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Membership

BZC’s Annual Membership Drive is Here!

From March 10–April 10, 2025, we invite you to explore the full meaning of membership at BZC.

Whether you’re attending Membership Drive events at our temples in Brooklyn (3/12) and Millerton (3/23), reading about featured members—both old-timers and new faces—or simply connecting with the community, there’s something for everyone.

Support BZC’s Spring Membership Drive by:

  • Signing up for a new membership
  • Upgrading your current membership
  • Sharing what being a member means with your friends and family

Membership is critical to Brooklyn Zen Center as both an organization and a sangha (community). Our membership dues account for 17% of our revenue and 35% of direct contributions. These dues help us keep our finances balanced, preventing dips in our annual budget and ensuring that we can continue offering vital programs and support to all who seek them.

Your support helps us continue to nurture our community and enrich the practices and teachings that connect us all.

Members receive:

  • Lower rates for retreats, workshops, events, and classes in our Equitable Pricing Model (members of at least three months)
  • Quarterly updates on Brooklyn Zen Center’s finances, Board decisions, and leadership announcements
  • Invitations to sangha meetings to discuss strategic plans and budgets
  • Opportunity to participate in the Ancestral Heart weekly schedule

    Membership is expected of those who:
  • Meet regularly with teachers and practice leaders in dokusan (practice discussion)
  • Regularly attend sesshins (retreats)

    Membership is required of those who:
  • Request a formal teacher-student relationship
  • Receive Jukai, the Bodhisattva Precepts
  • Apply for residential stays at Ancestral Heart Temple (members of at least three months)

Details
All membership contributions are tax-deductible
Membership payments will be charged automatically each month
To cancel membership, please give at least one week of notice 

Email david@brooklynzen.org with any questions

Membership Drive 3/10-4/10/2025: To upgrade your existing membership (e.g. increase monthly dues), please create a new membership and your old one will be deleted. (Any double charges that may occur will be promptly refunded).