Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community

05/12/2026

A 6-Week Online Contemplative Workshop Series
Dates:
Monday May 18 and 25, June 1, 15, 22 and 29
Time:
3:00 – 4:30pm Eastern Time
Spiritual Resilience, Compassion, and Awakening in Dark Times

A 6-Week Online Contemplative Workshop Series Dates: Monday May 18 and 25, June 1, 15, 22 and 29 Time: 3:00 – 4:30pm Eastern Time Spiritual Resilience, Compassion, and Awakening in […]

05/07/2026

We hope you'll join us for what is sure to be a delightful evening!

Join us for an evening of live musical performance and readings by Steve Brittain from his recent works “Topping Trees” and “How to Love a Dog.” Free admission. Doors open […]

04/29/2026

Dharma Talk So’on Dunworth (online and in person)
April 29 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

When: Every Wednesday at 5:30pm Eastern Time Where: In person 76 Court Street Middlebury VT and online via Zoom (click here for the zoom link) Details: This is a time […]

04/21/2026

Dharma Reflection by Eisho (online and in person)
April 22 @ 5:30 pm

When: Every Wednesday evening from 5:30-6:30pm. Where: In person: 76 Court Street in Middlebury or online via Zoom (for zoom link click here) Details: This is a time to hear […]

04/15/2026

Join us tonight!
Dharma Talk Sensei Peg Kendo Murray
April 15 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

When: Every Wednesday 5:30pm Eastern Time Where: In person 76 Court Street Middlebury VT and online via Zoom (click here for the zoom link) Details: This is a time to […]

04/10/2026

Join Us!
Precepts and Politics: Carrying Out Good – a monthly discussion group (online)
April 13 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST

How do we disrupt harm without making things worse? Many of us feel the urgency to respond to what’s happening politically, but we don’t want to get stuck in polarization, […]

04/08/2026

Dharma Reflection by Daigan Widell
April 8 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

When: Every Wednesday evening at 5:30pm. Where: In person 76 Court Street Middlebury VT and online via Zoom (click here for the zoom link) The dharma reflection is given by […]

10/21/2025

Join us as a resident.

Residential Practice At Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community, we live and practice together on the Path of Service—where Zen training is inseparable from real-world care. Our daily life weaves contemplative practice with social action, grounded in the Zen Peacemaker Tenets: Not Knowing, Bearing Witne...

09/24/2025

Maybe there's a little something here for you. Some thoughts on a meditation practice that anyone can do.

Article of Joshin in Lion's Roar.

We don’t sit in order to become a buddha—we sit because we already are one.  Brian Joshin Byrnes on the Zen practice of shikantaza.Photos by A. Jesse Jiryu DavisPublished in […]

09/11/2025

My heart goes out to all who lost their lives to violence today, including Charlie Kirk. I hold their families, their children, those who witnessed the violence, and even the one who, consumed by hatred, took life today. I also hold in my broken heart of hope all who fuel hatred and violence in our world, that they turn toward nonviolence and peacefulness.
Pundits and activists will soon turn this toward their causes, some with care, some the intellect, some with cynical humor. But there is no joy to be found in these acts, or any future acts of violence these events may instigate Each being is a child of the Buddha—no matter how lost, violent, hated or hateful, confused or cut off from the way of peace and life. Every violent death is a tragedy for all of us.
“Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone. This is the eternal law.”
— The Dhammapada