Brooklyn Zen Center

New audio dharma talk by Yoko Ohashi "We are doing this work of undoing, which is not easy. It’s really having this courage to go into places that you actually don’t want to see. A lot of times we don’t want to see how we oppress others. We don’t want to see how we oppress ourselves. Gender wise, or it could be race, class, age there are so many kinds of ways that we oppress in this world.... And so to really look at how we do that is to really see clearly the pain that is real in our bodies. And that is the most difficult work we are doing because it is so physical. This practice is not intellectual practice, it is physical practice." The BZC audio dharma is available free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. Thank you! https://brooklynzen.org//audio-dharma-talk-by-yoko-ohashi/ #dharma #audiodharma #bzc #BrooklynZenCenter #sangha #sanghalife

Online One-day sit with Laura O’Loughlin Saturday, November 21, 9am 9pm In this online retreat we will follow a gentle schedule, alternating periods of zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), service and a dharma talk. Participants are welcome to join only part or all of the sit schedule.... Partial scholarships are available for retreats such as this one; please apply by November 14. Registration closes November 18. #dharma #sangha #buddha #onlinezendo #zen #BrooklynZenCenter #onlineretreat #sanghalife https://brooklynzen.org/events//1-day-sit-november-21-2020/

Special six-week online course by Lama Rod Owens One of the leading voices in a new generation of Buddhist teachers, Lama Rod Owens is leading a special six-week online course based on his acclaimed new book, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger. Through video, weekly practice check-ins, and live group sessions, Lama Rod Owens will guide us through the core meditation practices and teachings from "Love and Rage". ... Beginning Monday, November 2nd, 2020, we will explore our relationship with anger and our individual and collective trauma, inviting us to deeply and unashamedly come to know our rage and to accept itand learn how to use the wisdom contained within anger as ground for our liberation. Click here for more info and to sign up with a 20% discount off the Course's Standard Rate for our sangha: https://bit.ly/34otRux

Online dharma talk by Chimyo Atkinson Saturday, October 24 Please join us Saturday, October 24, at 11 am EST, for an online dharma talk by visiting dharma teacher Chimyo Atkinson.... https://brooklynzen.org//online-dharma-talk-october-24-20/ #dharma #onlinezendo #sangha #sanghalife #zen #buddhism

New audio dharma talk by DaRa Williams now available! You can now listen to a dharma talk offered by dharma teacher DaRa Williams at the BZC Audio Dharma Podcast! The podcast is available free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. All your donations are greatly appreciated!... "This practice, this way of understanding, this way of knowing, is crafted in such a way that we have access to freedom in each and every moment of our waking hours. The freedom that I am speaking to is the freedom from the conditioning, the freedom from being reactivated in response to conditions or persons or circumstances. The freedom to be who we are, unafraid. The freedom to be able to meet whatever comes our way with a magnitude of heart and wisdom. To know in that moment what the action may be or not be. Where we want to direct our energy not in reaction to something but because we want to be engaged in contributing in the lessening of suffering for all beings." #dharma #bzc #brooklynzencenter #darawilliams #audiodharma #freedom https://brooklynzen.org//dharma-talk-by-dara-williams-202/

New audio dharma talk by Yoko Ohashi "We are doing this work of undoing, which is not easy. It’s really having this courage to go into places that you actually don’t want to see. A lot of times we don’t want to see how we oppress others. We don’t want to see how we oppress ourselves. Gender wise, or it could be race, class, age there are so many kinds of ways that we oppress in this world. ... And so to really look at how we do that is to really see clearly the pain that is real in our bodies. And that is the most difficult work we are doing because it is so physical. This practice is not intellectual practice, it is physical practice." The BZC audio dharma is available free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. Thank you! https://brooklynzen.org//audio-dharma-talk-by-yoko-ohashi/ #dharma #audiodharma #bzc #BrooklynZenCenter #sangha #sanghalife

New online class! Introduction to Yogacara Thought and Practice Starting Oct 19 Eight-week class, Mondays, 7-8:30pm... In this class we will investigate the major innovations of Yogacara thought, including the model of the eight consciousnesses and the theory of the three natures, and we will consider their implications for our practice along the way. Registration is open! #Yogacara #Vasubandhu https://brooklynzen.org/events/event/yogacara-class-2020/

New audio dharma talk by Ian Case! "All I can do is cultivate conditions that are conducive for a vow to emerge. [] Vow is not something I generate out of my own power. It’s something that happens in community and relationship with others and through a practice that cultivates the conditions for it to emerge." #bzc #audiodharma #dharma #sangha #buddha... https://brooklynzen.org/new-audio-dharma-talk-by-ian-case-/

Online class: Introduction to Zen starting Oct 20 Six-week class led by Laura O’Loughlin Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm... We will study a few of the essential teachings of Zen through ancestor stories, exploring what this ancestral compassion and wisdom has to offer our own lives. As zazen (meditation) is foundational to Zen, instruction and guidance on meditation practices and Zen forms will also be offered. The class will include weekly readings as well as group discussion. #zen #brooklynzencenter #zazen #buddha #meditation #dharma #onlinezendo #sangha #sanghalife http://ow.ly/QNi050BOoSx

Three-Day Online Sesshin w/ Kosen Greg Snyder & Teah Strozer October 16-18 We will follow a gentle schedule, alternating periods of zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), guided meditation practices, soji, service and dharma talks. ... Participants are encouraged to attend in whatever way your schedules and home lives allow. Registration closes TODAY, October 14. https://brooklynzen.org/events//3-day-sesshin-october-2020/ #sesshin #BZC #dharma #zazen #sangha #onlinezendo #sanghalife