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Week of Feb 17th

  • Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Cricket Halsey

    Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Cricket Halsey


    Mon, Feb 14, 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, Feb 16, 2022

  • One-Day Sesshin

    One-Day Sesshin


    Sat, Feb 19, 2022

    Abbot Hozan will lead this sesshin of the year on Saturday, February 19. This sesshin will be online. We encourage sangha members and friends to participate. Sign up here:

    https://forms.gle/Tq8dryQYXubswxzC7

    If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the sesshin director, Blake Tolbert, at sesshin@berkeleyzencenter.org.

    When paying forsesshin, please indicate on your check or in the PayPal note field that your donation is for the “February Sesshin.” The suggested donation is $15 for each sesshin, or whatever you can afford. Mail a check to BZC Office Manager, 1931 Russell St., Berkeley, CA 94703, or pay through the website using the “Sits/Classes” tab on the Donate page. Please consider a donation to Berkeley Zen Center above the suggested fee to help us maintain our practice.

    Lecture: Hozan Alan Senauke

    Lecture: Hozan Alan Senauke


    Sat, Feb 19, 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