Events

Dharma Talk with Peggy Kendo Murray

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

Join us for the dharma talk of Peggy Kendo Murray (in person or online) Please e-mail us if you need the zoom link (link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Peg has cultivated a spiritual friendship with Joshin sensei for more than 10 years and he has recognized her as a senior practitioner […]

Gate of Sweet Nectar

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

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 those parts of ourselves that we think of as insufficient and […]

Householder Koans

Join us for our monthly practice group on the Householder Koans (every second Monday of the month). Go-Go (Renée) and So’on will facilitate this monthly group on The Book of Householder Koans from Roshi Eve Myonen Marko & Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao. Next meeting: Monday April 8, from noon to 1pm Eastern Time. The practice group will […]

Dharma Talk by Joshin Brian Byrnes

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

Please join us this evening in person (in the Zendo) or online for a brief period of sitting meditation followed by a Dharma Talk given by the guiding teacher of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community, Sensei Joshin Brian Byrnes. All are welcome. There is no charge for this event, but donations are welcomed to support […]

Zazenkai – April 2024

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

Facilitated by Peg Kendo Murray This Sunday retreat provides the opportunity to join the Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in several periods of uninterrupted meditation in a full day of silence. We observe Noble Silence throughout the day, including meal and tea time. We engage wholeheartedly in alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, an […]

Dharma Reflection Gansho Clark Hanjian

On Wednesday April 17, Gansho will give an online dharma reflection at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. Please join us at Bread Loaf Mountain or on Zoom. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm. Please email us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Gansho Clark […]

Dharma Reflection by Emily Taido Strube

On Wednesday April 24 from 5:30 – 6:30pm, Emily Taido Strube will give the dharma reflection. You can email us if you need the zoom link (the link is the same for all public dharma talks and ceremonies). Emily Taido Strube (she/they) is a community engaged minister and novice at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. Taido’s unpaid work focuses […]

Precepts Reflection and Renewal Ceremony

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

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. Meg Dainin Small will give her reflection on the precept: One with the Buddha Email us if you need the zoom link (the same link used for public meditation, dharma talks and […]

May Zen Circle

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

Dylan & Dogen: Creativity and the Awakened Way Join us this May for a Zen Circle as we explore the intersecting paths of 13th Century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dogen and iconic musician Bob Dylan. Celebrated for their common spiritual journeys and profoundly poetic contributions by a contemporary generation of scholars, Zen teachers, and practitioners, […]

Zazenkai – June 8, 2024

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

Zazenkai, Saturday June 8, facilitated by Taido Strube This Saturday retreat provides the opportunity to join the Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in several periods of uninterrupted meditation in a full day of silence. We observe Noble Silence throughout the day, including meal and tea time. We engage wholeheartedly in alternating periods of sitting and […]

Singing the Song of Zazen – Commuter Sesshin

Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community 3958 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, United States

Early morning in May: Looking at Bread Loaf Mountain. (Eisho 2022) Three full days June 13th, 14th, 15th. Let’s get together for a few days, in sesshin, a gathering of our heart-minds and bodies. Let’s spend these days in silence, with periods of sitting and walking meditation, dharma talks and lunch together. This retreat is […]