Calendar

2024 BZC Calendar of Events

Weekly Schedule

Week of Feb 27th

  • Way Seeking Mind Talk: Stephanie Solar

    Way Seeking Mind Talk: Stephanie Solar


    Mon, Feb 27, 2023

    There 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 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.

  • Way Seeking Mind Talk: Sandeep Lehil

    Way Seeking Mind Talk: Sandeep Lehil


    Fri, Mar 3, 2023

    BZC schedules a Way-Seeking Mind Talk on the First Friday afternoon of each month. The talk, followed by Q&A, begins at 5:45pm after five minutes of zazen and runs until 6:25pm. Please note, our First Friday afternoon WSM Talks are on Zoom. The zendo is closed for Zazen on the First Friday of the month.

    Sandeep Lehil will be giving the talk this Friday, March 3rd.

  • Lecture: Abbot Hozan

    Lecture: Abbot Hozan


    Sat, Mar 4, 2023

    Saturday Morning Schedule

    • 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
  • Founders’ Ceremony

    Founders’ Ceremony


    Sun, Mar 5, 2023

    Half-Day Sitting

    Half-Day Sitting


    Sun, Mar 5, 2023

    Berkeley Zen Center will have an in person half day sitting on Sunday March 5 from 8:00am to noon.
    Our health practices around masking and Covid vaccines will be observed. Muffins and tea will be served. A $10 donation is suggested.
    Email me with questions or to sign up.
    Mark Copithorne
    510.703.5465