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Brooklyn Zen Center is a Soto Zen community offering online weekly meditation, retreats, classes & more. Join us!

Brooklyn, New York
Joined September 2009
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Dear all We are discontinuing our presence in this social media platform. We would like to invite you to sign up to the Brooklyn Zen Center (BZC) mailing list, so that you can receive the BZC monthly newsletter and occasional special announcements. brooklynzen.org/mailing-list…
In-Person One-Day Sit with Chimyo Atkinson Saturday, May 7 Brooklyn Scholarship applications are available, please apply by April 29. #zazen #sit #sitting #dharma #bzc #brooklynzen ow.ly/46HC50IL3va
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Menu at Ancestral Heart Zen Temple! Stay tuned for Tenzo Kaishin Victory Matsui news on Ancestral Recipes! #tenzo #kitchendharma #recipes #brooklynzencenter
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Brooklyn Zen Center COVID Protocol We are happy to share a new BZC COVID Protocol for our in-person gatherings, as a way to support clear communication and the health of our sangha. We are currently at risk level YELLOW. #bzc #sangha #covidprotocol ow.ly/fIRu50IQJiv
In-Person One-Day Sit with Chimyo Atkinson Saturday, May 7 Brooklyn Registration is now open! Scholarship applications are available, please apply by April 29. #zazen #sit #sitting #dharma #bzc #brooklynzen ow.ly/46HC50IL3va
TONIGHT! Online Full Moon Ceremony Saturday, April 16, 7:15 – 8:30pm EST No registration required. All are welcome! #fullmoon #zen #sangha #bzc ow.ly/3oXs50IL3r6
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New audio dharma talk by Yoko Ohashi! "Bring your attention to your heart area. How does it feel, to give, this moment, to ourselves, completely to ourselves? Wherever you are, with your thoughts and feelings, painful or joyous." #brooklynzencenter ow.ly/B1a350IL3pV
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In-Person Saturday Morning Program Saturday, April 16, 11am – 12pm EST Christ Church Cobble Hill Join us for our in-person Saturday morning program in Brooklyn! The program includes a dharma talk by Charlie Pokorny at 11am. #bzc #dharma #zen ow.ly/ybp450IFN5C
New Audio dharma by Konjin Gaelyn Roshi and Taiga Sensei! This is a talk by focusing on Soto Zen International’s mission and its alignment with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #brooklynzencenter ow.ly/atcP50IFN1Q
Online class: The Samdhinirmocana Sutra Registration is open until April 12. Class dates: Tuesdays 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31 Class time: 7-8:30pm #sutra #brooklynzencenter #bzc #dharma #sangha #buddha #samdhinirmocana #Yogacara ow.ly/CP2450HZuW3
Stay in touch with Brooklyn Zen Center! Sign up to the Brooklyn Zen Center mailing list and receive the monthly newsletters in your inbox! brooklynzen.org/mailing-list #bzc #brooklynzencenter #sangha #dharma #buddha #zen
Audio dharma talk by Laura O’Loughlin: rohatsu sesshin day 4 (2021/12/11) "How do we get back in contact with those possibilities for us to live in a playful, creative, connected, curious, courageous way?" #bzc #dharma #sangha #audiodharma #bzcpodcast ow.ly/uBcP50ICsKf
Dana Please consider making a financial donation to Brooklyn Zen Center to support our online offerings at this time. You can donate to BZC via PayPal to [email protected] or online. Thank you! #dana #generosity #sangha #dharma #zen #buddhism ow.ly/64EC50ICsWq
Audio dharma talk by Kosen Greg Snyder: rohatsu sesshin day 3 (2021/12/10) "What are we in relationship to each other? What are the views that were in the sangha that needed to die? The ideas about who we were that needed to die?" ow.ly/M21850ICsvp #bzc #dharma #sangha
Starting tonight! Online class: The Samdhinirmocana Sutra, starting April 5 Class dates: Tuesdays 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31 Class time: 7-8:30pm #sutra #brooklynzencenter #bzc #dharma #sangha #buddha #samdhinirmocana #Yogacara ow.ly/CP2450HZuW3
In-Person One-Day Sit with Ian Case and Yoko Ohashi Saturday, April 9, 9am – 5pm EST Boundless Mind Temple, Brooklyn Registration closes April 6. #zen #zazen #buddha #buddhism #sangha #dharma #kinhin #meditation #soji #brooklynzencenter #bzc ow.ly/GN8G50IzgYe
In-Person One-Day Sit with Ian Case and Yoko Ohashi Saturday, April 9, 9am – 5pm EST Boundless Mind Temple, Brooklyn Registration closes April 6. #zen #zazen #buddha #buddhism #sangha #dharma #kinhin #meditation #soji #brooklynzencenter #bzc ow.ly/GN8G50IzgYe
Starting Tuesday! Online class: The Samdhinirmocana Sutra, starting April 5 Class dates: Tuesdays 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31 Class time: 7-8:30pm #sutra #brooklynzencenter #bzc #dharma #sangha #buddha #samdhinirmocana #Yogacara ow.ly/CP2450HZuW3
Audio dharma talk by Laura O’Loughlin: rohatsu sesshin day 2 (2021/12/09) “Maybe we don’t want to even recognize that we are in pain. We are still refusing to recognize how much we are all in pain and how much the world is in pain. ” ow.ly/VM9a50IsE1J #brooklynzen
Audio dharma talk by Kosen Greg Snyder: rohatsu sesshin day 1 (2021/12/08) "What is at stake? What is at stake for ourselves? What is at stake in my life? What is at stake when I resist? What is at stake when I insist on separation?" ow.ly/Q9Ku50IsCHa #brooklynzen
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