Events

You can find the latest information on BZC’s upcoming zazen schedule, retreats, classes, workshops, and other offerings here. Use the filters on the left to sort by location and event type, or use the calendar to see events on a given day. Click on any event for more information and to register.

For information on engaged practice groups, please see here and contact the groups directly for details on their offerings.

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Boundless Mind Temple

Recurrent

Fall Ango: Liberating Response—9/16–12/13

This Fall, Brooklyn Zen Center is gathering for Ango or Practice Period — a traditional Buddhist practice period rooted in the ancient custom of monastics settling in one place for a season of intensive, collective practice.

In Person
Online
Dharma Offering
Boundless Mind Temple

November 7, 2026 | 9:30 AM - 12:40 PM

Saturday Morning Program

Join us for our Saturday morning program at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, which will include meditation instruction, zazen, kinhin, service, as well as a dharma talk by Sarah Dōjin Emerson at 11:20 AM ET

In Person
Online
Class
Boundless Mind Temple

November 7, 2026 | 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Writing to Study the Self with Farnoosh Fathi

Poet and Zen practitioner Farnoosh Fathi returns to lead a half-day of contemplative writing, exploring mindfulness as the very medium of poetry through Dogen, Dickinson, Celan, and more. Beginners and longtime practitioners alike are welcome.

Online
Dharma Offering

Recurrent

White and Awakening Monthly Sangha—Second Sundays

The White and Awakening Monthly Sangha meets monthly on the second Sunday of each month from 1:30–3:00 PM ET.  This group is a joint offering of East Bay Meditation Center and Brooklyn Zen Center and facilitated by Crystal Johnson, Sarah Dōjin Emerson, Heather Lear, and Kitsy Schoen.

Online
Zazen (Meditation)

Recurrent

Online Morning Meditation—Mon–Fri

BZC’s online morning meditation sessions are open to the public and is offered Monday through Friday starting at 7:30 AM EST.

In Person
Dharma Offering
Boundless Mind Temple

November 11, 2026 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Wednesday Dharma Share

Wednesday evenings provide a chance for the Sangha to gather in person for a more informal, interactive setting and explore our lives of Zen practice. We begin zazen, followed by both small and large group discussions facilitated by Dharma Teachers, senior students, and guest speakers.

In Person
Online
Special Offering
Boundless Mind Temple

Recurrent

Buddhist Healthy Boundaries—Nov 13-14

A two-day training with Jan Chozen Bays, Dr. Carolina Franco, and Laura Jomon Martin on healthy boundaries in sangha life: power, vulnerability, consent, and how a community prevents harm and responds with care.

Online
Dharma Offering

Recurrent

Undoing Patriarchy Monthly Sangha

A monthly online group of Zen practitioners, conditioned as or identifying as men, exploring patriarchy’s effects on us and our communities and repairing the damage patriarchy has done to everyone along the gender spectrum. Now meeting on the third Sunday of each month, at 9:30 AM ET on Zoom.

Online
Dharma Offering

Recurrent

Dharma Queer & Trans Sangha

On the Third Monday of the month, 7-8:30 PM ET Dharma Teacher, Dawn Haney leads Queer Dharma Share online.

In Person
Dharma Offering
Boundless Mind Temple

November 18, 2026 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Wednesday Dharma Share

Wednesday evenings provide a chance for the Sangha to gather in person for a more informal, interactive setting and explore our lives of Zen practice. We begin zazen, followed by both small and large group discussions facilitated by Dharma Teachers, senior students, and guest speakers.