Brooklyn Zen Center

Recorded on February 19, 2026 at at the Online Parent/Caregiver Monthly Sangha.Over the next few months, the Parent Sangha will be exploring together the traditional cultivation of lovingkindness, or Metta, through the lens of parenting. This guided meditation is the grounding and foundational practice for this cultivation. While this practice uses the lens of caregiving, it's a practice anyone...

Recorded on February 19, 2026 at at the Online Parent/Caregiver Monthly Sangha.A short offering from the Parent Sangha exploring parenting as a path of awakening and social change. This talk is aimed at parents and caregivers, though the insights are relevant to all practitioners.The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive.If these teachings have...

Recorded on March 7, 2026, at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY.Please enjoy this interfaith dialogue on engaged action as spiritual practice with guest teacher, Reverend Mira Salwani of The Riverside Church, and Sarah Dojin Emerson. 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.’...

Recorded on February 28, 2026 at Boundless Mind Temple, Brooklyn, NY.Referenced in the talk: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...

Recorded on February 14, 2026 at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY.Please enjoy this dharma talk by guest teacher, Won Buddhist Kyomunim, Rev Grace Song which includes an excerpt of a letter from James Baldwin to his nephew and ends with a guided meditation.The BZC Podcast is offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. You can donate to Brooklyn Zen Center at...

Recorded on February 7, 2026 at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY.Resources:• Podcast about collective action in Minnesota:• How to Survive the End of the World: An Emergency Dispatch from Occupied Minneapolis: "Intense, Frightening, Surreal and Inspiring."• Movement Memos: Minneapolis Community Defense is "Riding on the Learning Edge of a Whirlwind"• Norma Wong's new book "Who We Are...

Recorded on January 31, 2026 at Boundless Mind Temple, 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 January 17, 2026 at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY.Resources Referenced in This TalkArticle by Liz Bucar"Proof" by Cornelius EadyThe 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...

Recorded on January 10, 2026 at Boundless Mind Temple in Brooklyn, NY.In this talk, Sarah Dōjin Emerson and Charlie Korin Pokorny explore the Zen tradition of writing death poems in the new year. They share historical examples from Zen masters as well as contemporary poems, inviting us to engage with impermanence and clarify what matters most in our lives.We invite you to write and share your own...

Recorded on December 13, 2025 during Rohatsu Sesshin—an intensive multi-day Zen meditation retreat commemorating the Buddha’s enlightenment—at Boundless Mind Temple, 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...