Events in January 2021
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Interim Break Interim Break
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Fri, Jan 1, 2021Informal Zazen only at 7:30 am and 5:40 pm - no speakers or services.
New Year's Day Reading Salon New Year's Day Reading Salon
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Fri, Jan 1, 2021Dear Friends,
Nancy Suib, Karen Sundheim, and Susan Marvin invite you to usher in the NEW YEAR with dharma friends and a Zen Reading Salon.
Bring a couple of favorite poems, a few lines from a favorite book, or lines from a Sutra to read to others in breakout rooms. If you prefer, you can say something about what this time of NEW YEAR means to you -- what you want to let go and what you want to bring forward. Choose anything you’d like to share that expresses Dharma to you. We'll have time for both all-group and small-group breakout time together.
Karen and Nancy -- Program Hosts
Susan -- Zoom Tech HostNEW YEAR'S DAY -- Friday, January 1, 2021 (2:45--4:00) Please join us at 2:45 for 15 minutes of Zazen.
Use the BZC online Zazen/Lecture link to enter.
We hope to see you there!
Warmly,
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Interim Break Interim Break
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Sat, Jan 2, 2021Informal Zazen only at 9:45 am - no speakers or services.
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Interim Break Interim Break
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Mon, Jan 4, 2021Informal Zazen only at 7:30 am and 5:40 pm - no speakers or services.
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Interim Break Interim Break
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Tue, Jan 5, 2021Informal Zazen only at 7:30 am and 5:40 pm - no speakers or services.
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Interim Break Interim Break
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Wed, Jan 6, 2021Informal Zazen only at 7:30 am and 5:40 pm - no speakers or services.
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Open Sitting: Vigil for Sojun Roshi Open Sitting: Vigil for Sojun Roshi
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Fri, Jan 8, 2021The Online Zendo will be open throughout today and into this evening at 7 pm. This is an open sitting with no bells; come and go as needed. At 7 pm, we will gather to connect voice to voice and warm heart to warm heart in conversation, in sharings, also in the Online Zendo.All-Sangha meeting to share love and grief All-Sangha meeting to share love and grief
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Fri, Jan 8, 2021Join us in the online zendo for this informal gathering.
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One-Day Sesshin One-Day Sesshin
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Sat, Jan 9, 2021BZC will offer a virtual sesshin on Saturday, Jan. 9. 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, and a work period. Lunch will be on your own. If this will be your first sesshin or if you have questions, please contact the sesshin director at sesshin@berkeleyzencenter.org.
To sign up, please fill out this form.
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.
Lecture: Hozan Alan Senauke Lecture: Hozan Alan Senauke
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Sat, Jan 9, 2021Saturday Program Link (ie, Online Zendo)
- 9:45 am: zazen
- 10:15 am: lecture and discussion
- We’ll end around 11:15 am
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
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Open Discussion Open Discussion
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Mon, Jan 11, 2021 -
Remembering Sojun Roshi Remembering Sojun Roshi
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Thu, Jan 14, 2021Reflections from His Long-Time Students
Our series of four gatherings begins tonight, January 14, and continues on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays in January and February (January 28, February 11, & February 25)
Begins at 7 pm in BZC’s ONLINE ZENDO
Presenters this week are Ron Nestor, Baika Pratt Heaton, and Laurie Senauke.
There will be some time for Q & A following the presentations.
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Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Deb Self Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Deb Self
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Fri, Jan 15, 2021There 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: talkWay-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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Lecture: Peter Overton Lecture: Peter Overton
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Sat, Jan 16, 2021Saturday Program Link (ie, Online Zendo)
NOTE NEW SCHEDULE!
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- 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
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Mon, Jan 18, 2021Please join us for zazen, service, and reflections to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here's our tentative schedule:
7:30 - 8:10 Zazen8:10 - 8:20 Memorial service8:20 - 8:40 Kinhin/break8:40 - 9:00 Hozan short reading and reflection9:00 - 9:30 Breakout groups9:30 - 9:45 group sharing9:50 Closing vows -
Young East Bay Zen Meet Up Young East Bay Zen Meet Up
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Thu, Jan 21, 2021"YEBZ" at Berkeley Zen Center invites younger practitioners and beginners to join us in open discussion groups about Zen Buddhism, meditation, and developing a personal practice. Our aim is to cultivate “Kalyana Mitta,” spiritual friendship, to provide members with the opportunity to meet others in their age group and similar situations to support each other in bringing Zen practice more fully into our daily lives.
Please note that this event uses a different Zoom link than the online zendo. You can join by clicking here (password: bzc).
For more information, check out our YEBZ page.
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Lecture: Susan Marvin Lecture: Susan Marvin
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Sat, Jan 23, 2021Saturday Program Link (ie, Online Zendo)
NOTE NEW(ish) SCHEDULE:
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- 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
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Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
Passcode: bzcYoung East Bay Zen Meet Up Young East Bay Zen Meet Up
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Sat, Jan 23, 2021"YEBZ" at Berkeley Zen Center invites younger practitioners and beginners to join us in open discussion groups about Zen Buddhism, meditation, and developing a personal practice. Our aim is to cultivate “Kalyana Mitta,” spiritual friendship, to provide members with the opportunity to meet others in their age group and similar situations to support each other in bringing Zen practice more fully into our daily lives.
Additionally, we will have "facilitated" discussions with a senior student or longtime practitioner every 4th Saturday, and those will be on various Koans from The Hidden Lamp. This session will be a casual discussion.
Please note that this event uses a different Zoom link than the online zendo. You can join by clicking here (password: bzc).
For more information, check out our YEBZ page.
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Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Clay Taylor Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Clay Taylor
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Mon, Jan 25, 2021There 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.
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Departing Monk Ceremony Departing Monk Ceremony
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Thu, Jan 28, 2021Three BZC resident priests are moving away from the Bay Area in early February - Alexandra Frappier, Bruce Coughran, and Kika Hellein. Join us as we wish them well on their journey.
Remembering Sojun Roshi Remembering Sojun Roshi
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Thu, Jan 28, 2021Reflections from His Long-Time Students
Our series of gatherings continues tonight, January 28, and on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays in February (February 11 & 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.
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Lecture: Steve Weintraub Lecture: Steve Weintraub
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Sat, Jan 30, 2021This talk will be given by Steve Weintraub, a dharma heir of Sojun Roshi and a resident at Green Gulch Farm. He will speak about the meaning of the Mountain Seat Ceremony, which will occur the next day, January 31, at 3 p.m. Steve directed the 2019 Mountain Seat at SFZC for David Zimmerman, the recent Stepping Down Ceremony for Sojun Roshi, and he is now directing our Mountain Seat ceremony for Hozan Alan Senauke.
Please join us as we deepen our understanding of this important ceremony, including the meaning of each portion of the Ceremony as well as its significance in the history of our Sangha.
Saturday Program Link (ie, Online Zendo)
NOTE NEW SCHEDULE:
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- 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
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Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
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Mountain Seat Ceremony for Hozan Senauke Mountain Seat Ceremony for Hozan Senauke
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Sun, Jan 31, 2021The Board of Shogaku-ji - Old Plum Mountain Temple
Berkeley Zen Centeris pleased to invite you to the
Shin San Shiki - Mountain Seat Ceremony Abbot Installation for
Hozan Kushiki Alan SenaukeSunday, January 31 at 3 pm
Ceremonies will be live-streamed via Zoom in BZC's Online Zendo
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914 Passcode: bzcCongratulations can be posted on our online board for Hozan Alan:
https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/omxxPytM
or emailed to abbot@berkeleyzencenter.org