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June 2020
Recommitment to the Peacemaker Precepts (online)
Every month on the full moon we recommit ourselves to the peacemaker precepts in a beautiful ceremony of chanting and bows (fusatsu) held during evening meditation. Join us online on Friday June 5, 5:30pm Eastern Time Email Petra for the zoom link Other dates for…
Find out more »Meals at Charter House
Please join us in providing our tri-weekly free meal at Charter House. During the Corona crisis we Preparing Grab-n-Go Lunches for Charter House. Please use our community site on Lotsa Helping Hands to sign up: https://my.lotsahelpinghands.com/community/bread-loaf-mountain-zen-center
Find out more »Dharma talk: Joshin Byrnes (by zoom)
Wednesday June 10, Joshin will give a dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm and you can join it by Zoom. Please email Petra for the zoom link. Sensei Joshin is a Zen priest and teacher in…
Find out more »Gate of Sweet Nectar (by zoom)
On each New Moon of the month we chant the Gate of Sweet Nectar liturgy, calling out to all those who are feeling lost and left behind. We commit to bring our whole selves to all who are suffering in our world, including to…
Find out more »Street Retreat Seattle, June 2020 (on hold for now)
June 27 - July 1, 2020 Seattle 2,500 years ago Shakyamuni Buddha led his monks each day in the practice of begging for food, receiving whatever was offered with gratitude. In this retreat led by Joshin, we will plunge into a modern day variation…
Find out more »July 2020
Summer Sesshin, July 13-18 (on hold for now)
Sesshin, meaning to gather the heart/mind, is a meditation retreat, done with others that deepens our relationship to our mind and to the world. In sesshin, the mind/body calms and settles, and the mind becomes clear and open. We experience the deep stillness that…
Find out more »August 2020
Dharma Talk with Sensei Genzan Quennell
Wednesday August 5, Sensei Genzan Quennell will give the Dharma Talk. Genzan Quennell A close dharma brother of Joshin Byrnes, Sensei (they received Tokudo and Transmission together), Genzan has been practicing zazen since 1991. He has taught meditation and buddhist practice in prisons, drug…
Find out more »September 2020
Street Retreat Boston, September 2020 (on hold for now)
September 16 - 20, 2020 Boston 2,500 years ago Shakyamuni Buddha led his monks each day in the practice of begging for food, receiving whatever was offered with gratitude. In this retreat led by Joshin and Petra, we will plunge into a modern day…
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