San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks show

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Summary: Public lectures given at San Francisco Zen Center

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 Walls Are Gates Of Liberation | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:29:52

03/03/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk Thiemo Blank uses a scene from "Harry Potter" to playfully teach about penetrating the "Walls" in our lives as a journey of liberation.

 Save Me, Save Us: ‘Salvation’ in Zen | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:43:09

02/25/2024, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. The first of the four Great Bodhisattva Vows is to “save all beings”, but what exactly does this mean and how might I engage in such an impossible endeavor? Abbot David explores the concept of “salvation” from a Zen perspective, using as a springboard an amusing koan in which Zen master Nanquan saves his disciple Zhaozhou from falling into a well.

 Swimming Together In The Ocean Of Enlightenment | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:29:50

02/21/2024, Shundo David Haye, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Shundo reflects on how a community based on zazen can help human flourishing and offer much-needed connection. Featuring an examination of selected sections of Eihei Dogen’s “Genjo Koan.”

 Every Moment Is A Crossroads - How Will You Meet It? | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:44:23

02/18/2024, Sonja Gardenswarz, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Zazen, a yogic practice, a word, an invitation, a posture, a pause in time, a space, a clearing between the edges of here and then. A space to breathe, to feel, to connect. What we choose to emphasize determines our lives. To be a disciple to and enact in each moment what matters is building a Seamless Monument, is living like a river flows. "To live as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a Marvelous Victory" ( Howard Zinn)

 Vow to Live the Life You’re Already Living | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:28:34

02/14/2024, Kim Kōgen Daihō Hart, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Kim does a deep dive into the five remembrances to support us to live the life that we are already living with all its pain and preciousness.

 Becoming Yourself | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:43:08

02/11/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Abbot Jiryu reflects on Suzuki Roshi's core teaching that Zen practice is fundamentally about "becoming yourself," and explores the strong resonance there with the Silent Illumination teaching that awakening is right there when we sit still, exactly as we are.

 Ceasefire | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:42:09

02/10/2024, Shogen Jody Greene, dharma talk at City Center. This talk was given at Beginner's Mind Temple by Shogen Jody Greene. While Dōgen Zenji once described 'shikantaza' (just sitting) as “the dharma gate of repose and bliss,” our teachers have also reminded us of the ways in which working with our minds on the cushion can surface irritability, judgment, even hatred. Many of us struggle with our thoughts and struggle with our selves. This talk returns to the story of Seiko and the dragon to explore the repeated arising of ideas about right and wrong, good zazen and bad zazen, false practice and true practice. The second half of the talk turns to the recent horrifying and heartbreaking events in Israel-Palestine to see what our practice has to offer those of us longing for “peace and harmony” in a world that appears to be erupting in war. What it would mean for us, individually and collectively, to ceasefire?

 Embracing Zen with Change | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:29:08

In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Rev. Eli explores how Zen practice, particularly the precepts, can be supportive when going through major life change—especially when dealing with loss of identity, decision making, and working with an inner critic. Through personal anecdotes and philosophical reflections, the talk emphasizes the role of Zen in fostering a deeper understanding of self and existence amidst change.

 Practice Compassion Without Delay | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:47:00

02/04/2024, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Avalokiteshvara in the Avatamsaka Sutra lets us know of the powerful practice of Great Compassion to meet the great challenges of our life.

 The Power of Precepts | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:37:03

02/03/2024, Onryu Mary Stares, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Onryu Mary Stares explores the current City Center Practice Period theme of the Bodhisattva precepts, describing her personal experiences of taking refuge and encouraging this vibrant practice.

 Exploring Conditions and Consequences of Ethical Beliefs | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:43:31

In this talk, given during the first one-day sitting of the winter 2024 practice period, Abiding Abbot Dōshin Mako Voelkel discusses the sources and outcomes of the many different places and ways we construct our individual ethical frameworks. This talk was recorded during the January one-day sitting, held at Unity Church, a neighbor of San Francisco Zen Center’s City Center congregation.

 All Living Beings Fully Possess The Wisdom And Virtues Of The Buddhas, And Yet... | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:36:56

01/21/2024, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In the great flower adornment scripture, chapter 67, the Buddha says, “All sentient beings without exception, fully possess the wisdom and virtues of the Buddha, and yet because of misconceptions and attachments, they do not realize it.If they would only abandon these misconceptions and attachments, they would fully realize Buddhahood.” During this talk, there was some discussion of how to compassionately relate to misconceptions and attachments in such a way that they drop away.

 What Is Community? | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:27:38

01/20/2024, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, dharma talk at City Center. Now our community is meeting only in the single room of the Zendo. What are some teachings on Sangha transformation in a Zendo? How can we see forms of the infinite, miraculous Dharma embedded through tradition and visualization in this shared space? This lecture explores such teachings in a verbal and visual presentation.

 Beginner’s Mind Zendo: An Embodied Mandala of Sangha | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:24:27

01/17/2024, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Shosan explores how we are practicing with the current physical changes to the temple space. This year, our urban temple is “residents out, contractors in.” Dogen Zenji once taught that Sangha Treasure appears equally in the vast openness of being or within a particle of dust; that to help people it can transform to an Ocean Storehouse or to sutras written on shells and leaves.

 Courageously Practicing the Teaching of Suchness in the Midst of Illness and Fear | File Type: audio/aac | Duration: 00:21:38

01/14/2024, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson considers how to apply the Teaching of Thusness to the significant outbreak of infection and disruption in the midst of our January meditation intensive.

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