Join us for our in-person Saturday morning program at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, which will include zazen instruction, as well as a dharma talk by Yoko Ohashi at 11:20am EST.

The dharma talk will also be live-streamed. For security reasons, we do not post zoom links publicly. If you are subscribed to the BZC Community List and receive the weekly announcements, please find the recurring log in information already in your inbox. Otherwise, please contact us here in advance.

You are welcome to come to all or just part of the program schedule:

08:45am — Doors open
09:00am — Zazen instruction
09:25am — Han (wooden board calling people to meditation)
09:40am — Zazen (seated meditation)
10:10am — Kinhin (walking meditation)
10:20am — Zazen
10:50am — Service (ceremonial chanting, bowing and incense offering)
11:20am — Dharma talk
12:20pm — Soji (temple cleaning practice)
12:40pm — Tea (informal tea time)

Childcare at Boundless Mind Temple 

Every first Saturday of the month, childcare is provided by volunteer sangha members from 9 to 11:15am. Children will be located in the “tree room,” a few steps away from the zendo (meditation hall) and/or in the courtyard when the weather is warm. At 11:15, children will be allowed to enter the zendo during the dharma talk and service. Guardians are asked to bring whatever their child may need including diapers, wipes and snacks.

While drop-ins are welcome, it is really helpful for us to know, in advance, how many children to expect, so please complete this form so we can plan accordingly and have ample hands to care for your small being(s)!

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We rely on donations for all we do, and invite you to support our practice and teachers:

• You can donate to BZC here or via Paypal to paypal@brooklynzen.org.
• You can donate to a specific dharma teacher or practice leader here.

COVID Protocol: We ask that all participants be fully vaccinated and boosted. Masks are optional. Please see the BZC Covid Protocol for more.

Our Location: Boundless Mind Temple is located in the Parish House of Christ Church Cobble Hill, next to 326 Clinton Street. Enter the driveway on Clinton, go past the scaffolding, and through the double doors. There are two flights of stairs leading to the center, located on the second floor. The closest subway stop is the F/G at Bergen Street.

Yoko Ohashi has been a student of Zen since she walked in the Brooklyn Zen Center in 2006. She continues to be mystified – being offered dharma this way in Brooklyn, all the way across the ocean from her motherland, Japan. Yoko is grateful for her teachers, sangha family, her husband and her son, who continually clarify the path for her. She was lay-ordained by Teah Strozer in 2015, served as a Shuso for the fall of 2016 practice period, and has practiced various roles at the center. Yoko holds a Masters of Fine Arts in New Forms from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.