Many Fall/Winter 2024 BZC offerings are now open for registration!
The dharma talks offered by Tenshin Reb Anderson during the June 2024 sesshin at Boundless Mind Temple are now available on the BZC Podcast. The dharma talks focused on The Teaching of Thus: the Avatamsaka Sutra as a Root of Zen Practice.
Ejo Patrick McMullen, current Abbot of Buddha Eye Zen Community Temple in Oregon, visited BZC in March. Listen to a dharma talk he offered at Boundless Mind Temple and discover some images of his visit to Ancestral Heart Temple.
Join us for Brooklyn Zen Center’s 2024 Summer Read: “The Little Book of Zen Healing” by Dr. Paula Arai. The book launches a rich season of Dr. Arai bringing her wisdom and scholarship to BZC, and a practice period focused on healing and the feminine in Buddhism.
News from Ancestral Heart Temple!
The BZC Sit-a-thon is back! The Sit-a-thon will take place on Saturday, June 22, at both Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn and the Millerton Zendo. Become a sitter (or sponsor a sitter) and join this community-wide effort!
Join us for BZC’s first-ever Residential Practice Intensive (January 2025, from 4 through 26). The intensive will be a turning point for our sangha and an auspicious way to begin BZC’s 20th Anniversary year.
A look into the life of the residents at Ancestral Heart Temple during the month of April. Our “mountain temple”, located near the town of Millerton, two hours north of New York City, is the first training temple in Suzuki Roshi’s U.S. lineage in the Northeast.
Read this article by Reverend Kaishin Victory Matsui, Soto Zen priest and Director of Sōshinji, Ancestral Heart Temple, discussing a modern koan about waking up in this lifetime.