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Thu, Oct 1, 2020
"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.
The group meets on in the Online Zendo on Thursdays when there isn't Group Dokusan, from 6:30 to 7:30 (right after evening zazen).
For more information, check out our YEBZ page.
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Fri, Oct 2, 2020
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.
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Sat, Oct 3, 2020
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
Passcode: bzc
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Sat, Oct 3, 2020
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Mon, Oct 5, 2020
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.
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Wed, Oct 7, 2020
Our longstanding Wednesday night drop in group continues in the Online Zendo!
7:00: Zazen
7:30: Reading and discussion
The group is currently led by BZC Practice Leader Gerry Oliva; join us!
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
Passcode: bzc
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Thu, Oct 8, 2020
Sojun-Roshi is offering this open Group Dokusan, with 8-9 students. He will be setting the tone with a short introductory talk, and then invite the questioners. All are welcome to listen in on these Dharma exchanges.
To join, please enter BZC’s Online Zendo
Dial-in (audio only): call 408 638 0968
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
More info, email Gary: gartim@gmail.com
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Sat, Oct 10, 2020
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
Passcode: bzc
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Mon, Oct 12, 2020
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.
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Wed, Oct 14, 2020
Our longstanding Wednesday night drop in group continues in the Online Zendo!
7:00: Zazen
7:30: Reading and discussion
The group is currently led by BZC Practice Leader Gerry Oliva; join us!
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
Passcode: bzc
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Thu, Oct 15, 2020
"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.
The group meets on Thursdays when there isn't Group Dokusan, from 6:30 to 7:30 (right after evening zazen).
For more information, check out our YEBZ page.
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Sat, Oct 17, 2020
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
Passcode: bzc
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Sat, Oct 17, 2020
This monthly gathering meets on in the Online Zendo for study and discussion.
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Sat, Oct 17, 2020
Sojun Roshi will offer priest ordination/shukke tokudo to Doko Kika Susan Hellein. This ceremony—face-to-face in the zendo with just a handful of people carefully present—is both the confirmation of Kika’s strong and steady practice, and a new beginning with ordination as a Soto Zen priest-in-training. Please join Kika and our BZC community for this joyous event in the Online Zendo.
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Sun, Oct 18, 2020
Our annual Women’s Retreat (via Zoom this year) will be Sunday, October 18.
The retreat will be led by Seishin Gyokuko Karen DeCotis, a transmitted priest of Sojun Roshi, who practices in Bozeman, Montana. Karen says: “The theme of the day will be: Are you and your soul separated?, drawing on the famous koan of Senjo. Women in particular often suffer the travail between service to the world and self care and knowledge. How can we embody the full range of the feminine to both honor this individual existence as well as offer ourselves to the world in fulfillment of our Bodhisattva Vow? In our time together we will experientially dive into the feminine energies of the practice, which include both wisdom and compassion, strength and softness, rigor and nurture. The retreat will offer guided and silent meditation, reflection, journaling, dialogue, stories, and shared examination of being women in practice.”
The retreat will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m. We will share a virtual brown-bag lunch together.
The suggested dana for the day is $15, or whatever you can afford.
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Sun, Oct 18, 2020
Our annual Women’s Retreat (via Zoom this year) will be Sunday, March 14.
More details to follow.
The retreat will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m. We will share a virtual brown-bag lunch together.
The suggested dana for the day is $15, or whatever you can afford.
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Mon, Oct 19, 2020
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.
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Tue, Oct 20, 2020
A safe and informal setting where up to 8 people at a time can meet — to express their interests, questions, and concerns, and talk among ourselves about things that concern us all: the continuity and shape of Suzuki Roshi and Sojun’s practice, our sense of and needs from the BZC community, and the state of our ever-changing world.
Click here for more information
To sign up:
Contact Hannah Meara for a place in the room: hmeara@gmail.com
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Wed, Oct 21, 2020
Our longstanding Wednesday night drop in group continues in the Online Zendo!
7:00: Zazen
7:30: Reading and discussion
The group is currently led by BZC Practice Leader Gerry Oliva; join us!
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
Passcode: bzc
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Sat, Oct 24, 2020
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
Passcode: bzc
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Sat, Oct 24, 2020
The Board of Directors of Berkeley Zen Center, with boundless gratitude, invites to you the Stepping Down Ceremony and Stepping Into Founding Dharma Teacher position for Hakuryu Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi.
Ceremony will be virtual; go to "Enter the Zendo Now" at the scheduled time.
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Sun, Oct 25, 2020
"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.
The group meets on in the Online Zendo on some Sundays.
For more information, check out our YEBZ page.
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Sun, Oct 25, 2020
Please click here to join the online Zendo.
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Mon, Oct 26, 2020
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.
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Wed, Oct 28, 2020
Our longstanding Wednesday night drop in group continues in the Online Zendo!
7:00: Zazen
7:30: Reading and discussion
The group is currently led by BZC Practice Leader Gerry Oliva; join us!
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
Passcode: bzc
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Thu, Oct 29, 2020
"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.
The group meets on in the Online Zendo on Thursdays when there isn't Group Dokusan, from 6:30 to 7:30 (right after evening zazen).
For more information, check out our YEBZ page.
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Thu, Oct 29, 2020
Sojun-Roshi is offering this open Group Dokusan, with 8-9 students. He will be setting the tone with a short introductory talk, and then invite the questioners. All are welcome to listen in on these Dharma exchanges.
To join, please enter BZC’s Online Zendo
Dial-in (audio only): call 408 638 0968
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
More info, email Gary: gartim@gmail.com
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Sat, Oct 31, 2020
Meeting ID: 657 798 2914
Passcode: bzc