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Week of Jan 4th

  • Interim Break

    Interim Break


    Mon, Jan 4, 2021

    Informal Zazen only at 7:30 am and 5:40 pm - no speakers or services.

  • Interim Break

    Interim Break


    Tue, Jan 5, 2021

    Informal Zazen only at 7:30 am and 5:40 pm - no speakers or services.

  • Interim Break

    Interim Break


    Wed, Jan 6, 2021

    Informal Zazen only at 7:30 am and 5:40 pm - no speakers or services.

  • Open Sitting: Vigil for Sojun Roshi

    Open Sitting: Vigil for Sojun Roshi


    Fri, Jan 8, 2021

    The 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


    Fri, Jan 8, 2021

    Join us in the online zendo for this informal gathering.

  • One-Day Sesshin

    One-Day Sesshin


    Sat, Jan 9, 2021

    BZC 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


    Sat, Jan 9, 2021

    Saturday 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
    Passcode: bzc