Calendar

Retreat Night

This short Retreat Night offers an opportunity to settle into your meditation practice with two 25-minute periods of zazen, interspersed with walking meditation (kinhin). Turning the light inward, we explore […]

Winter Celebration & Refreshments

Welcome the new year by celebrating the treasure of sangha with your sangha friends! After meditation & service, join us for tea and conversation. Taking care of the Sangha is […]

Full Moon Ceremony

This ceremony is an affirmation of the vow to live for the benefit of all beings. In the Zen tradition we associate the full moon with the ideal of awakening. […]

Buddhist Studies Circle, led by Tanto So-On Jim Hare

The Wheel of Liberation, as taught in the Upanisa Sutra, describes the conditions that lead to the end of suffering.  This wheel of “liberating" conditionality corresponds to the third and […]

ONLINE PROGRAM: Zazen, Service, Dharma Talk & Discussion

This is our first online meeting using the Zoom video conferencing app. The meeting will be hosted by Doralee Grindler Katonah in her "Personal Meeting Room" using her Zoom account. The software for […]

ONLINE PROGRAM: Zazen, Service, Dharma Talk & Discussion

During the current health crisis, we will meet online using Zoom video conferencing software. The meetings will be hosted by Doralee Grindler Katonah. The software is free. Tonight's Chant is Enmei Jukku […]

ONLINE PROGRAM: Zazen, Service, Dharma Talk & Discussion

During the current health crisis, we will meet online using Zoom video conferencing software. The meetings will be hosted by Doralee Grindler Katonah. The software is free. Download the chants at SFZC Chants […]