Brooklyn Zen Center embodies compassionate community, just relationship, and liberatory practice in the Soto Zen tradition.

We offer zazen (sitting meditation), dharma offerings, classes, retreats, and engaged practice groups.

We're based in Brooklyn, with Boundless Mind Temple in Cobble Hill and an Online Zendo open to practitioners everywhere.

Whether you are new to zen practice or interested in our unique offerings, we invite you to practice in community and realize personal and collective liberation.

Featured Events

Dharma Offering

BZC Summer Read—The Fire Inside with Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad

August 26, 2026 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Special Offering

Undoing Racism: Community Organizing Workshop—8/28–8/30

August 28, 2026 | 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

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B.R. Ambedkar and Navayāna Buddhism: Caste, Liberation, & Engaged Practice —9/13–10/25

September 13, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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New Board Members at Brooklyn Zen Center

July 29, 2026

Welcoming Mark Graham, Graham Schneider, and Eric Stone

Six Years, 42 in Dog Years: Martin’s Farewell to the Board

July 16, 2026

Martin Duus recently stepped down from BZC’s Board of Directors after six years of service, including as Board Chair. With his permission, and our deep thanks, we’re passing on his farewell note.

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Announcing BZC’s Summer Read: The Fire Inside

July 6, 2026

This summer, we invite the Sangha to read together, The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde, Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad’s new book bringing James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and the Dharma into conversation.