Calendar

2024 BZC Calendar of Events

Weekly Schedule

Week of Feb 28th

  • Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Kika Hellein

    Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Kika Hellein


    Mon, Feb 28, 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, Mar 2, 2022

  • Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Mira Queen

    Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Mira Queen


    Fri, Mar 4, 2022

    There will be a way-seeking mind talk in the online zendo at the time of the usual Friday afternoon zazen:

    5:40 pm: zazen
    5:45: talk

    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: Denkei Raul Moncayo

    Lecture: Denkei Raul Moncayo


    Sat, Mar 5, 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

    BZC Community Picnic

    BZC Community Picnic


    Sat, Mar 5, 2022

    Come out for a BZC community picnic! Please save March 5, 12:30‒4:00 for a BZC social gathering at Live Oak Park, Picnic Area #2 in Berkeley. The site is next to the Berkeley Art Center at 1275 Walnut Street (across the street from the main part of Live Oak Park).
    Everyone in the BZC community is welcome. Please bring yourself and something to eat or drink to share. The site is wheelchair accessible. Vaccination status will not be checked, and masking is optional.
    For any questions, please contact Heather Sarantis at heathersarantis@gmail.com or 415-730-4515.

  • Women's Sesshin

    Women's Sesshin


    Sun, Mar 6, 2022

    Our annual spring women’s sesshin will be
    Sunday, March 6. The schedule will be 8:00‒
    12:00 and will include periods of zazen, kinhin,
    a service, and the reading and discussion of a
    text. The sesshin will be led by BZC women
    practice leaders.
    The suggested donation is $15 or whatever
    amount works for you. Mail a check to the BZC
    Office Manager at 1931 Russell St., Berkeley
    94703, or pay through the website using the
    “Sits/Classes” tab on the Donate page. Be sure
    to indicate on the payment that it is for the
    women’s sesshin.
    For questions or to sign up, please contact
    Leslie Bartholic at lbartholic@comcast.net.