NOTE: The Annual Calendar is subject to change – please see the monthly website calendar below or the home page to confirm dates of upcoming events.
Events in July 2025
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Zendo Holiday Zendo Holiday
All day
Fri, Jul 4, 2025 -
Dharma Talk: Sue Oehser Dharma Talk: Sue Oehser
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Sat, Jul 5, 2025Shortened Saturday Program Schedule
- 8:50-9:30 Work Practice
- 9:30-10:05 Zazen
- 10:05-10:15 Kinhin
- 10:15-11:15 Dharma Talk
- Followed By Informal Tea
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Half-Day Sitting, July 6 Half-Day Sitting, July 6
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Sun, Jul 6, 2025There will be a half-day sitting at BZC’s Zendo on Sunday, July 6, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. We will have five periods of Zazen and Kinhin, with a water break in the middle. This is a nice, quiet way to begin the day and all are welcome.
Zazen will be physically distanced, with a capacity of 34 people sitting in the Zendo. For the present masks are optional.
Windows will be wide open, so dress warmly, according to the weather.
Suggested donation is $10. You can sign up by emailing the Director Gary Artim at gartim@gmail.com. I will also be happy to answer any questions you may have.
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Open Discussion Open Discussion
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Mon, Jul 7, 2025.... in the online zendo.
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Dharma Talk: Linda Galijan Roshi Dharma Talk: Linda Galijan Roshi
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Sat, Jul 12, 2025Full Saturday Program Schedule
- 6:00-6:40 Zazen
- 6:40-6:50 Kinhin
- 6:50-7:20 Zazen
- 7:20-7:40 Service
- 7:40-8:30 Breakfast
- 8:30-8:50 Break
- 8:50-9:30 Work Practice
- 9:30-10:05 Zazen
- 10:05-10:15 Kinhin
- 10:15-11:15 Dharma Talk
- Followed By Informal Tea
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Zazenkai Zazenkai
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Sun, Jul 13, 2025Join us for a Zazenkai on Sunday, July 13, from 8am to 4pm.A Zazenkai is a special day of sitting in silence and stillness. We offer two each year at Berkeley Zen Center. This Zazenkai will be led by senior student Karen Sundheim. The suggested donation is $15.For more details and to sign up, click on this link:The registration form consists of a few pages. If you reach a 'Thank you for registering!' message, your registration has been successfully recorded. If you don't see this message, please be in touch with Helen at mankattan@yahoo.com. -
Way Seeking Mind Talk: Hava Glick-Landes Way Seeking Mind Talk: Hava Glick-Landes
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Mon, Jul 14, 2025There 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 talkWhat 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.
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Suzuki Roshi Book Launch Suzuki Roshi Book Launch
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Thu, Jul 17, 2025On Thursday, July 17, 7:15‒8:45 p.m., please join us in the BZC zendo (or online) for a dharma talk by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler honoring Sojun Roshi’s role as coeditor of the new Suzuki Roshi book, Becoming Yourself. Jiryu worked closely with Sojun Roshi and others to bring this project to completion.
For information about other events around the launch of this book, check out www.becomingyourselfbook.com/events.
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Dharma Talk: Greg Fain Roshi Dharma Talk: Greg Fain Roshi
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Sat, Jul 19, 2025Full Saturday Program Schedule
- 6:00-6:40 Zazen
- 6:40-6:50 Kinhin
- 6:50-7:15 Zazen
- 7:15-7:40 Service
- 7:40-8:30 Breakfast
- 8:30-8:50 Break
- 8:50-9:30 Work Practice
- 9:30-10:05 Zazen
- 10:05-10:15 Kinhin
- 10:15-11:15 Dharma Talk
- Followed By Informal Tea
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Way Seeking Mind Talk: Jim Erb Way Seeking Mind Talk: Jim Erb
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Mon, Jul 21, 2025There 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 talkWhat 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.
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Dharma Talk: Rev. Liên Shutt Dharma Talk: Rev. Liên Shutt
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Sat, Jul 26, 2025Full Saturday Program Schedule
- 6:00-6:40 Zazen
- 6:40-6:50 Kinhin
- 6:50-7:15 Zazen
- 7:15-7:40 Service
- 7:40-8:30 Breakfast
- 8:30-8:50 Break
- 8:50-9:30 Work Practice
- 9:30-10:05 Zazen
- 10:05-10:15 Kinhin
- 10:15-11:15 Dharma Talk
- Followed By Informal Tea
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Way Seeking Mind Talk: Renee Whitworth Way Seeking Mind Talk: Renee Whitworth
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Mon, Jul 28, 2025There 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 talkWhat 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.