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Title	Speaker	Date
A Journey Toward Boundless Connection Serial: SF-12371 Tenmyo Dojima shares how her early struggles with depression led her to rediscover Buddhism in the U.S., begin monastic training in Japan, and continue the joy of walking the... Community, Japan	Tenmyo Dojima	Sep 20 2025 City Center
Not Knowing Is Most Intimate Serial: SF-07278 05/31/2025, Teah Strozer, dharma talk at City Center. Teah Strozer explores the ways that our assumptions and fixed ideas about people or situations can blind us to... Community, Suzuki Roshi	Teah Strozer	May 31 2025 City Center
Not Knowing Is Most Intimate Serial: SF-08226 05/31/2025, Teah Strozer, dharma talk at City Center. Teah Strozer explores the ways that our assumptions and fixed ideas about people or situations can blind us to... Community	Teah Strozer	May 31 2025 City Center
Understanding and Appreciation Peter van der Sterre reflects on his years of practice at Zen Center, the people who particularly inspired him, and the value of sitting in community. Zazen, Study, Community	Peter Van Der Sterre	May 03 2025 Tassajara
Be a Caretaker Serial: SF-08101 03/28/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center. Doshin Dan Gudgel explores the idea of a ‘caretaker’ as it relates to the Parental Mind that Dogen encourages... Tenzo Kyokun, Community	Doshin Dan Gudgel	Mar 28 2025 City Center
Be a Caretaker Serial: SF-08202 03/28/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center. Doshin Dan Gudgel explores the idea of a ‘caretaker’ as it relates to the Parental Mind that Dogen encourages... Tenzo, Community	Doshin Dan Gudgel	Mar 28 2025 City Center
Zen Transitions: Living for Others Serial: SF-08214 Talk by Jisan Tova Green at City Center on 2025-02-25 Community	Jisan Tova Green	Feb 25 2025 City Center
Zen Refuge: Community and Interdependence Serial: SF-08099 Talk by Shosan Victoria Austin at City Center on 2025-01-22 Community	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jan 22 2025 City Center
Zen Altruism in Beloved Communities Serial: SF-08212 Talk by Shosan Victoria Austin at City Center on 2025-01-22 Sangha, Community	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jan 22 2025 City Center
Moving Towards Right Speech Serial: SF-08246 This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Onryu Mary Stares. In this talk Onryu Mary Stares discusses the five considerations the Buddha lists that allow us to... Community, Right Speech, Suzuki Roshi	Onryu Mary Stares	Sep 28 2024 City Center
Clearing the Mind Serial: SF-08303 09/15/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk given at Green Gulch Farm, Abiding Abbott Jiryu Rutschman-Byler continues to explore four... Posture, Community	Jiryu Rutschman-Byler	Sep 15 2024 Green Gulch Farm
Deep Listening Serial: SF-08367 07/31/2024, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center. This talk was given at Beginner's Mind Temple, by Tova Green. Tova explores deep listening on the personal,... Compassion, Community	Jisan Tova Green	Jul 31 2024 City Center
Zen for the Next Generation Community	Panel Discussion	May 01 2024 City Center
Bridging Generations in Zen Community Serial: SF-08670 Talk by Panel Community Village Meditation Group at City Center on 2024-05-01 Community	Panel Discussion	May 01 2024 City Center
Shingi Discussion Serial: SF-08652 Talk by Doshin Mako Voelkel Shingi at City Center on 2024-01-31 Practice Period, Community, Shingi	Dōshin Mako Voelkel	Jan 31 2024 City Center
What Is Community? Serial: SF-08255 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... Community	Kyoshin Wendy Lewis	Jan 20 2024 City Center
Navigating Transitions Serial: SF-08771 In light of several major transitions unfolding for SFZC and the sangha at large, including the upcoming yearlong renovation of Beginner’s Mind Temple, Abbot David offers... Community	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Dec 16 2023 City Center
The Secret of Zen Practice Serial: SF-08831 12/03/2023, Chosetsu Lauren Bouyea, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Suzuki Roshi said that beginner's mind - meeting the world and ourselves just-as-it-is - is the secret of... Community	Chosetsu Lauren Bouyea	Dec 03 2023 Green Gulch Farm
Mindfulness in Community: Zen Lessons Serial: SF-09500 Talk by Fu Schroeder Sangha Sessions Tenzo Kyokun Gui Spina on 2023-10-29 Community	Fu Schroeder	Oct 29 2023
Mindful Unity: Bridging Faiths and Practices Serial: SF-09768 Talk by Fu Schroeder Sangha on 2023-10-29 Community	Fu Schroeder	Oct 29 2023
The Power of Joy Serial: SF-08852 09/30/2023, Zesho Susan O'Connell, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Susan O’Connell discusses how the joy of practice can support us when,... Community	Zesho Susan O'Connell	Sep 30 2023 City Center
The Spirit Of Community Serial: SF-08723 08/26/2023, Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道explores the meaning of community with stories of... New Year, Community	Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道	Aug 26 2023 City Center
Holding in the Light Serial: SF-08853 06/25/2023, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk is about radical kindness and warm hearted candor, freed from malice of any kind. Inspired by the... Community	Fu Schroeder	Jun 25 2023 Green Gulch Farm
Planting Life, Growing Justice Serial: SF-08749 06/18/2023, Wendy Johnson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this time of climate challenge and unrest, the engaged practice of Dharma and Ecology offers a grounded response... Generosity, Community	Wendy Johnson	Jun 18 2023 Green Gulch Farm
The Unspoken-for Moment Serial: SF-08819 04/05/2023, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center. Catherine Spaeth asks 'What is the difference between having someone's attention and holding someone's... Community	Chikudo Catherine Spaeth	Apr 05 2023 City Center
Being Beloved Community in a Time of Polarization Serial: SF-08919 01/14/2023, Rhonda Magee, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, Hoshi Rhonda Myozen Magee reflects on the concept of Beloved Community through the lens of those who have... Community, Suffering	Rhonda V. Magee	Jan 14 2023 City Center
An Appropriate Response Serial: SF-07804 08/21/2022, Jisan Anna Thorn, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. A reflection on how we can embrace the complexities and contradictions of life in practicing embodiment in... Study, Community	Jisan Anna Thorn	Aug 21 2022 Green Gulch Farm
Practicing Together in Difficult Times with Generosity, Compassionate Connections, and Spiritual Friendship Serial: SF-07783 07/23/2022, Keiryu Liên Shutt, dharma talk at City Center. Guidance from the teachings on how we can stay connected and be supportive to and with each other during these... Community	Keiryu Liên Shutt	Jul 23 2022 City Center
Zen Justice: Path to True Harmony Serial: SF-07966 Talk by Kyosen Greg Snyder at City Center on 2022-07-02 Community		Jul 02 2022 City Center
Just relationships in sangha Serial: SF-08050 07/02/2022, Greg Snyder & Laura O'Loughlin, dharma talk at City Center. Community	Laura O’Loughlin, Kosen Greg Snyder	Jul 02 2022 City Center
On Mending Serial: SF-07817 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... Community	Jisan Tova Green	Jun 22 2022 City Center
On Mending Serial: SF-07929 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... Ceremony, Community	Jisan Tova Green	Jun 22 2022 City Center
Remembering Green Gulch in the 1980's: Does the Past Exist? Serial: SF-07842 05/22/2022, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this dharma talk, Senior Dharma Teacher Norman Fischer tells stories about his time living at... Community	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 22 2022 Green Gulch Farm
Remembering Green Gulch in the 1980's : does the past exist? Serial: SF-07996 05/22/2022, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this dharma talk, Senior Dharma Teacher Norman Fischer tells stories about his time living at... Zazen, Community	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 22 2022 Green Gulch Farm
Cultivating the Beloved Community Ideal Serial: SF-08832 Talk by Rhonda Magee at City Center on 2022-01-14 Community	Rhonda V. Magee	Jan 14 2022 City Center
Angulimala and Right Speech Serial: SF-10971 In this dharma talk Tenku Ruff explores the precept of right speech particularly what it means to practice in community/Sangha and the habit of assigning permanent status to... Buddha Nature, Community, Precepts	Tenku Ruff	Jul 31 2021 City Center
Roots, Refuge, Generations Serial: SF-11134 A dialogue on race, representation, lineage, anger, solidarity, and other themes inspired by Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists (North Atlantic Books... Sangha, Community	Dana Takagi, Chenxing Han	May 29 2021 City Center
Trees: Lessons from the Forest Serial: SF-10926 Drawing on current scientific forest research, this talk by Pamela Weiss explores the Buddhist truth of deep kinship, and the encouragement to take up the practice or radical... Community	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	May 22 2021 City Center
Resilience - Our True Nature Serial: SF-11055 Buddhist practice and teachings on personal and communal resilience that can help us to heal into wholeness. 02/22/2021, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City... Community	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Feb 20 2021 City Center
Resilience - Our True Nature Serial: SF-11106 Buddhist practice and teachings on personal and communal resilience that can help us to heal into wholeness. 02/20/2021, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City... Community	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Feb 20 2021 City Center
What Connects Us? Serial: SF-11133 Reflections on harmonious activity and co-operation for our common good. 02/03/2021, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center. Community	Jisan Tova Green	Feb 04 2021 City Center
What Connects Us? Serial: SF-10962 Reflections on harmonious activity and cooperation for our common good. 02/03/2021, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center. Community	Jisan Tova Green	Feb 03 2021 City Center
Look for the Helpers Serial: SF-11115 01/09/2021, Myogan Djinn Gallagher, dharma talk at City Center. Community	Myogan Djinn Gallagher	Jan 09 2021 City Center
Drowning in the Deep Spring (video) Serial: SF-11185 The Koan of Drowning in the Deep Spring and practicing with courage, clarity and resilience in the of awakening to Climate Collapse. 11/28/2020, Kritee Kanko, dharma talk... Community	Kritee	Nov 28 2020 City Center
Drowning in the Deep Spring Serial: SF-11366 The koan of drowning in the deep spring and practicing with courage, clarity and resilience in the of awakening to climate collapse. 11/28/2020, Kritee Kanko, dharma talk... Community, Rinzai	Kritee	Nov 28 2020 City Center
Zen's Path to Inclusive Harmony Serial: SF-11220 Talk by Crystal Johnson on 2020-07-18 Community, Sangha	Crystal A. Johnson	Jul 18 2020
Inclusive Communities (video) Serial: SF-11362 A Dharma perspective on practicing in an inclusive community. 07/18/2020, Crystal A. Johnson, dharma talk at City Center. Community, Sangha	Crystal A. Johnson	Jul 18 2020 City Center
Bias, Belief, and Beyond Borders Serial: SF-11187 Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller on 2020-07-01 Community, Bodhisattva Vow	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 01 2020
Learning From Difference Serial: SF-11334 07/01/2020, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at Tassajara. Community, Bodhisattva Vow	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 01 2020 Tassajara
Compassionate Engagement: Pathways to Understanding Serial: SF-12321 Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller Learning From Difference at Tassajara on 2020-07-01 Community, Bodhisattva	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 01 2020 Tassajara

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