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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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 […]
Awakening Bodhi Mind – A One-day Zen Retreat, led by So-On Jim Hare
Zen master Dogen speaks of "raising an aspiration to escalade the very sky." What is the place for such audacity in our practice? Many of us begin Zen practice […]
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 […]
Annual Sangha Meeting – on ZOOM
It's a virtual event! Bring your coffee or tea and a pastry and spend a relaxed Sunday morning catching up with Sangha friends, hearing the latest news from VSZS Board members, […]