San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

07/10/2022, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Abbot David considers various questions, concerns, challenges, and visions related to the future of American Buddhism and Zen.

07/09/2022, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center.

07/06/2022, Zenshin Greg Fain, dharma talk at Tassajara.

07/06/2022, Gengyoko Tim Weeks, dharma talk at City Center. Although our Zen practice centers on sitting silently, we value conversation and interaction with each other through space and time, with our present day sangha members and those who brought this deep and sometimes painful practice to us. In valuing this interchange, we do not focus only on the peaceful, calming practices, avoiding that which touches on the shadow side of being a human being. We see the obstacles to our training as Bodhisattvas as a part of the whole practice. Even the dirt that gets on our robes is inherently a part of the whole practice.

07/02/2022, Kosen Greg Snyder and Laura O’Loughlin, dharma talk at City Center.

06/29/2022, Tim Kroll, dharma talk at Tassajara.

06/29/2022, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center. "Zen practice teaches us that the manner and context with which we hold our fears will have a dramatic impact on how they are assimilated in real time and eventually calm down, so that we can see and respond more clearly.

06/26/2022, Yuki Kobiyama, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Recalling recent tragic events from Ukraine to Buffalo to Laguna Woods to Uvalde, and reflecting on the deep heart break, violence, hatred, and ignorance in our world, Rev. Kobiyama discusses how our daily practice and Buddhist teachings relate to human suffering and psychological trauma, while sharing her story about investigating her own self which has been shaped by two different cultures and a specific historical period of time over generations of war and conflict.

06/25/2022, Shoren Heather Iarusso, dharma talk at City Center. Just like a rainbow is "hidden" in the sunlight, the Buddha's teachings are a prism through which we can experience PRIDE and liberation amid the constrictions of society.

06/22/2022, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center. This talk addresses the need for mending in our own lives, with friends or family, our communities, our country, and the world drawing from the work of contemporary Buddhist teachers on healing such rifts.

06/19/2022, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. On the day of the funeral ceremony for Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi, Senior Dharma Teacher Norman Fischer offers a tribute and shares words from Sojun's writing.

06/18/2022, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center. Abbot David speaks to various themes, concerns, challenges, and visions related to the future of American Buddhism stemming from his participation in a recent conference on the topic.

06/15/2022, Jisan Anna Thorn, dharma talk at City Center. The new Tanto's Way Seeking Mind Talk - returning to City Center and a different world.

06/12/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Abbess Fu Schroeder talks about addressing conflict through the wisdom of the ancient teachings of the Buddha and the modern-day wisdom of the Harvard Negotiation Project.

06/11/2022, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center. Things are broken, show me something that is not!