City Center Talks

Opening talk to the Winter 2022 Practice Period at Hosshin-ji Beginners Temple (City Center).
01/26/2022, Ryushin Paul Haller and Kiku Christina Lehnherr, dharma talk at...

A dharma talk on the day of a jukai ceremony, exploring vow and the 16 Bodhisattva precepts.
01/22/2022, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, Jisan Tova Green, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma...

01/19/2022, Shoren Heather Iarusso, dharma talk at City Center.

An exploration of the Buddhist practice of cutting through the delusion of our disconnectedness highlighting Dr. Martin Luther King and Eihei Dogen's teaching of Uji (Time...

Guided by the great Mahāyāna teachings of Prajñāpāramitā our Zen training asks us to join with all beings and follow the investigation of our karmic responsibilities from even...

As we enter the third year of the pandemic, reflecting on how our practice, and the legacy of Suzuki Roshi, can help us to keep moving forward.
01/05/2022, Shundo David...

Recommendations for practice.
12/22/2021, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center.

Needs can be basic. They can also arise from values. What happens when needs are born from karma? 12/11/2021, Sozan Miglioli, dharma talk at City Center.

A talk on Shakyamuni's Buddha's karmic journey. 04/12/2021, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.

Talk by Shosan Victoria Austin at City Center on 2021-12-02

Talk by Tenzen David Zimmerman at City Center on 2021-11-30

Everything that we do is karma but with foundations in our precepts our karma becomes Dharma.
11/27/2021, Jose Shinzan Palma, dharma talk at City Center.

Talk by Tenzen David Zimmerman at City Center on 2021-11-17

A talk exploring the healing of dehumanization that comes with naming, remembering and reparation in Buddhist tradition. 11/13/2021, Duncan Ryuken Williams, dharma talk at...

The Avatamsaka Sutra tells us that “Ordinary beings live according to their karma, being their karmic habitual tendencies, while a bodhisattva lives according to vow.” How...

A history of Sejiki Cermony, feeding of the hungry ghost. An open-hearted wish to welcome all beings without discrimination.
10/30/2021, Doshin Mako Voelkel, dharma talk...

Talk by Roger Hillyard at City Center on 2021-10-28

Abbot David shares some approaches for how we might view karma in relation to the concepts of choice, free will, and determinism from a Buddhist orientation.
10/20/2021,...

Talk by Kaira Jewel Lingo at City Center on 2021-10-20

To study Buddhism is a process of being taken apart and put back together again; this includes karma and atonement. 10/09/2021, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, dharma talk at City Center...

The study of karma, and the importance of practicing zazen and non-doing for the study of self/the study of karma.
10/02/2021, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City...

The importance of unwiring ourselves and developing deep self-care in order to take up the great vow of liberation for ourselves and all beings.
09/25/2021, Dr. Larry...

A personal reflection on priest ordination in the Soto Zen Lineage from their own live as priests.
09/11/2021, Ryushin Paul Haller and Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk...

Yunmen’s Every Day is a Good Day.
09/04/2021, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center.