San Francisco Zen Center

Abbess Fu Schroeder reflects on the deep sorrow underlying our anger at the long history of violence in the human world, and on how we might arouse an appropriate response based on our vow to live for the welfare of all beings. 03/06/2022, Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

By engaging and practicing the Paramitas we turn our exploration of refuge outward. Including all beings. 03/05/2022, Kiku Christina Lehnherr, dharma talk at City Center.

Exploring the possiblity of transformation and creating a Sangha of Belonging by giving ourselves over to each other. 03/02/2022, Horin Nancy Petrin, dharma talk at City Center.

02/26/2022, Mushim Patricia Ikeda, dharma talk at City Center.

A core teaching of the Lotus Sutra that can powerfully meet us. 02/20/2022, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

On the day of the one-day sitting, a talk on Refuge in the form of formal practice, zazen - stimulating what we already are. 02/19/2022, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center.

Examining Dogen's famous phrase, "To study the self is to forget the self." 02/12/2022, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center.

Buddha's teaching on refuge and entering freedom through the refuge of coming home. 02/09/2022, Gil Fronsdal, dharma talk at City Center.

Appreciation as a practice of refuge. 02/16/2022, Kiku Christina Lehnherr, dharma talk at City Center.

What is “continuous practice,” all day long, and with each and every thing? 02/13/2022, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

A talk about the Bodhisattva’s vow - to live for the benefit of others - as exemplified by the world's greatest chef, Massimo Bottura. 02/06/2022, Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

On the day of the celebration of Bodhidharma's Awakening a talk on the mind as fiction. 02/05/2022, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center.

An exploration of how engaging every moment, every place, every activity can become refuge. 01/29/2022, Kiku Christina Lehnherr, dharma talk at City Center.

Opening talk to the Winter 2022 Practice Period at Hosshin-ji Beginners Temple (City Center). 01/26/2022, Kiku Christina Lehnherr, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center.

A dharma talk on the day of a jukai ceremony, exploring vow and the 16 Bodhisattva precepts. 01/22/2022, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, Jisan Tova Green, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center.

01/19/2022, Shoren Heather Iarusso, dharma talk at City Center.

An exploration of the Buddhist practice of cutting through the delusion of our disconnectedness highlighting Dr. Martin Luther King and Eihei Dogen's teaching of Uji (Time Being) 01/15/2022, Chimyo Atkinson, dharma talk at City Center.

Guided by the great Mahāyāna teachings of Prajñāpāramitā our Zen training asks us to join with all beings and follow the investigation of our karmic responsibilities from even the distant past to where we practice today without preference for where it may lead. 01/12/2022, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center.

A rhapsody by Tenshin Roshi on a theme provided by our great ancestor Eihei Dogen. 01/09/2022, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Transforming: one season to another. Practicing and transforming through difficult times. 01/08/2022, Gendo Lucy Xiao, dharma talk at City Center.

As we enter the third year of the pandemic, reflecting on how our practice, and the legacy of Suzuki Roshi, can help us to keep moving forward. 01/05/2022, Shundo David Haye, dharma talk at City Center.

Recommendations for practice. 12/22/2021, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center.

A talk about some of Suzuki Roshi’s teachings on the Sixteen Great Bodhisattva Precepts. 12/19/2021, Ango Sara Tashker, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

How Zen practice supports us in having an ongoing relationship to the past and all the ways we are conditioned; and to move upright through the Dharma gates of our individual and collective delusions. 12/12/2021, Dojin Sarah Emerson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

An exploration of impermanence through literature and poetry, focusing on the words of poet Jane Hirshfield, "Everything changes, everything is connected, pay attention." As well as Ruth Ozeki's teachings from The Book of Emptiness, as well as others. 12/18/2021, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center.