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Title	Speaker	Date
Returning Home in Troubled Times Serial: SF-08035 08/10/2022, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, dharma talk at City Center. Stillness and silence is to return home in the midst of chaos in the world. In this way we are learning to...	Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho	Aug 10 2022 City Center
Key of Happiness Serial: SF-08016 08/06/2022, Venerable Thich Nu Thuan Tue, dharma talk at City Center. To unlock your happiness you must first hold the key in your own hand. It means to be a master of... Happiness	Thich Nu Thuan Tue	Aug 06 2022 City Center
Questions as the Heartbeat of Zen Serial: SF-07882 Talk by Chikudo Catherine Spaeth at City Center on 2022-08-03 Doubt	Chikudo Catherine Spaeth	Aug 03 2022 City Center
The Yoga of Inquiry Serial: SF-08018 08/03/2022, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center. What is the role of inquiry in our practice? Inquiry has many different functions and is an expression of how... Doubt	Chikudo Catherine Spaeth	Aug 03 2022 City Center
The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusions Serial: SF-07955 07/30/2022, Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk at City Center. This talk is about our practice of meditation as seen through the many facets of the Perfection of Wisdom...	Fu Schroeder	Jul 30 2022 City Center
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
Practicing Together in Difficult Times with Generosity, Compassionate Connections & Spiritual Friendship Serial: SF-07781 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...	Keiryu Liên Shutt	Jul 23 2022 City Center
Nurturing Zen: Collective Leadership Evolution Serial: SF-07850 Talk by Shosan Victoria Austin at City Center on 2022-07-21 Sangha	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jul 21 2022 City Center
Zen Succession: Tending the Flame Serial: SF-07773 Talk by Shosan Victoria Austin at City Center on 2022-07-20 Sangha, Transmission	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jul 20 2022 City Center
Untangling Karma Serial: SF-08021 07/16/2022, Judith Ragir, dharma talk at City Center. This is a talk on the book Untangling Karma. It is one woman Zen teacher's approach to trauma that integrates deep... Forgiveness, Healing	Judith Ragir	Jul 16 2022 City Center
Untangling Karma Serial: SF-08019 07/16/2022, Judith Ragir, dharma talk at City Center. This is a talk on the book Untangling Karma. It is one woman Zen teachers approach to trauma that integrates deep... Forgiveness, Katagiri Roshi	Judith Ragir	Jul 16 2022 City Center
Inmost Request: Embracing Transitional Zazen Serial: SF-07940 Talk by Kodo Conlin at City Center on 2022-07-13 Suzuki Roshi, Zazen	Kodo Conlin	Jul 13 2022 City Center
Suzuki Roshi's Inmost Request: Intention, Awakening & Vitality Serial: SF-07954 07/13/2022, Kodo Conlin, dharma talk at City Center. Reflections from the City Center Buddha Hall on Suzuki Roshi's teaching of "Inmost Request," a pointing to both one's basic... Suzuki Roshi	Kodo Conlin	Jul 13 2022 City Center
Cultivating Awareness—Tending, Tension and Tenderness Serial: SF-08051 07/09/2022, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center. Zazen, Wisdom	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 09 2022 City Center
The Dirty Robe. Serial: SF-07805 07/06/2022, Gengyoku Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center. Although our Zen practice centers on sitting silently, we value conversation and interaction with each other... Wisdom	Gengyoko Tim Wicks	Jul 06 2022 City Center
The Dirty Robe Serial: SF-07846 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... Wisdom	Gengyoko Tim Wicks	Jul 06 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
How We Hold Our Fear Serial: SF-07779 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... Study	Sozan Michael McCord	Jun 29 2022 City Center
How We Hold Our Fear Serial: SF-07863 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... Study	Sozan Michael McCord	Jun 29 2022 City Center
The Prism of the Dharma Serial: SF-07932 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... Consciousness, Suffering	Shoren Heather Iarusso	Jun 25 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
Reflections on the Future of American Buddhism Serial: SF-07900 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...	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Jun 18 2022 City Center
Awakening Through Zen's Embrace Serial: SF-07809 Talk by Jisan Anna Thorn at City Center on 2022-06-15	Jisan Anna Thorn	Jun 15 2022 City Center
Taking Refuge in Just This Serial: SF-07905 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.	Jisan Anna Thorn	Jun 15 2022 City Center
Yanguan’s “Rhinoceros Fan” Serial: SF-08022 06/11/2022, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center. Things are broken, show me something that is not! Koan	Rinso Ed Sattizahn	Jun 11 2022 City Center
Remember Serial: SF-07878 06/08/2022, Henzan Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center. Seeking our Master Far and Wide is remembering our Buddha Nature. Buddha Nature, Study	Henzan Roger Hillyard	Jun 08 2022 City Center
Remember Serial: SF-07985 06/08/2022, Henzan Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center. Seeking our Master far and wide is remembering our Buddha Nature Buddha Nature, Study	Henzan Roger Hillyard	Jun 08 2022 City Center
The Mind of Gratitude Serial: SF-07874 06/04/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. On the final day of the sesshin and Intensive, we consider the source of true happiness, and take up the interwoven... Generosity	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	Jun 04 2022 City Center
The Mind of Gratitude Serial: SF-08026 06/04/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. On the final day of the sesshin and Intensive, we consider the source of true happiness, and take up the interwoven themes... Suffering	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	Jun 04 2022 City Center
Grandmotherly Mind in Zen Practice Serial: SF-07787 Talk by Pamela Weiss at City Center on 2022-06-03	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	Jun 03 2022 City Center
Grandmotherly Mind Serial: SF-07934 06/03/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. Taking up the importance of Robaishin, Grandmotherly Mind, as the capacity to listen with love.	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	Jun 03 2022 City Center
Big Mind Serial: SF-07815 06/02/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. On the first day of sesshin, exploring Daishin, Big or Great Mind, described in Dogen’s Tenzo Kyokun, and considering a... Equanimity, Suzuki Roshi	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	Jun 02 2022 City Center
Embracing Darkness with Great Mind Serial: SF-07987 Talk by Pamela Weiss at City Center on 2022-06-02 Equanimity, Suzuki Roshi	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	Jun 02 2022 City Center
Practicing Everywhere Serial: SF-08020 06/01/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. This talk invites everyone—those sitting and those practicing at home—into wholehearted engagement and simplicity as we... Effort	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	Jun 01 2022 City Center
Hatred Never Ceases from Hatred Serial: SF-07901 05/28/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. Is the world full of pain, brutality and violence, or brimming with beauty, courage and generosity? This talk... Heart Sutra	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	May 28 2022 City Center
Neither Easy Nor Difficult Serial: SF-07818 05/25/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. This talk shares stories from Layman Pang and his daughter Ling Zhao, and considers how to respond to the cries of... Suffering	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	May 25 2022 City Center
Neither Easy Nor Difficult Serial: SF-07964 05/25/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. This talk shares stories from Layman Pang and his daughter Ling Zhou, and considers how to respond to the cries of... Suffering	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	May 25 2022 City Center
Intimacy and Wonder Serial: SF-07945 05/21/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. How do we see and see through the separation created by the binary mind? Drawing on teachings by Dogen, Suzuki Roshi and... Buddha Nature	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	May 21 2022 City Center
Transcending Opinions for Inner Peace Serial: SF-07950 Talk by Pam Weiss at City Center on 2022-05-19	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	May 19 2022 City Center
Mara’s Many Arrows Serial: SF-08047 05/18/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. Here we consider the judging mind—whose aim is to keep us tight, small, bound—and share teachings and myths that...	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	May 18 2022 City Center
Untangling our Ancient Twisted Karma Serial: SF-07958 05/14/2022, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center. This talk shares stories of our ancestors—Bodhidharma, Huike and Sengcan—and shows how the freedom we discover in... Bodhidharma	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	May 14 2022 City Center
Deepening Faith Serial: SF-07772 05/11/2022, Pamela WeissDeepening Faith, dharma talk at City Center. Breathing in inspiration, breathing out aspiration, this talk explores how living by vow reveals the...	Monitsu Pamela Weiss	May 11 2022 City Center
Zen Harmony: Tradition Meets Diversity Serial: SF-07981 Talk by Rev Gyokei Yokoyama at City Center on 2022-05-07 Soto Zen	Rev Gyokei Yokoyama	May 07 2022 City Center
Great is the Matter of Birth and Death Serial: SF-07944 05/04/2022, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center. A personal and intimate reflection from Sr. Dharma Teacher Paul Haller, upon his return from caretaking for... Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva	Ryushin Paul Haller	May 04 2022 City Center
The Book of Form and Emptiness Serial: SF-07919 04/30/2022, Kanshin Ruth Ozeki, dharma talk at City Center. Rev. Kanshin Ruth Ozeki, novelist and Zen priest ordained by Zoketsu Norman Fischer, talks about the Buddhist... Emptiness, Study	Kanshin Ruth Ozeki	Apr 30 2022 City Center
The Book of Form and Emptiness Serial: SF-07926 04/30/2022, Kanshin Ruth Ozeki, dharma talk at City Center. Rev. Kanshin Ruth Ozeki, novelist and Zen priest ordained by Zoketsu Norman Fischer, talks about the Buddhist... Emptiness	Kanshin Ruth Ozeki	Apr 30 2022 City Center
Awakening Through Ethical Transformation Serial: SF-07860 Talk by Keiryu Lein Shutt at City Center on 2022-04-29 Precepts	Keiryu Liên Shutt	Apr 29 2022 City Center
Binding the Self Without a Rope: Equanimity Serial: SF-07843 04/27/2022, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center. This talk explores how in the tradition of Soto Zen awakening, equanimity and vow relate to each other... Equanimity, Dogen	Chikudo Catherine Spaeth	Apr 27 2022 City Center

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