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 […]
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 in […]
This will be will be a short Dharma talk and small group discussion exploring Suzuki roshi’s saying: “even if the sun were to rise from the west, the Bodhisattva only […]
Rev. Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen since 1990 in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (most recently as Head of Practice), Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode Hermitage in Mill […]
Join with others in person for a day of sitting and walking meditation and Dharma talk, making the effort that refreshes both body and mind, becoming a shining golden buddha! […]
In the Eihei Koroku, Dogen says, “When you build a pond naturally the moon will come.” Come to our Practice Circle on The Precious Jewel of Sangha Life. Paravrtti Doralee […]
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 […]
This evening we welcome guest teacher, Chris Fortin, a Soto Zen teacher who began practicing Buddhism in 1976 while living at the San Francisco Zen Center. After many years of practice she […]
This event has been moved to Sunday, May 1 at the Dharma Center.
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. […]
DIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (aka Boundless Freedom […]
Join the sangha and their families at the Dharma Center for a celebration of Shakyamuni Buddha's birth and to honor his mother, Queen Maya, who died shortly after his birth. […]