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Sharon Salzberg interviews Joshin

For episode 128 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon speaks with Sensei Joshin Byrnes for the Real Change Series. Joshin is a Zen priest, teacher, activist, and the founder of the Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in Vermont. Joshin maintains a core practice of bearing witness to homelessness by offering

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What Your Support Makes Possible  

Daily Meditation Schedule — At the heart of our practice is meditation. We are committed to having it be accessible to all in person and online. We offer meditation every morning and six evenings a week, as well as meditation retreats throughout the year. StreetGreens — Also at the heart of our

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Peacemaker Quilts at BLMZC

Sewing the World Together We’re very excited to kick off our new Peacemaker Quilts project here at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community. Sangha members in Vermont and around the world will be sewing together blocks that will be brought together into twin-size quilts to be donated to children in the

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A Song of Every Being

From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope. It’s the voice of

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Ignorance Dharma Talk by Peggy Murray

The topic for this dharma talk arose as a result of a recent discussion. Some of you know that Joshin teaches a yearlong course called Infinite Circle designed to explore the personal, collective and systemic complexities of poverty. A second year is offered to those who choose further training as

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Infinite Circle – Community Engaged Buddhism

At this moment we don’t have a start date for our next Infinite Circle. As soon as we have a new start date, we will announce it in the newsletter. Please sign up for the newsletter to be aware of time that we are accepting applications.    

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Community Engaged Zen Practice

Hello Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Sangha, We’ve been cooking up some good stuff this past month. The three-week pop-up initiative, Food for Families, which started on August 17th finished up on September 4th.  During a three week gap in the federal school lunch program in Addison County, we were able

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Mobile Cafe StreetGreens

Dear Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community,  Covid-19 has changed our lives. Things always change and our Zen practice is training on how to show up for whatever is happening, nimbly and with open hearts and minds. The Zen Peacemaker’s three tenets of Not Knowing, Bearing Witness and Taking Action guide

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Forty-nine or Fifty? Bearing Witness to Every Life Lost

June 18, 2016 In the days following the terrible mass shooting in Orlando there were vigils and protests all over the country. We were remembering the 50 people who died, as reported in the headlines of the New York Times on Sunday morning. I attended a vigil on the plaza

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