Several sangha practice leaders will present Buddha's Teachings on Social & Communal Harmony after studying with Hozan Alan Senauke, of Berkeley Zen Center.

Rev. Kyosho Valorie Beer is an itinerant teacher for SF Zen Center's Branching Streams sanghas. She received dharma transmission from Edward Brown in 2013. In addition to leading retreats, Valorie is a teacher for sewing Buddha's Robe, sutra copying, practicing with aging, and writing as a spiritual practice.

The ‘way-seeking-mind talk’, gives a sangha member the opportunity to tell dharma friends the story of how we came to Zen practice.  It usually emphasizes two aspects - the suffering and the fortuitous circumstances that brought us here.

After meditation & service, join us for tea and conversation. Taking care of the Sangha is a treasure to appreciate along with Buddha and Dharma.

Please enjoy the holiday with family and friends!  We will start up again on Monday, September 11.

Led by sangha members who learned this method of sharing at the 2017 Branching Streams Network conference in Chicago.

The theme for our Fall Study Period is the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, or Prajñāpāramitā, mother of all Buddhas. Prajñāpāramitā refers to the perfected way of seeing the nature of reality, as well as to a particular body of sutras and to the personification of the concept in the Bodhisattva known as the "Great Mother". Doralee's Handouts:  Suggestions for Practicing […]

Practice Circle on the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, or Prajñāpāramitā.  Tonight we will discuss how we have practiced with Doralee's handouts during the past week. Doralee's Handouts:  Suggestions for Practicing with the Prajnaparamita Sutra The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines & Its Verse Summary translated by Edward Conze  (complete text)

On Maka Hanna Haramitsu, or The Perfection of Wisdom, the second book of the Shōbōgenzō by Eihei Dōgen. 

We welcome our guiding teacher from Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco.