Category: Suzuki Roshi

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March 3rd, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Bruce Fortin

Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 3rd, 2025 –  Bruce Fortin (12.4 MB, 49 min).

Bruce Fortin

Bruce Fortin

Visiting Teacher

Bruce Fortin was ordained a Zen priest in 1977 at the San Francisco Zen Center. He is the founder and has been the guiding teacher at the Occidental Laguna Sangha in Sebastopol for twenty years. He has taught meditation in prisons, to Veterans, was the director of Hospice program in Sonoma country for many years, and is a psychotherapist in Private practice in Santa Rosa and Sebastopol.

Contact

Website: https://www.occidentallagunasangha.org

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November 11th, 2024 – Dharma talk by Lama Yeshe Jinpa

Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 11th, 2024 by Lama Yeshe Jinpa (11.5 MB, 46 min).

Lama Yeshe Jinpa

Lama Yeshe Jinpa

Visiting Teacher

Lama Yeshe Jinpa is the spiritual director and resident teacher of Lion’s Roar Dharma Center in Sacramento. In 1995, Lama Jinpa received direct heart/mind transmission from Geshe Gyatso, after 25 years of Dharma practice and study. He is one of the few western lamas recognized within the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan or Vajrayana Buddhism, the lineage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Contact

Website: https://lionsroardharmacenter.org/spiritual-director/

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April 29th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Hoka Chris Fortin

Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 29th, 2024 –  Hoka Chris Fortin (13 MB, 53 min).

Hoka Soko Chris Fortin

Hoka Soko Chris Fortin

Visiting Teacher

Chris began her practice in 1976 at the San Francisco Zen Center, and received Dharma Transmission from Zoketsu Norman Fischer. She is founding and guiding teacher of the Dharma Heart Zen sanghas in Sonoma County, an Everyday Zen senior priest and teacher, and guiding teacher for Sky Island Zen in Tucson, AZ. She offers retreats and practice groups through SF Zen Center that include Jizo Bodhisattva Journeys through grief and change, Jizo Ceremonies, Wildland Firefights Retreats. She co-founded Veterans Path for current era veterans and co-facilitates (with Valley Streams Ino Doralee Grindler Katonah) an ongoing Racial and Social Justice as Dharma Practice group.