City Center Talks

An examination of what it means to both fully express ourselves and a consideration of how the world is being made in each moment (by each one of us).
08/21/2021, Furyu...

If we hurry the important and urgent nature of studying the self we are likely to miss "this" - the entire truth of who we are.
08/14/2021, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma...

08/04/2021, Yuki Kobiyama, dharma talk at City Center.

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...

In this talk, Sr. Dharma Teacher, Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts, brings forth the spirit of the Mahayana Buddhist Vimalakirti Sutra and the second turning of the wheel teachings. She...

Turning the light of attention in order to contact our true nature through an exploration of the practice instructions of Dogen Zenji's Fukanzazengi.
07/21/2021, Zesho...

What is it to take up the call of a Bodhisattva? This question is explored in this Dharma talk with Ashanti Branch of the Everforward Club and City Center Tanto, Nancy Petrin,...

A reflection on climate collapse and Zen practice. "I wonder what might happen if we tell ourselves the truth, instead of denying reality?"
07/07/2021, Shogen Jody Greene...

Zoketsu Norman Fischer, former abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and founding teacher of Everyday Zen reads and reflects on passages from the "What Is the Body?" chapter of...

In this dharma talk Sonja Gardenswartz poses the turning question, are we willing to step into curiosity, into I don't know," and consider what is the appropriate response?...

In this talk Shundo David Haye looks at how our Bodhisattva vows and the paramita of generosity can help us navigate the current uncertainty, as the world starts to open up...

A reflection and consideration on "making the transition, entering the marketplace and crossing over supported by Buddhist practice and traditions.
06/16/2021, Marcia...

Looking at the Satipatthana Sutta, the Heart Sutra and the Genjo Koan and how these three seminal documents reveal resonance that transcend time and space.
06/09/2021,...

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...

Talk by Linda Galijan at City Center on 2021-06-03

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...

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...

In this talk Rev. Lien provides guidance on bringing our values forward and practicing in the world coming out of the Pandemic, exploring the meditative qualities of awareness...

Talk by Fu Shroeder And Gil Fronsdal at City Center on 2021-05-08

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...

Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2021-05-01

During week two of the Harmony of Vipassana and Zen Intensive, focusing on the theme of Prajna, in this talk, Abbess Fu Shroeder explores the Heart Sutra.
MM/DD/2021, Fu...

Comparing the Zen and Vipassana ways of practice.
04/24/2021, Ryushin Paul Haller and Gil Fronsdal, dharma talk at City Center.

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