Calendar

2024 BZC Calendar of Events

Weekly Schedule

Week of Feb 8th

  • Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Helen Cheng

    Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Helen Cheng


    Mon, Feb 8, 2021

    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.

  • Remembering Sojun Roshi

    Remembering Sojun Roshi


    Thu, Feb 11, 2021

    Reflections from His Long-Time Students 

    Our series of gatherings tonight, February 11, and continues on February 25.

    Begins at 7 pm in BZC’s ONLINE ZENDO

    Presenters will be announced.  There will be some time for Q & A following the presentations.

  • One-Day Sesshin

    One-Day Sesshin


    Sat, Feb 13, 2021

    BZC will offer a virtual sesshin on Saturday, Feb. 13. This virtual sesshin will begin at 7:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. and will include zazen, kinhin, service, a dharma talk, dokusan, and a work period. Lunch will be on your own. Ryushin Andrea Thach will be leading the sesshin. If this will be your first sesshin or if you have questions, please contact the sesshin director, at sesshin@berkeleyzencenter.org.

    The suggested sesshin donation is $15, or whatever you can afford. Mail a check to the BZC Office Manager at 1931 Russell St., Berkeley, CA 94703, or pay through the BZC website by going to the Generosity page and clicking the “Sits/Classes” tab. Please consider a donation to Berkeley Zen Center above the suggested fee to help us maintain our practice through the current crisis.

    Here is the link to the signup form: Sign up for Feb. 13 Sesshin.

    Lecture: Ryushin Andrea Thach

    Lecture: Ryushin Andrea Thach


    Sat, Feb 13, 2021

    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

    Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
    Passcode: bzc