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.

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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.

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Online
Dharma Offering
Boundless Mind Temple

October 17, 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, service, as well as a dharma talk by Charlie Korin Pokorny at 11:20 AM ET

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Class
Boundless Mind Temple

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Beginner’s Mind: A Four-Week Introduction to Soto Zen Practice—October 3–24

Join us for a four-week class for newcomers to Zen practice at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, with BZC senior students, Andrew Harris and Paul Medlyn. Register by October 1.

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Dharma Offering
Boundless Mind Temple

October 21, 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.

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Zazen (Meditation)
Boundless Mind Temple

October 24, 2026 | 9:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Shikantaza (Just Sitting) Saturday

Join our peer-led Shikantaza Saturday at Boundless Mind Temple - "just sitting" meditation in the Soto Zen tradition. Multiple zazen periods, arrive anytime.

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Dharma Offering
Boundless Mind Temple

October 28, 2026 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Wednesday Dharma Share & Full Moon Ceremony

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.

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Retreat
Boundless Mind Temple

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Three-Day Sesshin—Oct 30-Nov 1

Join this three-day meditation retreat with BZC dharma teachers Sarah Dōjin Emerson and Charlie Korin Pokorny at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn.

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, service, as well as a dharma talk 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.

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.