Berkeley Zen Center

Local nameBerkeley Zen Center
LocationBerkeley, California, United States

Berkeley Zen Center, temple name Shogakuji, is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist practice center located in Berkeley, California currently led by Hozan Alan Senauke. An informal affiliate to the San Francisco Zen Center, BZC was founded in 1967 by Sojun Mel Weitsman and Shunryu Suzuki as a satellite group for the SFZC. Despite founding the center, Weitsman was not installed as abbot there until 1985, one year after receiving Dharma transmission from Hoitsu Suzuki. Weitsman's Dharma heir, Alan Senauke, lives on site with his wife Laurie Senauke and also works for the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Another former teacher at BZC was Maylie Scott, who died in 2001. In 1969 Zenkei Blanche Hartman began sitting zazen at BZC, receiving Dharma transmission from Weitsman in 1988. In 1979 the center relocated to its current location on Russell Street—and today houses a small group of residents who live on site. BZC has an active community and a full schedule of zen service, student talks, dharma talks, and zazen.

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Sojun Mel Weitsman @ Hozan Alan Senauke.

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Zen_Center

Official Website http://www.berkeleyzencenter.org/

Address 1933 Russell St, Berkeley 94703, United States

Coordinates 37°51'23.703" N -122°16'11.422" E

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