Dharma Offering

Saturday Morning Program

April 4, 2026

9:00 AM - 12:40 PM

Location
Boundless Mind Temple
326 Clinton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
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Description

Join us for our Saturday morning program at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, which will include meditation instruction, zazen, service, and a dharma talk by Sarah Dōjin Emerson at 11:20 AM Eastern. Childcare will be available from 9 to 11:15 AM. You are welcome to attend all or part of the program.

The talk will also be live-streamed. For security reasons, we do not post zoom links publicly. Please sign up to “This Week at BZC” mailing list to receive the log in information.

Schedule

08:45 AM — Doors open
09:00 AM — Meditation instruction
09:25 AM — Han (wooden board calling people to meditation)
09:40 AM — Zazen (seated meditation)
10:10 AM — Kinhin (walking meditation)
10:20 AM — Zazen
10:50 AM — Service (ceremonial chanting, bowing and incense offering)
11:20 AM — Dharma talk by Sarah Sensei
12:20 PM — Soji (temple cleaning practice)
12:40 PM — Tea (informal tea time)

Childcare

Offered by volunteer sangha members on select Saturday mornings from 9 to 11:15 AM. Children will be cared for in the “tree room,” a few steps away from the zendo (meditation hall) and/or in the courtyard when weather permits. At 11:15, children may join their guardians in the zendo for the dharma talk and service.

Please note: Childcare is available on select Saturdays during Saturday Morning Program. Availability varies as we build our volunteer team, with the goal of more regular offerings ahead. Check our event schedule or subscribe to “This Week at BZC” for dates.

What to bring: Guardians are asked to bring whatever their child may need including diapers, wipes, and snacks.

Registration: While drop-ins are welcome, please complete this form in advance so we can plan accordingly and ensure we have ample hands to care for your small being(s)!

Instructor

Sarah Dōjin Emerson’s formal practice in Soto Zen began in 1996. She lived and trained at Tassajara Zen Mountain center and other sites of the San Francisco Zen Center from 1997-2007. She received Dharma Transmission from Abbott Konjin Gaelyn Godwin of the Houston Zen Center in 2015. She has a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, and has worked in the fields of mental health and pastoral care with children and adults. She experiences Bodhisattva Zen practice as deeply supportive to inquiring into, challenging and transforming systems of oppression, particularly racial inequities and the harm they cause within convert Buddhist sanghas, and in U.S. society generally. Sarah has also worked for many years in grief support- clinically, ritually and in community- specializing in child loss. She lives with her partner, Charlie Pokorny (who is also a Soto Zen Buddhist priest), their children (who are her most profound and constant teachers) and numerous pets in Brooklyn, NY.

 


Location Details

Boundless Mind Temple is located in the Parish House of Christ Church Cobble Hill, next to 326 Clinton Street. Enter the driveway on Clinton, go past the scaffolding, and through the double doors.

 


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Health & Wellness Policy

Our health and wellness policy for all visitors has been updated for our current post-pandemic times while still prioritizing community care.

Please see BZC’s Updated Health & Wellness Policy for more information.

Fee
Free
Questions?
info@brooklynzen.org
We are in an historical building which is not wheelchair accessible. There are two flights of stairs leading to the center, located on the second floor. Chairs, benches, and extra support cushions are available. If you have any additional questions about accessibility, please contact us at info@brooklynzen.org.
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