San Francisco Zen Center

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The purpose of San Francisco Zen Center is to make accessible and embody the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha as expressed in the Soto Zen tradition established by Dogen Zenji in 13th-century Japan and conveyed to us by Suzuki Roshi and other Buddhist teachers. Our practice flows from the insight that all beings are Buddha, and that sitting in meditation is itself the realization of Buddha nature, or enlightenment.

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Turning Toward vs. Turning Away 31.01.2023 41:35

01/07/2023, Caverly Morgan, dharma talk at City Center. This dharma talk is based off Caverly’s new book, The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together, published by Sounds True. Have you ever found yourself identified with a self who is on a mission to annihilate the self? Have you found yourself believing you have to get rid of in order to experience truth? Believing that the conditioned m...

Make A Wish 31.01.2023 39:50

01/04/2023, Sozan Miglioli, dharma talk at City Center. We wish, we dream, and sometimes our wishes and dreams become preferences and expectations. How do we practice with what we want?

Compassionate Practice with Afflictions 19.01.2023 36:19

1/15/2023, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Afflictions are inexhaustible, we vow to cut through without ending them; the bodhisattva's mind is afflictions entangled with afflictions.

The Mind of the Great Sage of India 14.01.2023 39:26

01/08/2023, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Intimate transmission, the one who is not busy, and taking care of brooms and other tools.

Cultivating an Open State of Mind in the Midst of Great Challenges 04.01.2023 37:48

12/18/2022, Kiku Christina Lehnherr, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Exploring practices that can support us in meeting the manifold challenges of this time in history, in life-affirming and supporting ways.

Hyakujo and a Fox, Part 6 04.01.2023 33:28

12/14/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. December sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on cause and effect.

Hyakujo and a Fox, Part 5 04.01.2023 39:48

12/13/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. December sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on cause and effect.

Hyakujo and a Fox, Part 4 04.01.2023 40:39

12/12/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. December sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on cause and effect.

Hyakujo and a Fox, Part 3 04.01.2023 50:34

12/11/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. December sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on cause and effect.

Hyakujo and a Fox, Part 2 04.01.2023 36:17

12/10/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. December sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on cause and effect.

Hyakujo and a Fox, Part 1 04.01.2023 35:46

12/09/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. December sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on cause and effect.

Actualizing Our Understanding 04.01.2023 48:50

12/01/2022, Shinchi Linda Galijan, dharma talk at Tassajara.

Zhaozhou and the Dog, Part 5 04.01.2023 44:49

11/19/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. Does a dog have Buddha nature? November sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period.

Zhaozhou and the Dog, Part 4 04.01.2023 38:26

11/18/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. Does a dog have Buddha nature? November sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period.

Zhaozhou and the Dog, Part 3 04.01.2023 31:34

11/17/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. Does a dog have Buddha nature? November sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period.

Zhaozhou and the Dog, Part 2 04.01.2023 26:24

11/16/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. Does a dog have Buddha nature? November sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period.

Zhaozhou and the Dog, Part 1 04.01.2023 34:58

11/15/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. Does a dog have Buddha nature? November sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period.

Two Truths, Part 5 04.01.2023 39:21

10/30/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. October sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on the relative and absolute.

Two Truths, Part 4 04.01.2023 28:54

10/29/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. October sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on the relative and absolute.

Two Truths, Part 3 04.01.2023 33:25

10/28/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. October sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on the relative and absolute.

Two Truths, Part 2 04.01.2023 30:23

10/27/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. October sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on the relative and absolute.

Two Truths, Part 1 04.01.2023 33:03

10/26/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. October sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on the relative and absolute.

Freedom, Forgiveness, and the Agony of Existence 22.12.2022 27:16

12/18/2022, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, dharma talk at City Center. Many of our teachings and talks address both freedom or liberation and the agony of existence or suffering.

A Lentil a Lentil a Stone: An Ode to Zazen 22.12.2022 31:16

12/11/2022, Sonja Gardenswartz, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Our zazen sitting builds a foundation upon which we make contact with what is important to us, you become the gift. Not searching outside ourselves for what matters but to go in and settle, drop in to the body is to be more permeable to what is whispering in us, to recognize what is going on in our own mind. Such is each moment, each...

Out Of Compassion For The Many I Take My Rest 26.11.2022 42:56

11/13/2022, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Reflections on the importance of rest and relaxation to wholeheartedly express our practice life.