Belmont Zen Center

09/03/2026

There are two opportunities to join our practice next week, one in-person and one virtual.

We will have our regular Wednesday 7pm service at the temple on the 9th, featuring a dharma talk. All are welcome!

Our monthly New Moon service will be Friday the 11th at 7pm Eastern time. If you would like to participate from home, follow this link to register for the link: https://teamup.com/event/show/id/jPnvSaZk9N3XgSr2JzjskFMMx3VQa6

https://www.belmontzen.org/for-visitors/
https://www.belmontzen.org/getting-here/

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09/03/2026

Here is a recording of the scripture discussion that happened at tonight's service.

Or you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/p9NBWnP_CUE
Or listen here: https://belmontzen.podbean.com/e/ordinary-sacredness/

09/03/2026

Our wonderful member Doh Haeng Trevor Hudson manages to coax a bodhi tree to sprout — a couple of generations descended from the one under which the Buddha attained Enlightenment about 2,600 years ago.

08/30/2026

This week's service, Wednesday at 7pm, will focus on one of the most important scriptures in our tradition. All are welcome!

Two weeks from today we will be holding our next introductory workshop. Please sign up here: https://teamup.com/event/show/id/JvS1tY4qyzGtVXiKQy3eAtE5qPBngP

https://www.belmontzen.org/for-visitors/
https://www.belmontzen.org/getting-here/

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08/27/2026

Altar for tonight’s Ullambana ceremony

08/27/2026

Anyone who has ever attended an event before at BZC is invited to participate in this evening's Ullambana service, where we will remember all who have passed on beyond us. Please sign up here: https://teamup.com/event/show/id/2umUh3JrDgDJULb4K9CpeRZpVCtY68

[The first two photos were taken recently in Chicago -- graffiti on the front of a funeral home.]

https://www.belmontzen.org/for-visitors/
https://www.belmontzen.org/getting-here/

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08/26/2026

“Now, here, so vivid, so alive,
filled with joy, waiting for you to see it.”

Your time of awakening will come.
No one is hopeless.
Life is not mean. No one is left out.
There is no one who is more or less Buddha than any other.
True nature is never lost, never hidden from you.
It only seems that you have to go looking for it.

Now, here.

All the universe is embraced in the One.
I can assure you that all is well. All eternity is now, here.
Bold, clear, dignified.
Now, here, so vivid, so alive,
filled with joy, waiting for you to see it.

- Roshi Sama, (Harada Tangen Roshi)

08/24/2026

This morning was our last Monday morning service for the Angeo summer intensive practice period -- but three selected recordings are going to stay available on our YouTube channel so that you can use them to support your practice through the fall: https://www.youtube.com//streams

We will pick up with these live-streamed morning services in late November when the D**g Angeo winter intensive period begins.

https://www.belmontzen.org/for-visitors/
https://www.belmontzen.org/getting-here/

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08/20/2026

Next week's events:

Monday at 6:30am will be the last morning service for the summer intensive practice period. Please join us live or use the recording to support your practice later here: https://www.youtube.com/

Wednesday at 7pm we will be having our usual evening service. All are welcome!

Thursday at 7pm we will be holding our annual Ullambana service. This is a special commemoration, focusing on loved ones who have died in the last year -- it's the Buddhist parallel to Day of the Dead or All Souls' Day. Participation in this service is limited to those who have previously attended an in-person service (including the one the previous day) or intro workshop -- no first-time attendees. Please sign up here: https://teamup.com/event/show/id/2umUh3JrDgDJULb4K9CpeRZpVCtY68

Looking further ahead, we will hold our next introductory workshop on Sunday, September 13. Please register here: https://teamup.com/event/show/id/JvS1tY4qyzGtVXiKQy3eAtE5qPBngP

There is no charge for any of these events, though donations are gratefully accepted.

https://www.belmontzen.org/for-visitors/
https://www.belmontzen.org/getting-here/

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08/19/2026

We will not be holding our usual public service this evening -- we will be doing a memorial service for the mother of one of our regular participants. Our next in-person public service will be next week, the 26th.

https://www.belmontzen.org/for-visitors/
https://www.belmontzen.org/getting-here/

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