As part of our Fall Membership Drive, we’re collecting reflections from sangha members on what practice and community at Brooklyn Zen Center means to them. We’ll be adding new stories here throughout the campaign — check back for more.

Jules Becerra

“During good times in my life, Brooklyn Zen Center has been a nice place to go. And during bad times in my life, it’s been a really nice place to go.”

Jules Becerra has been practicing at Brooklyn Zen Center for years. One of the things members like Jules highlight are the different ways Brooklyn Zen Center offers something not any one of us can build on our own — trained teachers, Sarah & Charlie Senseis, a physical home, structured practice rooted in Soto Zen tradition, and a community committed to showing up together.

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Mary Stone

COMING SOON!

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