Brooklyn Zen Center

Recorded on September 20, 2025 at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY.Resources Referenced in This TalkHospicing Modernity: Facing Modernity's Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de OlivieraFierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging Through Collapse by Kazu Haga"Death Doula to a Dying Empire" by Kazu HagaPublished on One Earth Sangha"How I Became a...

Recorded on September 6, 2025 at Boundless Mind Temple, Brooklyn, NY.References mentioned in the talk:Abuse, Sex and the Sangha: a Series of Healing Conversations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpxqAk60QqWrlqnlVVWr4IvLyv1GtBw5IResilient Sangha Project: https://bostonzen.org/resilientsangha/Buddhist Healthy Boundaries: https://www.buddhisthealthyboundaries.org/"Sexual Ethics and Healthy...

Recorded on July 26, 2025 at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY.The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If these teachings have benefited your life, please consider supporting the program with a donation (suggested $2-7/episode, or whatever feels right for you!). You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.’ Thank you...

Recorded on July 12, 2025 at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY.Please note: The first 50 seconds of the dharma talk is not audible due to technical issue. The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.’ Thank you for your generosity!

Recorded on June 28, 2025 at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY.The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.’ Thank you for your generosity!

Recorded on June 21, 2025 during the One Day Sit at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY.The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.’ Thank you for your generosity!

Recorded on June 7, 2025 at Boundless Mind Temple, Brooklyn, NY.The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.’ Thank you for your generosity!

A Dharma Conversation about sacred activism and environmental justice as a Bodhisattva practice with Rev. Chelsea MacMillan and Matthew Menzies Chelsea MacMillan is an interspiritual minister, the Senior Organizer at GreenFaith, and founder of Brooklyn Center for Sacred Activism. Between 2019-2021, she led direct actions and facilitated regenerative culture with Extinction Rebellion. You can find...

Recorded on April 27, 2025 at Millerton Zendo, NY.The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at brooklynzen.org under ‘Giving.’ Thank you for your generosity!

Recorded on May 10, 2025 at Boundless Mind Temple, NY.Guest Speaker, Willie Mukei Smith gave a powerful talk on based on the Bearing Witness to Racism Retreats in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, asking what kind of people of "the way" are we going to be? We are honored to share a recording of his talk on our podcastWillie Mukei Smith is a Senior Student and Novice Zen Priest at The Village Zendo....