City Center Talks

Honoring Pride month, abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman explores what it is "to queer" and how this is essentially the practice at the heart of Buddhadharma.
06/26/2021,...

Jarvis Masters joins Lee Lesser on the dharma seat to speak from death row in San Quentin Prison about his Buddhist Practice of 30 years; his understanding of the nature of...

In this talk Senior Dharma Teacher Paul Haller compares the opening statement of Dogen Zenji's Fukanzazengi with the open statement of Shakyamuni Buddha's Satipattana, to...

Talk by Anshi Zachary Smith at City Center on 2021-06-09

In this talk author, professor, student and teacher of the Dharma of fifty years, Jan Willis leads us through an overview of the Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel.
06/05...

A talk on the practice of non-harming as foundational to a spiritual life and our relationships with others.
06/02/2021, Shinchi Linda Galijan, dharma talk at City Center...

At this time of the global pandemic and with the deep work of turning toward and exploring our racialized karma, what is needed to heal, what is needed to stabilize oneself....

An exploration of goals and how to practice with being open to what the universe is asking/offering in each moment. Dedicated to the lives of Sioen Roux and Isabel Meadows....

The skillful means of communications: an exploration of transforming anger and conflict into compassion and understanding.
05/12/2021, Siobhan Cassidy, dharma talk at...

Final talk of a three-week Intensive themed: The Harmony of Zen & Vispassana. Together Gil Fronsdal and Fu Shroeder present two of the branching streams of Shakyamuni...

In this talk Teacher Gil Fronsdal explores the theme of Ethics. The goal of early Buddhism focused on non-harming as the basis of all Dharma. When there is virtuous conduct...

The wholeheartedness of Zen practice: an exploration of Zazen in daily tasks and in society. Mind on and off the cushion. Enacting our practice in the world.
05/01/2021,...

04/24/2021, Ryushin Paul Haller & Gil Fronsdal, dharma talk at City Center.

Senior Dharma Teacher Paul Haller, introduces the 3-week Intensive Harmony of Vipassana and Zen that he is co-leading with Abbess Fu Shroeder and Senior Dharma Teacher Gil...

Cultivating a deep open mind, accepting things as they are is sudden, gradual, and specific. Bringing clear seeing to thoughts and ideas right here. Living in interdependence...

Rinso Ed Sattizahn shares a teaching on impermanence. Suffering the results of our karma. What do we do? To fight when necessary and give in when we have no choice. Stability...

On the occasion of Buddha's Birthday lay teacher, mother, and birth and postpartum doula Nancy Petrin reimagines the story of Buddha's birth, placing his mother Maya at the...

With his experience of many years working in the world of Recovery, Rev. Tim Wicks brings us into the teaching of Fuji Uchiyama, to study delusion one must enter delusion. As...

Ryushin Paul Haller's talk invites us into deep inquiry of the Bodhisattva vows. What is it to tend to and be of service to these vows in one's life? What is it to cross over...

The well of the ego and breaking through karma. Intergenerational trauma and suffering. What are we passing down?
03/25/2021, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at...

In this sesshin talk by Sokaku Kathie Fischer, she continues a three-week exploration of Dogen's Shobogenzo Ziomonki highlighting the themes of practicing in Sangha and...

In this Dharma talk during week 2 of the 3-week March Intensive, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, continues to explore Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki with an exploration of Correct View...

Talk by Zoketsu Norman Fischer at City Center on 2021-03-07

In Shobogenzo Zuimonki Book 1, Eihei Dogen Zenji repeatedly explores the theme of taking up "just one thing." In this talk, Kathie Fischer explores what it is in life and in...