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Title	Speaker	Date
Thank You for Being You Edward Espe Brown emphasizes how we learn by our own careful observation rather than simply following instructions, through reflections on his early Zen training and the creation of the “... Suzuki Roshi, Rumi	Edward Espe Brown	Jan 03 2026 City Center
Undivided Giving: Empty Hands, Full Life 12/27/2025, Nyokai Kristin Diggs, dharma talk at City Center. Nyokai Kristin Diggs talks about the non-separation of feeling, sensing, and thinking as they relate to giving, as a whole-being practice... Generosity	Nyokai Kristin Diggs	Dec 27 2025 City Center
Scrooge’s Buddhist Lessons 12/22/2025, Gyokuden Stephanie Blank, dharma talk at City Center. Gyokuden Steph Blank considers Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol as a dharma story that reveals the transformative power of...	Gyokuden Steph Blank	Dec 22 2025 City Center
Great Is The Matter 12/17/2025, Shundo David Haye, dharma talk at City Center. Shundo reflects on two recent deaths in his family, and what our practice can teach us about facing death and cherishing life. ... Tassajara	Shundo David Haye	Dec 17 2025 City Center
Two Directions, One Way: Reflections on U.S. Soto Zen and Insight Buddhism 12/13/2025, Keiryu Liên Shutt, dharma talk at City Center. Keiryu Liên Shutt presents an informal comparison of Soto Zen and Insight practices within the context of The Three Marks of Existence....	Keiryu Liên Shutt	Dec 13 2025 City Center
Gratitude Beyond Clinging Hiro Ikushima reflects on gratitude, suffering, and the Zen practice of “just sitting.” Through stories of kindness, mistakes, competition, and retreat, this talk explores how letting go... Suffering, Gratitude	Hiro Ikushima	Nov 29 2025 City Center
Awakening Through Harmonious Differences Sangha	Thich Nu Thuan Tue	Nov 22 2025 City Center
Tend to Your Spirit: Teachings from Illness Serial: SF-12462 Talk by Zenshin Florence Caplow at City Center on 2025-11-01 Suffering	Zenshin Florence Caplow	Nov 01 2025 City Center
Harmony in Darkness: Mindful Balance Serial: SF-12376 Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2025-10-29 Sangha, Zazen	Ryushin Paul Haller	Oct 29 2025 City Center
Cultivating Stillness in Turbulent Times Serial: SF-12400 Talk by Dainin Marsha Angus at City Center on 2025-10-25 War	Dainin Marsha Angus	Oct 25 2025 City Center
Here But Not Yet Ready Serial: SF-12408 Koji Vanessa Able asks: What is true readiness and how can we respond when we just don’t feel ready for a change or a challenge? What can practice teach us about showing... Shuso, Practice Period, Ceremony	Koji Vanessa Able	Oct 22 2025 City Center
Expanding How We See Things Serial: SF-12420 Talk by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho at City Center on 2025-10-18 Politics, Suzuki Roshi, Dharma Transmission	Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho	Oct 18 2025 City Center
Zen Unity: Embracing Compassionate Interconnection Serial: SF-12389 Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2025-10-15 Emotions, Bodhisattva Way	Ryushin Paul Haller	Oct 15 2025 City Center
The Power of Non-Retaliation Serial: SF-12390 Talk by Shosan Victoria Austin at City Center on 2025-10-11 Practice Period, Sangha	Shosan Victoria Austin	Oct 11 2025 City Center
Embodying The Awe: Way Seeking Mind Talk Serial: SF-12377 Koji Vanessa Able shares her story of Way Seeking Mind: the lifelong search for ways to express vast religious feeling, from early childhood and through the emotional and... Poetry, Emptiness, Zazen	Koji Vanessa Able	Oct 08 2025 City Center
Shuso Entering Ceremony Practice Period, Shuso, Sangha	Koji Vanessa Able	Oct 08 2025 City Center
Zen Presence Amidst Life's Chaos Serial: SF-12385 Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2025-10-04 Virya, Shingi, Zazen	Ryushin Paul Haller	Oct 04 2025 City Center
Practice Period Orientation Practice Period, Zazen	Various	Oct 01 2025 City Center
A Request for Jukai Serial: SF-12434 Chikudo Catherine Spaeth teaches that zazen shows us what to care for, and leads the way in our request to study the precepts with a teacher. In this caring we become a good... Precepts, Zazen, Gratitude	Chikudo Catherine Spaeth	Sep 27 2025 City Center
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
Everyday Enlightenment Through Dogen Serial: SF-12398 Talk by Shinshu Roberts at City Center on 2025-09-13 Dogen, Koan, Delusion	Shinshu Roberts	Sep 13 2025 City Center
Indiscriminate Devotion Serial: SF-12386 09/10/2025, Doshin Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center. Doshin Dan Gudgel discusses gratitude and devotional practices, using his personal altars as examples, and... Gratitude, Emptiness	Doshin Dan Gudgel	Sep 10 2025 City Center
Indiscriminate Devotion Doshin Dan Gudgel discusses gratitude and devotional practices, using his personal altars as examples, and reading “The Angel Handed Me a Book” by Paul Valéry. Gratitude	Doshin Dan Gudgel	Sep 10 2025 City Center
Zazen: Outer and Inner Sitting Serial: SF-12412 09/06/2025, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Shosan Victoria Austin points out that most of us are trying to find stability in less-than-perfect places... Zazen, Posture, Forgiveness	Shosan Victoria Austin	Sep 06 2025 City Center
Zazen: Outer and Inner Sitting Serial: SF-12466 09/06/2025, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Shosan Victoria Austin points out that most of us are trying to find stability in less-than-perfect places... Zazen, Posture, Forgiveness	Shosan Victoria Austin	Sep 06 2025 City Center
Zazen: Outer and Inner Sitting Serial: SF-12382 09/06/2025, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Shosan Victoria Austin points out that most of us are trying to find stability in less-than-perfect places... Zazen	Shosan Victoria Austin	Sep 06 2025 City Center
Samantabhadra and Blanche Hartman Serial: SF-12452 Shosan Victoria Austin and Mary Mocine speak about Blanche Hartman and Zen sewing, and conduct an eye-opening ceremony for a statue of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva in the SFZC... Samantabhadra, Bodhisattva, Practice Period	Shosan Victoria Austin, Mary Mocine	Sep 03 2025 City Center
September 3rd, 2025, Serial No. 12460 Serial: SF-12460 Talk by Samantabhadra Statue In Sewing Room Win Pro at City Center on 2025-09-03	Unknown Speaker	Sep 03 2025 City Center
Study the Self Serial: SF-12413 08/06/2025, Kristin Diggs, dharma talk at City Center. Nyokai Kristin Diggs talks about the centrality of self-study in the context of Soto Zen, the interdependent nature... Zazen, Big Mind, Buddha Nature	Nyokai Kristin Diggs	Aug 30 2025 City Center
Ancestor Warmth Serial: SF-12391 08/27/2025, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center. So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson explores what it means to be a good ancestor now: carrying warmth, witnessing... Sangha, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi	So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson	Aug 27 2025 City Center
Ancestor Warmth Serial: SF-12458 08/27/2025, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center. So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson explores what it means to be a good ancestor now: carrying warmth, witnessing... Sangha, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi	So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson	Aug 27 2025 City Center
Ancestor Warmth Serial: SF-12381 08/27/2025, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center. So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson explores what it means to be a good ancestor now: carrying warmth, witnessing... Sangha, Transmission	So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson	Aug 27 2025 City Center
Bearing Witness to the Tension in Our Life Serial: SF-12440 08/23/2025, Myles Cowherd, dharma talk at City Center. Myles Cowherd explores the transformative power of sincerity and acceptance as a counterpoint to a life of... Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Shosan	Myles Cowherd	Aug 23 2025 City Center
Bearing Witness to the Tension in Our Life Serial: SF-12482 08/23/2025, Myles Cowherd, dharma talk at City Center. Myles Cowherd explores the transformative power of sincerity and acceptance as a counterpoint to a life of... Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Practice Period	Myles Cowherd	Aug 23 2025 City Center
Bearing Witness to the Tension in Our Life Serial: SF-12375 08/23/2025, Myles Cowherd, dharma talk at City Center. Myles Cowherd explores the transformative power of sincerity and acceptance as a counterpoint to a life of... Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period	Myles Cowherd	Aug 23 2025 City Center
Meditating at Night Serial: SF-12421 08/20/2025, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Shosan Victoria Austin teaches that when we train our posture and breathing in a manner that helps us sit... Avatamsaka Sutra, Zazen	Shosan Victoria Austin	Aug 20 2025 City Center
Meditating at Night Serial: SF-12473 08/20/2025, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Shosan Victoria Austin teaches that when we train our posture and breathing in a manner that helps us sit... Zazen, Avatamsaka Sutra	Shosan Victoria Austin	Aug 20 2025 City Center
Meditating at Night Serial: SF-12393 08/20/2025, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Shosan Victoria Austin teaches that when we train our posture and breathing in a manner that helps us sit...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Aug 20 2025 City Center
Sitting as Your True Self Serial: SF-12419 08/16/2025, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center. Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman unpacks what it might mean to become yourself through the simple but... Zazen, Tozan, Suzuki Roshi	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Aug 16 2025 City Center
Sitting as Your True Self Serial: SF-12471 08/16/2025, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center. Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman unpacks what it might mean to become yourself through the simple but... Zazen, Tozan, Suzuki Roshi	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Aug 16 2025 City Center
Sitting as Your True Self Serial: SF-12405 08/16/2025, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center. Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman unpacks what it might mean to become yourself through the simple but... Zazen	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Aug 16 2025 City Center
Three Turning Phrases Serial: SF-12379 08/13/2025, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. Anshi Zachary Smith examines case 96 from the Blue Cliff Record which holds suggestions about how to frame one’s... Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma	Anshi Zachary Smith	Aug 13 2025 City Center
Stories and Silence Serial: SF-12383 08/09/2025, Shundo David Haye, dharma talk at City Center. Shundo David Haye reflects on the way we hold stories about ourselves and others, and how our practice of... Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara	Shundo David Haye	Aug 09 2025 City Center
The Three Poisons: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki Serial: SF-12426 Working with and growing in our awareness of how the three poisons—greed, hatred and delusion—manifest in our lives, on this 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombing... Hiroshima, Hate	Sozan Michael McCord	Aug 06 2025 City Center
Equanimity in Every Moment Serial: SF-12415 Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2025-07-26 Suzuki Roshi, Dongshan	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 26 2025 City Center
Finding Awareness in the Everyday Serial: SF-12373 07/23/2025, Yogetsu Akasaka, dharma talk at City Center. Yogetsu Akasaka, a priest from the Sōtō Zen School in Japan, asks What if cleaning a bathroom could be one of... Funeral, Priest	Yogetsu Akasaka	Jul 23 2025 City Center
Introducing "Becoming Yourself" Serial: SF-12417 07/19/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at City Center. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler celebrates together with the sangha the launch of the first new book of Suzuki... Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Precepts	Jiryu Rutschman-Byler	Jul 19 2025 City Center
Introducing "Becoming Yourself" Serial: SF-12470 07/19/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at City Center. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler celebrates together with the sangha the launch of the first new book of Suzuki... Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Precepts	Jiryu Rutschman-Byler	Jul 19 2025 City Center
Introducing "Becoming Yourself" Serial: SF-12396 07/19/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at City Center. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler celebrates together with the sangha the launch of the first new book of Suzuki... Suzuki Roshi, Zazen	Jiryu Rutschman-Byler	Jul 19 2025 City Center
Lay Entrustment and Dharma Gates Serial: SF-12395 07/16/2025, Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center. Roger Hillyard offers a look into the origins of Lay Entrustment and how it has manifested in American Zen. ... Lay Practice, Priest	Henzan Roger Hillyard	Jul 16 2025 City Center

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