My Calendar

Week of Oct 31st

  • Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Courtney Gonzalez

    Way-Seeking Mind Talk: Courtney Gonzalez


    Mon, Oct 31, 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.

  • Way Seeking Mind Talk: Taryn Eliot

    Way Seeking Mind Talk: Taryn Eliot


    Fri, Nov 4, 2022

  • Lecture: Bob Rosenbaum

    Lecture: Bob Rosenbaum


    Sat, Nov 5, 2022

  • Half-Day Sitting

    Half-Day Sitting


    Sun, Nov 6, 2022

    Berkeley Zen Center will have the last half day sitting of the year on Sunday, November 6 from 8:00 am to noon.
    In person only. There will be muffins. A $10 donation is suggested. Our safety practices will be observed.
    To sign up or ask questions: email Mark Copithorne: