Dharma Offering

Saturday Morning Program

July 12, 2025

9:00 AM - 12:40 PM

Location
Boundless Mind Temple
326 Clinton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
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Description

Join us for our in-person Saturday morning program at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, which will include zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), service, and a dharma talk by guest teacher, Rev. Grace Song at 11:20 AM EST.

The dharma talk will also be live-streamed. For security reasons, we do not post zoom links publicly. Please sign up to “This Week at BZC” to receive the log in information.

 

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

09:00 AM — Doors open
09:25 AM — Han (wooden board calling people to meditation)
09:40 AM — Zazen (seated meditation)
10:10 AM— Kinhin (walking meditation)
10:20 AM — Zazen
10:50 AM — Service (ceremonial chanting, bowing and incense offering)
11:20 AM — Dharma talk with Rev. Grace Song
12:20 PM — Soji (temple cleaning practice)
12:40 PM — Tea (informal tea time)

Instructor

Rev. Grace Song is an ordained Won Buddhist Kyomunim, meditation teacher, and advocate of interfaith dialogue. She’s the Won Buddhist Studies Department Chair at Won Institute of Graduate Studies. In 2020, Grace became a member of the Philadelphia Mayor’s Commission on Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs and recently joined the Steering Committee of the Won Buddhism to the United Nations Office. Additionally, she sits on the board of The Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies. Grace’s spiritual training began in Philadelphia at the Won Institute. From there she moved to Korea to train under several senior Won Buddhist teachers. After a decade in Korea, Grace decided to move back to the US and join the Won Institute faculty. Over the last fifteen years, she has traveled to many countries to present and lead workshops and retreats on interfaith dialogue, social justice, mindfulness in education, and spiritual practice in daily life. Grace holds a Ph.D. in Won Buddhist Studies from Wonkwang University, an MA in East Asian Philosophy from Seoul National University, and a BA in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto. She leads monthly meditation sessions for The Institute of Korean Studies at Penn State University and meditation retreats at the Won Dharma Center, Claverack NY. Her research delves into topics such as mindfulness within educational settings, Buddhism’s role in social justice, and she’s presently writing a paper on harmonizing tradition with innovation in Won Buddhism. Her writings and online teachings have been featured in Tricycle The Buddhist Review Magazine. She is committed to embodying the truth of interconnection and invests her time putting into practice her belief that renewing society starts with renewing our inner lives.

 


Location Details

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.

 


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COVID Protocol

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


 

Fee
No registration required
Questions?
info@brooklynzen.org
We are in an historical building which is not wheelchair accessible. There are two flights of stairs leading to the center, located on the second floor. Chairs, benches, and extra support cushions are available. If you have any additional questions about accessibility, please contact us at info@brooklynzen.org.
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