The Bay Zen Center offers a non-denominational approach to cultivating mindful awareness and presence in the activities of daily life. It is open to beginner and experienced practitioners and people of all traditions. Our practice is down-to-earth, practical, and centered in the understanding that it is in the heart of our daily life—in the workplace, at home, through relationships, in the community—that we can learn to engage with clarity, intelligence, and love. The foundation of our practice rests in the Zen Buddhist tradition, but we are open to teachings from other wisdom traditions. … [Read More...]

A Zen Practice
for Everyday Living

Practice and Sesshin (Retreat) Schedule

Everyone is welcome to join us for our activities. We offer meditation three times a week, multi-day sesshin three times a year, and one day sitting several times a year. [Read More...]

About Our Teacher Diane Eshin Rizzetto

Diane Eshin’s teaching approaches zen practice as a path that encourages us to meet our daily life in the spirit of honest inquiry and awareness.  She guides the Bay Zen Center as a lay practice community that offers support and encouragement for people with varied backgrounds, experiences, and responsibilities. … [Read More...]

Latest News & Events

Guest teacher Misha Shungen Merrill will join us on Saturday April 28th

Misha is the primary teacher for Zen Heart Sangha in Menlo Park and Woodside, California and has been practicing Zen since 1984. She was ordained as a Zen priest in 1988 and received Dharma … [Read More...]