Our head teacher is Soshin Teah Strozer. Teah is a Zen Buddhist priest, dharma teacher, and lineage-holder in the Soto Zen tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. She received dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman. Teah has been practicing meditation since 1967, lived at Tassajara Monastery for 11 years, and has studied directly under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Dainin Katagiri Roshi. Teah has taught for many years at the San Francisco Zen Center and also at the Bay School of San Francisco, where she served as the chaplain. She currently divides her time between San Francisco and Brooklyn, visiting our community throughout the year to teach and lead extended meditation retreats and practice periods.
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Norman Fischer will be giving a poetry reading at Brooklyn Zen Center on Saturday, May...
Brooklyn Zen Center will wrap up the spring teaching season with a five-day silent retreat with...
Soto Zen teacher, translator and author Shohaku Okumura will be visiting Brooklyn Zen Center to...
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Norman Fischer will be giving a poetry reading at Brooklyn Zen Center on Saturday, May...
All are welcome to attend our first annual Buddha's Birthday ceremony and celebration on...
In response to the desire of sangha parents to share their practice with their children,...
Brooklyn Zen Center will be having a Parinirvana ceremony on Wednesday evening, February 13th,...
Time: 8pm - 1am (doors open at 7:45)
The festivities will start at 8pm...
Please note that Brooklyn Zen Center will be operating on its winter interim schedule from...
We'll be having our fall workday on Saturday, November 17th, starting at 9am. For this workday,...
If Brooklyn Zen Center has been a source of encouragement for actualizing the deepest intentions...
Brooklyn Zen Center Ino ("head of the meditation hall") Ian Case will be offering a series of...
The Brooklyn Sit-a-thon is a borough-wide event where we join together on April 21st to spend a...
Head teacher Teah Strozer's talks and teaching this spring will focus on the topic of time. Teah...
Please check out our growing archive of online dharma talks. The talks from Reb Anderson's...
We'll be having our winter workday on Saturday, February 4th, from 9am to 5pm. The workday will...
Over the past year, many sangha members have asked about ways they can help out at...
Brooklyn Zen Center will be welcoming in 2012 with a special celebration this coming New Year's...
We are having a Membership Drive from November 12 through December 17th in...
