Retreat Night
On Retreat Night you have an opportunity to settle into your meditation practice with three 25-minute periods of zazen, interspersed with walking meditation (called kinhin). Turning the light inward we […]
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Monday Night Meeting
Dharma Talk by Rev. So On Jim Hare
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 […]
Zen Poetry Night, led by Linda Dekker
Sangha member, Linda Dekker, will lead us in an evening of reading and writing poetry.
Full Moon Ceremony
This ceremony reminds us that enlightenment is enacted with Bodhisattva precepts, which are recited in a call and response format during the ceremony. We enter the ceremony following two periods of […]
Reading & Discussion Circle, led by Rev. So-On Jim Hare
Reading "A Field Far Beyond Form & Emptiness", by Tenshin Reb Anderson. (in Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains, SFZC, 1995)
Way-Seeking Mind Talk by Berry Crawford
Our Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk, group discussion, practice circle or retreat night. There are no membership requirements to […]
Tea & Conversation led by Linda Dekker
Our Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk, group discussion, practice circle or retreat night. There are no membership requirements to […]
Dharma Talk by Rev. So-On Jim Hare
Our Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk, group discussion, practice circle or retreat night. There are no membership requirements to […]
Dharma Talk by Rev. Myo Lahey
Our guiding teacher from Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk, group discussion, practice […]
Practice Talk by Bruce and Barbara Baccei
Our Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk, group discussion, practice circle or retreat night. There are no membership requirements to […]