Joining us this evening is Reverend Mary Mocine, abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She […]

This evening’s practice will be zazen (sitting mediation), kinhin (walking meditation), zazen, followed by a memorial service for Kyoji Linda Dekker.  Linda passed from this life at 10 p.m. Sunday […]

Rev. Ganbō Berry Crawford will speak on "The Science of Zen." Rev. Crawford  has been a Zen practitioner since 1992.  In the mid 90's he lived for a year at […]

Rev. So'on Jim Hare  serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, and was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson […]

Rev. Parāvṛtti  Doralee Grindler Katonah will present a dharma talk in person at the Dharma Center.  She serves as Ino, or head of the meditation hall. She studied in the […]

Rev. Myō Lahey, Valley Streams' guiding teacher,  joins us online via Zoom from Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco, where he is Abbot.  He previously served as Practice Leader […]

Spiritually inspired art can illuminate Zen teaching and enrich Zen practice without the need for verbal overlay. in his talk "Zen Practice and Inspired Art," Oscar will consider four approaches […]

This beloved text, unique among Buddhist Scriptures, contains the quintessence of Mahayana doctrines, taught with vivid imagery, dramatic encounters and sly humor.  Members of the Thursday morning study group  recently […]

Rev. So'on Jim Hare  serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, and was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson […]

Each of us has come to Zen practice as a seeker, with a spirit of inquiry, from diverse backgrounds. The idea of our way-seeking mind talks is for members to […]

Guest teacher Shōku Kathy Early came to zen practice in 1994 through classes with Tenshin Reb Anderson at the Yoga Room in Berkeley while working as a semiconductor engineer in Silicon […]