Retreat Night (in-person & online)
On Retreat Night we offer 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 explore […]
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Monday Night Meeting
Introduction to Zen Meditation-CANCELED
Please check in with us next month on October 11. On the second Monday of each month, we offer a 40-minute introduction to Zen practice. We focus on the art […]
Practice Circle on Grandmother Mind, led by Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (in-person & online)
Dogen says: "You can understand all of Buddhism, but you cannot go beyond your abilities and your intelligence unless you have robai-shin, grandmother mind, the mind of great compassion. ”Through first presenting […]
Full Moon Ceremony (in-person & online)
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. […]
Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine (in-person & online)
Joining us this evening, in the Meditation Hall, is Reverend Mary Mocine, abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara […]
Dharma Talk by Rev. Myo Lahey (in-person & online)
Rev. Myo Lahey is Abbot at Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco and our guiding teacher. He has previously served as Practice Leader at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. He is […]
Introduction to Zen Meditation
On the second Monday of each month, we offer a 40-minute introduction to Zen practice. We focus on the art of sitting meditation, with emphasis on posture, breath and mental […]
Dharma Talk by So-On Jim Hare (in-person & online)
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 […]
Dharma Talk by Rev. Ben Connelly (in-person & online)
Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Dainin Katagiri Roshi lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police and corporate […]
Dharma Talk by Lama Rod Owens (online video)
Love and Rage - The Path of Liberation Through Anger - Lama Rod Owens interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz : an online video. All of us have many reasons to […]
Sejiki Ceremony (in-person & online)
Our Sejiki, or food-offering, ceremony is an opportunity to call forth the spirits of those who have passed this way before, offering them solace and acknowledging our ongoing connection to them. […]