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Week of Feb 1st

  • Open Discussion

    Open Discussion


    Mon, Feb 1, 2021

    Young East Bay Zen Meet Up

    Young East Bay Zen Meet Up


    Mon, Feb 1, 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.

  • Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Simba Meki

    Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Simba Meki


    Fri, Feb 5, 2021

    There 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: talk

    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.

  • Lecture: Karen DeCotis

    Lecture: Karen DeCotis


    Sat, Feb 6, 2021

    Saturday Program Link (ie, Online Zendo)

    NOTE NEW(ish) 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

    Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
    Passcode: bzc