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—GBZC Sutra Book
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Audio files: Talks by Kate Hartland

  • (Short) Silent Lake and Spreading Sky (September 25, 2020)
  • Third Precept, Not Misusing Sex (December 13, 2017)
  • First Precept, Not Killing (November 2017)
  • Precepts Overview (October 18, 2017)
  • Gutei’s One-Finger Zen (November 25, 2015)
  • Awakening to Discouragement (June 17, 2015)
  • Cultivating the Empty Field
  • What Could Be Wrong? (March 28, 2015)
  • Refuge – A Place to Land (October 11, 2014)
  • Chinoyo’s No Water, No Moon  (May 27, 2014)

From before 2013:

  • Completely Exposed by Kate Hartland
  • Three Pillars by Kate Hartland

Featured Events

  • “Caring for Our Community” Book Group

    Beginning September 18, Julie Nelson and Jill Gaulding will lead a monthly book group focusing on how we can wisely enact compassion within (and from) our existing sangha relationships. Via Zoom, Third Sundays 7-8pm. All are welcome!
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  • Precepts Discussion Group

    Precepts Discussion Group
    A new round of the weekly group, this time led by Jeff Kōgen Seul, Sensei, will be starting in Fall 2022, most likely on Wednesday evenings. This study is open to all, whether you are just curious or intending to participate in Jukai (the formal ceremony of receiving the precepts).
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  • Teaching Schedule

    Who is teaching on upcoming Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays?
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Podcast Information

Welcome to our Greater Boston Zen Center podcast, coming to you from Cambridge, Massachusetts. You can listen to dharma talks (teisho) given by our abbot Josh Jiun Bartok, Roshi and our two co-heads of practice Steve Wallace, Sensei and Dharma Holder Laura Wallace. For more information about teachers, events, and practice periods, go to our website: www.bostonzen.org