Come, monk* The ceremony of Shukke Tokudo consists in receiving the precepts of the Bodhisattva and, by doing so, taking refuge in the three treasures: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. It is the ceremony […]
This beloved text, unique among Buddhist Scriptures, contains the quintessence of Mahayana doctrines, taught with vivid imagery, dramatic encounters and sly humor. Members of the Thursday morning study group recently […]
The Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. We'll start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red Pine. The Zen […]
Rev. 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 Anderson […]
The Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. We'll start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red Pine. The Zen […]
Each of us has come to Zen practice as a seeker, with a spirit of inquiry, from diverse backgrounds. The idea of our way-seeking mind talks is for members to […]
The Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. We'll start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red Pine. The Zen […]
Guest teacher Shōku Kathy Early came to zen practice in 1994 through classes with Tenshin Reb Anderson at the Yoga Room in Berkeley while working as a semiconductor engineer in Silicon […]
The Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. At that time we will start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red […]
A monk asked Dongshan: What is Buddha? Donshan replied, 'Three pounds of flax.' Whether sitting, walk, sitting, standing, or lying down we open wholeheartedly to the Way and Buddha activity […]
The Full Moon Ceremony acknowledges the karma created by our intentional actions, and reminds us to renew our commitment to the ethical conduct expressed as the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts. These […]
Join us for two periods of zazen (seated meditation) and kinhin (walking meditation), or just the first or second second meditation periods, as your schedule allows. 6:00 am – Zazen […]