Brooklyn Zen Center
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Brooklyn Zen Center (BZC) is an embodied training community in the Soto Zen tradition. We aspire to offer opportunities to realize personal and collective liberation through the cultivation of intimate, ethical, and just relationships with ourselves and all beings. Our vow to practice undoing harmful and oppressive conditioning compassionately transforms our world.
Brooklyn Zen Center
1w ago
Hello devoted readers of the Ancestral Heart newsletter—did you miss us? ? Things have been ... Celebrating the January Intensive!
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Brooklyn Zen Center
1w ago
We had the honor of hosting Won Buddhist Minister, Rev. Doyeon Park, for Boundless Mind Temple’s ... Thank you, Rev. Doyeon Park!
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Brooklyn Zen Center
1w ago
On March 14th 2025 BZC’s own Weishin Huang, Kaishin Matsui, and Ryan Lee Wong will represent BZC at the Burning ... BZC going to the Burning Refuge Summit
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Brooklyn Zen Center
1M ago
Join our community in reflecting on impermanence through the Zen tradition of death poems. Share your own poem and connect with others in this meaningful practice.
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Brooklyn Zen Center
2M ago
Our six-week online class starts February 4, 2025.
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Brooklyn Zen Center
2M ago
We are excited to welcome Vipassana Vijayarangan as the new Boundless Mind Temple Administrator at BZC! Enjoy a heartfelt New Year message from her here.
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Brooklyn Zen Center
2M ago
Enjoy a recap of the holidays at Ancestral Heart and its residents written by Millerton Sangha Member, Larissa Pham!
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Brooklyn Zen Center
3M ago
We’re excited to share a new essay by Victory Kaishin Matsui, Ancestral Heart Director at Brooklyn Zen Center, published in Tricycle.
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Brooklyn Zen Center
3M ago
The holidays can be hectic, but giving back doesn’t have to be. Ordering some BZC merch or giving the gift of a BZC Membership are a couple of ways you can contribute to Brooklyn Zen Center AND cross off people on your gift list ..read more
Brooklyn Zen Center
3M ago
Listen to a reading and discussion by BZC friends and acclaimed poets: Granny Cloud by Farnoosh Fathi and Through a Window by Zoketsu Norman Fischer, and BZC Administrative Director Ryan Lee Wong ..read more