Brooklyn Zen Center is a Park Slope, Brooklyn–based Soto Zen community in the tradition of San Francisco Zen Center’s founder, Shunryu Suzuki. The community’s founding students came from both San Francisco Zen Center and Austin Zen Center, where they studied with dharma teachers from both centers.
The intention of this community is to maintain a space, our Boundless Mind Zendo, for sitting together in meditation (zazen), to offer a place to study Buddhist ethics and practice, and to embody the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha as it has been carried down through the Soto Zen tradition, first established by Eihei Dogen Zenji in the 13th century and brought to us by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and our current teachers. We continue to practice in this tradition with the belief that all beings are buddha.
Our guiding dharma teacher is Teah Strozer. Teah is a Zen Buddhist priest, dharma teacher, and lineage holder in the Soto Zen tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. She received dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman. Teah has been practicing meditation since 1967, lived at Tassajara Monastery for 11 years, and studied directly under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Dainin Katagiri Roshi. Teah now teaches primarily at the San Francisco Zen Center and The Bay School of San Francisco, but she visits our community throughout the year to teach and lead extended meditation events. In addition to Teah, other teachers regularly visit Brooklyn Zen Center throughout the year.
Zazen is regularly held both in the mornings and evenings. Please check our meditation schedule to find out times. Our zendo is totally funded by donations, so your generosity is greatly appreciated. All are welcome to join us.
If you would like to keep current on BZC news and events via email, you can join our announcement listserv here. You can also download the most recent copy of our newsletter here to learn more about us.
