September 16, 2026

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.

October 23, 2026 7:30 am

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

October 24, 2026 9:30 am

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

October 24, 2026 1:30 pm

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.

October 25, 2026 10:00 am

Join this 6-week online class led by Dr. Santosh Raut to learn from the legacy of B.R. Ambedkar, with guests Cornel West, Rima Vesely-Flad, and William Edelglass. Register by September 10.

October 27, 2026 7:00 pm

For the fourth and final meeting of this series, Kaira Jewel Lingo and Adam Bucko will be in conversation with Rev. Chelsea MacMillan of Greenfaith NYC about how Buddhist Eco-chaplaincy and efforts to respond to climate crisis meet up and interact in the wider community with interfaith coalitions and actions.

October 28, 2026 6:30 pm

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.

October 30, 2026

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

November 4, 2026 7:00 pm

An offering from the H.E.A.R. Council: Practice speaking up and listening when tensions arise. Wed 11/4, 7pm, Boundless Mind Temple. Open to all, no RSVP.

November 7, 2026 9:30 am

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

November 7, 2026 2:00 pm

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.

November 11, 2026 7:00 pm

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.

November 13, 2026

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

November 15, 2026 9:30 am

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 (previously first Sundays), at 9:30 AM ET on Zoom.

November 16, 2026 7:00 pm

On the Third Monday of the month, 7-8:30 PM ET Dharma Teacher, Dawn Haney leads Queer Dharma Share online. (New schedule — previously first Monday)

November 18, 2026 7:00 pm

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.

November 21, 2026 9:30 am

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

November 25, 2026 7:00 pm

BZC's updated program schedule during November & December holiday breaks and Rohatsu Sesshin.

December 2, 2026 7:00 pm

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.

December 9, 2026 8:00 am

Join us for this five-day in-person Rohatsu sesshin (meditation retreat) at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn with BZC’s dharma teachers Sarah Dōjin Emerson and Charlie Korin Pokorny.

December 31, 2026 9:00 pm

Join us for our annual New Year's Eve sit at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn. We will gather together to give the zendo a deep cleaning and then sit zazen together through the ringing of 108 bells to bring in the New Year.