
    Berkeley Zen Center
    1933 Russell Street
    Berkeley, CA 94703
    Attention:  Office Manager, Helen Cheng
    Online donations including 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
    Lecture: Abbot Hozan

    Lecture: Abbot Hozan


    Sat, Aug 6, 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