In the news: “Gather Offers Relief for Loneliness”
Gather offers relief for hunger and loneliness Addison Independent November 30, 2023 ‘Gather’ offers relief for hunger & loneliness GATHER AT 48 Merchants Row in Middlebury hosted a Thanksgiving dinner last Thursday for around 60 people, many of them houseless and/or struggling with…
This month at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen: The Buddha’s Awakening
This week we join Buddhists worldwide in commemorating the Buddha’s awakening by entering deep retreat both in our temple and at Gather. Giving ourselves completely to retreat we gift ourselves with a chance to remember that the human heart cannot cut itself off from the world. Our deepest…
December Note from Gather
Our first Thanksgiving at Gather was very special. You can read about it in this really nice article in our local newspaper. This fall we saw a new tent encampment pop up in the downtown of Middlebury. It created a bit of a stir…
Message from Board Member Colleen Jishu Brown
Community-Engaged Zen practice can take so many forms. For me, one of the ways is to serve on the board of directors at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. I’ve done this since the beginning of BLMZC in 2017, when the idea of a physical…
Chant Book for Home Practice
The chants and prayers we use during the meditations and services are in our Chantbook for Home Practice
Blurred Vision and Love
I was recently asked to articulate my vision for Gather and Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. I hesitated for a minute, experiencing a little glitch in my brain. I had two thoughts bumping into each other: one centered around the traditional settings of Dharma…
Spring Practice Period Talk #2 – Loving Speech
In the second Dharma Talk of our Spring Practice Period, Eisho and Joshin share reflections on the practice of Loving Speech (愛語/aigo) as described in Dogen’s fascicle “Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance” (Talk 2 of 4) to learn more or sign up for the Practice…