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August 2019
Meals at Charter House
Please join us in providing our tri-weekly free meal at Charter House. You can participate through preparing a dish to serve beforehand, or come the day of to help serve, clean, and spend time with those who attend. Please use our community site on…
Find out more »Dharma talk: Joshin Byrnes
Wednesday August 21, Joshin will give a dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm. Joshin Byrnes is the guiding teacher of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. Joshin is a student of Upaya's founder, abbot, and guiding teacher, Roshi…
Find out more »Gate of Sweet Nectar
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 »Coffee and Community on Saturday Morning
Every Saturday morning when we don't have an event scheduled. You can join us for the 7am sit followed by a convivial breakfast and friendly conversation about life, dharma, or whatever naturally arises.
Find out more »September 2019
Ease and Joy of Mornings
Ease and Joy is a quiet morning designed to introduce you to the art of zazen, which is the word we use for Zen meditation. It is an ideal entryway for beginners, intermediate or long-time meditators who want a refresher course on this “dharma…
Find out more »Recommitment to the Peacemaker Precepts
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 on Saturday September 14, 5:30pm Eastern Time. Other dates for recommitment to the Precepts: October 13 November 12…
Find out more »Street Retreat New York City, September 2019
September, 18 - 22, 2019 New York City 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 Byrnes and Petra Zenryū Hubbeling, we will…
Find out more »Day of Reflection September 28
Please join us for our September Day of Reflection, in which we invite the community to spend the day with us in service, sangha, and reflection. This day will be a Zen Peacemaker tradition that integrates practice, contemplation, service and community. The day will begin…
Find out more »November 2019
Street Retreat San Francisco, November 2019
November 16-20, 2019 San Francisco (be aware: new date) 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…
Find out more »December 2019
Rohatsu Sesshin
Buddha’s Enlightenment With Joshin Byrnes Rohatsu is Japanese for "eighth day of the twelfth month." December 8 has come to be the day Japanese Zen Buddhists observe the enlightenment of the historical Buddha. Rohatsu is a powerful gathering of practitioners and friends who are…
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