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New audio dharma by Yoko Ohashi
The BZC audio dharma is available free of charge and made possible by the donati...
Schedule updates
Please note that our online meditation schedule is suspended for the Labor Day w...
Mutual Aid Kitchen Practice at BZC
During the last few weeks, sangha members were busy making some classic BZC reci...
New Audio Dharma from August Three-Day Sesshin
This summer, the BZC sangha came together for a three-day online sesshin led fro...
Embodying Refuge: the 2020 online fall practice period
A message from the BZC dharma teachers: Dear Sangha, We are very excited to begi...
New audio dharma talk by DaRa Williams
The BZC audio dharma is available free of charge and made possible by the donati...
New audio dharma talks from three-day sesshin
The BZC sangha came together in October for a three-day online sesshin led from...
New audio dharma talk by Spring Washam
Back in 2018, visiting teacher Spring Washam offered a dharma talk at Brooklyn Z...
The Dharma of Martin Luther King, Jr.: new audio dharma...
“In a time when fear and violence mark the differences and divisions in the nati...
New audio dharma talk by Rebecca Li
Rebecca Li, a dharma heir in the lineage of Chan Buddhist Master Sheng Yen, offe...
2020 at BZC: A Year in Words and Images
In this most unusual and challenging of years, the Brooklyn Zen Center sangha, j...
Generously Turning the Dharma Wheel: a message from the...
Dear Sangha, As the end of the year approaches, it is natural both to reflect .....
New audio dharma by Gaelyn Godwin and Taiga Ito
The BZC audio dharma is available free of charge and made possible by the donati...
Black and Buddhist Summit
Brooklyn Zen Center is honored to be a partner of the upcoming Black and Buddhis...
New audio dharma talk by Kosen Gregory Snyder
Audio dharma by Kosen Gregory Snyder (2016/02/27) The post New audio dharma talk...
New BZC Ethics Statement and Process
The new Brooklyn Zen Center (BZC) Ethics Statement was presented to our communit...
Rohatsu Sesshin dharma talks now available!
You can now listen to all the dharma talks offered during the 2020 Rohatsu sessh...
Letters from the Garden
Dear Sangha, I heard my first birdsong of the year this morning. A week of ... ...
Audio dharma talk by Sarah Emerson now available
Audio dharma by Sarah Emerson (2021/02/20) For more dharma talks by BZC and visi...
Letters from the Garden: Dharma Blossoms
Dear Sangha, This is the first spring I’ve experienced at Ancestral Heart Zen Mo...
Letters from the Garden: Planting Good Seeds
Dear Sangha, So much is happening! Right now I’ve got two main projects going: p...
Letters from the Garden: Work Week
Dear Sangha, This has been a work week at Ancestral Heart Zen Monastery. That me...
New audio dharma talk by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
For more audio dharma talks, please visit the BZC Audio Dharma Podcast. Audio dh...
May We Gather: A National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony fo...
May We Gather: A National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestor...
New audio dharma talks by Kosen Gregory Snyder
The dharma talks offered by Kosen Gregory Snyder during a three-day sesshin in 2...
Letters from the Garden: Permission to Be
Dear Sangha, Last week, Laura and I were down working in the garden. She was ......
Letters from the Garden: Warm Days, Warm Nights
Dear Sangha, All fingers crossed, we are past the danger of any more nights in ....
New BZC audio dharma podcast episode by Yoko Ohashi
Our programs are given free of charge and made possible by the donations we rece...
In-Person Zazen is Back (outdoors)!
We are happy to announce that we will now be offering in-person outdoor sits in ...
New audio dharma talks by Tenshin Reb Anderson!
For the past few years, Tenshin Reb Anderson has come to Brooklyn Zen Center (BZ...
Letters from the Garden: Harvest
Dear Sangha, Yesterday I went out to the garden planning to pick a moderate amou...
Letters from the Garden: Digging
Dear Sangha, Day after day I watch Sansei, wearing their overalls and a straw ha...
Honoring 100 Days: May We Gather Short Video
This short video features highlights from May We Gather: A National Buddhist Mem...
New audio dharma talk by Kritee Kanko now available!
The audio talk and presentation offered by Kritee Kanko to the BZC sangha in Apr...
Letters from the Garden: Full Bloom
Dear Sangha, I’m writing this from the relatively cool downstairs library, becau...
New audio dharma by Laura O’Loughlin
A new talk by BZC dharma teacher Laura O’Loughlin is now available on the BZC .....
Letters from the Garden: Living by Vow
Dear Sangha, What is garden practice? It’s a question I ask myself every day. Wh...
Letters from the Garden: August
Dear Sangha, We’re reaching the far side of summer, when the farm stands are fil...
New audio dharma talk by Laura O’Loughlin and Sally Chang!
A new audio talk by BZC dharma teacher Laura O’Loughlin and visiting teacher Sal...
Reflections on Resistance and Pipeline 3: a share by Yo...
On this new episode of the BZC Audio Dharma Podcast, Yoko Ohashi and Koan Anne ....
New BZC program: The Bodhisattva Path of Liberation
Dear Sangha, It is with wholehearted sincerity that Brooklyn Zen Center announce...
Letters from the Garden: Apple Time
Dear Sangha, Welcome back to fall. The nights here are starting to be a bit ... ...
Stay in touch with BZC!
There are many ways to stay in touch with Brooklyn Zen Center! – Sign up ... St...
The Bodhisattva Path of Liberation program: application...
Due to a great deal of interest in the past few days, we are extending ... The ...
2021 BZC Membership Drive: Meeting the World as Sangha
The theme of this fall’s practice period is “meeting the world as sangha.” Refle...
2021 BZC Membership Drive: a Testimonial from Bianca
Brooklyn Zen Center (BZC) is having a membership drive during the month of Octob...
2021 BZC Membership Drive: a Testimonial from Cat
Brooklyn Zen Center (BZC) is having a membership drive during the month of Octob...
Letters from the Garden: Autumn Rituals
Dear Sangha, Fall is here and I’m savoring all of my favorite rituals to mark .....
Buddhist Action to Feed the Hungry
Kosen Gregory Snyder, Brooklyn Zen Center‘s (BZC) co-founder and dharma teacher,...
2021 BZC Membership Drive: a Testimonial from Amy and N...
Brooklyn Zen Center (BZC) is having a membership drive during the month of Octob...
New audio dharma by Kosen Greg Snyder
A new audio talk by BZC visiting dharma teacher Chimyo Atkinson is now availabl...
Letters from the Garden: Compost for the Year
Dear Sangha, This will probably be my last letter of the year. The garden is ......
New audio dharma by Ian Case
A new audio talk by BZC director and Zen priest Ian Case is now available ... ...
New audio dharma by Teah Strozer
Audio dharma by Teah Strozer (2021/09/25) Our programs are given free of charge ...
New audio dharma by Charlie Pokorny
Audio dharma by Charlie Pokorny (2021/07/24) Our programs are given free of char...
It’s Giving Tuesday!
Today, November 30th, is Giving Tuesday–a worldwide celebration of generosity, f...
Audio dharma by Kosen Gregory Snyder (2021/09/18)
Audio dharma by Kosen Gregory Snyder (2021/09/18) Our programs are given free of...
End of Year Appeal: Meeting This Moment as Sangha
[thermometer height=400 align=right] Dogen Zenji wrote, “The power of the causal...
2021 at BZC: A Year in Pictures
As we approach the end of the year, we look back at the life of ... 2021 at BZC...
A Message from Kosen and Laura
Dear Friends and Supporters of Brooklyn Zen Center, We are writing to all of you...
New audio dharma talks by Teah Strozer now available
The dharma talks offered by BZC‘s root teacher Teah Strozer during the October S...
New audio dharma talk by Kritee Kanko
The dharma talk offered by visiting teacher Kritee Kanko in November is now avai...
The Window of Gratitude
A message from Ian Case, Brooklyn Zen Center director and resident priest at Anc...
Honoring our teacher, elder, and ancestor Thich Nhat Hanh
In honor of the wisdom. compassion and great example of our teacher, elder, and ...
Brooklyn Zen Center is Hiring!
We’re excited to be hiring a full-time Administrative Director to implement and ...
New audio dharma talk by Teah Strozer
A new audio dharma talk by BZC root teacher Teah Strozer is now available on ......
New audio dharma talk by Sarah Dōjin Emerson
In this dharma talk invited teacher Sarah Dōjin Emerson referenced the following...
BZC Sangha!
The Brooklyn Zen Center sangha in Brooklyn! At the end of the three-day sesshin,...
Rohatsu sesshin audio dharma talks now available!
You can now listen to all the dharma talks offered during the 2021 Rohatsu sessh...
Spring is Coming!
Residents at Ancestral Heart Zen Temple after a (very windy) garden opening cere...
Our New Administrative Director
Dear sangha, It gives me great pleasure to announce that our search is over and ...
New Audio dharma by Konjin Gaelyn Roshi and Taiga Sensei!
Reverends Konjin Gaelyn Godwin and Taiga Ito visited Ancestral Heart Zen Temple ...
New audio dharma talk by Yoko Ohashi
You can now listen to a dharma talks offered by BZC senior student Yoko Ohashi! ...
New audio dharma talk by Laura O’Loughlin
You can now listen to a talk by BZC dharma teacher and co-founder Laura O’Loughl...
BZC COVID Protocol
The BZC COVID Protocol applies to all our in-person gatherings at Boundless Mind...
New BZC Survey: Communicating with Sangha
“This is calligraphed in formal script on a white sheet of paper. Cursive or de...
Introducing Our Sangha Harmony Allies
We are thrilled to introduce BZC’s first two Sangha Harmony Allies: Renhō Gerard...
Zazen in a Teacup
From the BZC May Newsletter, by Emme Blong: Over the last several years I’ve dev...
New audio dharma talk by Ian Case
You can now listen to a dharma talk offered by Zen priest and BZC Tanto ... New...
New audio dharma talk by Sarah Dōjin Emerson!
You can now listen to a dharma talk offered by visiting teacher Sarah Dōjin Emer...
BZC at Branching Streams Conference
Forty zen leaders, students, and teachers from across the US and Canada gathered...
BZC Residential Summer Retreat, August 7–14
Please save the date for our annual seven-day BZC Residential Summer Retreat! Th...
Branching Streams Return to the Source
Dear sangha, In April, Ryan and I flew to Austin, Texas to take part in ... Bra...
New audio dharma by Chimyo Atkinson!
You can now listen to a dharma talk offered by Chimyo Atkinson. Chimyo Simone At...
Dharma Teachers Moving to Brooklyn
Dearest Sangha, While some of you have heard their dharma talks and gotten to kn...
A Deep Breath
From the BZC July Newsletter, by Chetan Khanna: This Spring, we planted spinach ...
Save the Date: January Residential Practice Period
Dear Sangha, We are thrilled to announce our first-ever One-Month Residential Pr...
New audio dharma talk by Yoko Ohashi and Kidō Ian Case
A new audio dharma talk by Yoko Ohashi and Kidō Ian Case is now available ... N...
Upcoming BZC Offerings: Save the Dates!
Save the dates for these upcoming BZC offerings. At Boundless Mind Temple, Brook...
Message from the Tanto: Introducing the Boundless Mind ...
Dear sangha, I would like to take a moment to introduce and celebrate the people...
Highlights from the 2022 Future of American Buddhism Co...
From the BZC August Newsletter, by Weishin Huang: Highlights from the 2022 Futur...
2022 Fall Practice Period: Repose & Bliss, Engagement &...
Each fall, BZC creates a container to help support our community in taking time ...
Qigong Fundraiser for BZC!
A message from Laura: Dear Sangha, Sally Chang is offering a Qigong fundraiser w...
Buddha’s Robe Sewing Apprenticeship at Sanshin-ji
From the BZC September Newsletter, by Kiku Morimoto: Last April, I moved to Sans...
Leadership Bodies at BZC
We wanted to refresh and update the sangha on some of the powerful institutional...
Ango Week 1: Making Space for the Nourishment of Practice
A weekly message from teachers Sarah Dōjin Emerson and Charlie Korin Pokorny in ...
Ango Week 2: The Practice of Not-Hurrying
A weekly message from teachers Sarah Dōjin Emerson and Charlie Korin Pokorny in ...
New audio dharma talk by Chimyo Atkinson
A new audio dharma talk by Chimyo Atkison is now available on the BZC Audio ... ...
The Swirling of Fall
From the BZC October Newsletter, by Sarah and Charlie: Dear Sangha, We are writi...
Ango Week 3: Grounding in the Breath
A weekly message from teachers Sarah Dōjin Emerson and Charlie Korin Pokorny in ...