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2025
June 29: Tomorrow’s Deadline, Poll, and More!
June 17: Sit Updates, Sesshin, and More!
May 10: Zendo Moving and More!
April 29: Zendo Closing Ceremony and More!
April 15: Big Changes Coming Up!
February 27: New Precepts Cycle, and More!
January 7: New Groups, Schedule Updates, and More!
2024
November 26: Holidays, Humor, and More!
October 1: Zen Koans, Sesshin Planning, and More!
September 20: New Precepts Cycle, and More!
August 27: Precepts, Buddhist Psychology, and More!
August 13: Zen Path, Intro to Zen, and More!
July 23: Membership Meeting, Aspects of Zen, and More!
June 11: Summer Breaks, Sesshin, and More!
May 28: Sangha Companions, and More!
May 14: Membership, Zen in Everyday Life, and More!
April 30: Book Group, Precepts, Aspects, and More!
April 16: Precepts, Aspects of Zen, and More!
April 2: Sangha Companions, Corrected Link, and More!
March 19: New “Intro to Zen” and More!
March 5: “History of Zen” and More!
February 20: New Class Series and More!
February 6: Board Notes and More!
January 23: Retreat Interests and More!
January 9: Sesshin Photo and More!
2023
December 12: A Holiday Message
November 28: Update from the President, New Sit, Rentals and More!
November 14: Board meeting, Sesshin Reminder, and More!
October 31: Programming Update, Sesshin Reminder, and More!
October 17: December Sesshin Registration Now Open!
October 3: Reminders: Discussions, Precepts series, and more!
September 19: Precepts Discussion, Call for Volunteers, and more!
September 5: Fall Planning and more!
August 23: Dharma Transmission and more!
August 9: New Board, Annual Meeting Minutes, and more!
July 20: Annual Meeting, Tea and Sit, and more!
June 6: Last Call for June Sesshin, Free Yoga, and more!
May 25: June Sesshin, Summer Book Group, and more!
May 9: Sesshin Registration, Changes to COVID Policy, and more!
April 25: CHANGED Sesshin Dates, Sitting Cushions, and more!
April 12: GBZC Chat Group, Housing Justice, and more!
March 28: Zazenkai, Membership Drive, and more!
March 14: Precepts Discussion Group, Sitting Cushions, and more!
February 28: April Sesshin, Precepts, and more!
February 14: Zazenkai, April Sesshin, and more!
January 31: Ice Skating with the Sangha, Movie Night, and more!
January 17: GBZC Discussions, Housing Justice, and more!
January 10: GBZC Behind the Scenes, Bodhi Bear, and more!
2022
December 20: Holiday Schedule, Board Minutes, and more!
December 6: Format Changes, Sesshin, and more!
November 22: New Community Working Group, Seeking Volunteers, and more!
November 8: Storytelling Panel, Social Justice Event, and more!
October 25: Sesshin Registration, Zendo Location Survey, and more!
October 11: New Sitting Group, Visiting Teacher, and more!
September 27: December Sesshin, Society of Great Doubt, and More!
September 13: Caring for Our Community, Upcoming Talk, and more!
Aug. 30: Zendo Location Task Force, New Precepts Cycle, and more!
Aug. 9: Caring for Our Community, New Precepts Cycle, & more!
Jul. 26: Board meeting, Zendo Sign, & more!
Jul. 12: Board Election Results, Covenant Ritual, & more!
Jun. 28: New Sitting Group, Annual Meeting, & more!
Jun. 14: Resilient Sangha, Precepts Ceremony, & more!
May. 31: Sesshin Registration, Half-Day Pride Sit, Ethics Event, & more!
May 17: Membership Campaign, Precepts, & More!
May. 3: Board Meeting, Welcoming All in Their Practice, & More!
Apr. 19: Zazenkai Plus, Annual Meeting, & more!
Apr. 6: New Teacher, Sangha Survey, & more!
Mar. 22: In Memoriam: Rick Hardy
Mar. 8: Virtual Game Night, New Members, & more!
Feb. 22: Special Meeting, Rakusu Update, & more!
Feb. 8: New Assistant Teacher, Note from the Treasurer, & more!
Jan. 25: Remembering Thich Nhat Hanh, GBIO Updates, and more!
Jan. 11: Precepts, New GBZC Teacher, & More!
2021
Dec. 28: Wall of Gratitude, New Precepts Cycle, and more!
Dec. 14: Ox Herding Pictures, Holiday Schedule, & more!
Nov. 30: Jukai, Instrument Training, & more!
Nov. 16: Deadline Approaching, Governance, & more!
Nov. 2: Tea, Sesshin, Zazenkai, & more!
Oct. 19: Upcoming Zazenkai & Sesshin, Engaged Programming, & more!
Oct. 5: Guest Teachers, December Sesshin, &more!
Sept. 21: New Ethics Ombudsperson, Precepts Classes, & more!
Sept. 7: Zazenkai Registration, Visioning Meeting, & more!
August 24: Message from Steve and Laura, Ethics Video Available, & more!
July 27: Cambridge Re-Opening, Ethics Trainings, and more!
July 13: Reopening of Zendos, Precepts Discussion Group, & more!
June 29: Annual Meeting Report, Survey, & more!
June 15: Annual Meeting, POC Sitting Group, and more!
June 1: Upcoming Board Meeting, Bike Poem, and more!
May 18: (Another) New Transmitted Teacher, Board Meeting, and more!
May 4: Student Stories of Zen, New Transmitted Teacher, and more!
April 20: Watering the Seeds, Buddhism and Race, and more!
April 6: Annual Meeting Date, Update on GBZC Social Lunches, and more!
March 23: Statement on Anti-Asian Violence, GBIO Listening Circles, and more!
March 9: GBIO Invitation, Buddhism and Race Conference, and more!
February 23: Social Lunch, Treasurer’s Note, and more!
February 9: New Teacher, Annual Membership, and more!
January 26: Response to Capitol Attack, Art as Spiritual Practice, and more!
January 12: POC Update, Treasurer’s Note, New Artwork
2020
December 29: Precepts Classes, Turning Toward…
December 15: Important Zoom Info, Turning Toward, and Taking Refuge
December 1: Virtual Zazenkai, Interfaith Impact for Social Justice…
November 17: Annual Appeal, Precepts Class, Call for Submissions…
November 3: An Election Statement from the SDC, Zazenkai…
October 19: Poem After Morning Zazen, New Webmaster…
October 6: Sangha Survey Responses, EcoDharma…
September 22: Activism, Chaplaincy…
August 25: Dogen Study Group, Stories of the Lotus Sutra…
August 11: Obon Ceremony, Journal Launch Party, Indra’s Net…
July 29: Creative Arts Journal RELEASE, Eco-Anxiety…
July 14: Participate in a New Sangha Survey…
June 30: Eco-Anxiety, Meeting with Legislators…
May 27: Covid-19 Restrictions, Pride, Poetry…