Home is Here: BZC’s Summer Read with Rev. Liên Shutt

May 29, 2025

Home is Here (image from AccessToZen.org)

This summer, join the sangha in reading Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path by Rev. Liên Shutt, in collaboration with AccessToZen.org.

Pick up a copy, engage with the text at your own pace, and then gather with us for a special event with the author:

Home is Here: Online Dharma Share w/ Rev. Liên Shutt
Wednesday, July 16, 6-8 PM ET
Dharma Share, Guided Exercises/Meditations from Home is Here – and group conversation led by the author. Open to all!
More info: HERE
Registration link: HERE

You can order the book via AccessToZen.org.

Whether you’re reading it for the first time or revisiting its teachings, we encourage you to reflect, engage, and connect as a community!

Rev. Liên Shutt
Rev. Liên Shutt

REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a priest lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Soto Zen traditions in the United States, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam. They are the Guiding Teacher of Access to Zen, an inclusive, anti-oppression sangha and nonprofit in the San Francisco Bay Area. She lives in Oakland, on Huichin land, with her partner, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. Visit AccessToZen.org for ways to connect and practice together.

Rev. Liên Shutt has previously joined the Brooklyn Zen Center to explore themes from her book, Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path (2023), including a powerful Dharma talk on Healing Racial Harm with Compassionate Connection and a co-led workshop with Sarah Dōjin Emerson in 2023.