July 16, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us in welcoming guest teacher Rev. Liên Shutt for a special Online Dharma Share on her book, Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path, as part of BZC’s 2025 Summer Read.
This free event offers a space to explore how our practice can support healing from racial harm and contribute to collective liberation.
We will begin with 15 minutes of zazen (seated meditation), followed by Rev. Liên Shutt’s leading the Dharma Share and Guided Exercises/Meditations from Home is Here – Open to all!
Registration: Please register here to receive the Zoom link, which will be sent out closer to the event.
Rev. Liên Shutt (she/they) is a priest lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Soto Zen traditions in the United States, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam. They are the Guiding Teacher of Access to Zen, an inclusive, anti-oppression sangha and nonprofit in the San Francisco Bay Area. She lives in Oakland, on Huichin land, with her partner, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. Visit AccessToZen.org for ways to connect and practice together.
Rev. Liên Shutt has previously collaborated with Brooklyn Zen Center, sharing teachings inspired by her book, Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path (2023). Dharma talk on Healing Racial Harm with Compassionate Connection and a co-led workshop with Sarah Dōjin Emerson in 2023.
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We ask that all participants be fully vaccinated and boosted. Masks are optional. Please see the BZC Covid Protocol for more information.