City Center Talks

09/30/2023, Zesho Susan O'Connell, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Susan O’Connell discusses how the joy of practice can support us when,...

Talk by Eli Brown Stevenson at City Center on 2023-09-27

09/16/2023, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center.
In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Sozan Michael McCord explores how each of the precepts come with...

09/13/2023, Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center.
In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Roger Hillyard explores the Boddhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance - a...

03/22/2023, Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.
Dan Gudgel, in this third talk as shuso, discusses how holding his personal experience lightly and recognizing the...

Talk by Meg Levie at City Center on 2023-09-02

Talk by Sessei Meg Levie at City Center on 2023-09-02

Talk by Dawn Neal at City Center on 2023-08-30

08/23/2023, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center.
The most striking feature of the famous Koan recorded as Case 1 of the Blue Cliff Record and entitled, in...

Talk by Teah Strozer at City Center on 2023-08-17

Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2023-08-05

07/29/2023, Doshin Mako Voelkel, dharma talk at City Center.
Abiding Abbot Doshin Mako Voelkel, in this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, discusses everyday Zen practices...

07/22/2023, Keiryu Liên Shutt, dharma talk at City Center. Keiryu Liên Shutt, in this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, shares how her new book, "Home is Here", showcases ways...

07/15/2023, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center.
In this dharma talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Shosan Victoria Austin asks: How do we approach barriers...

07/08/2023, Hozan Alan Senauke, dharma talk at City Center.
Hozan Alan Senauke, abbot of Berkeley Zen Center, in this dharma talk from Beginner’s Mind Temple, discusses...

07/01/2023, Shundo David Haye, dharma talk at City Center.
Shundo David Haye, in this dharma talk from Beginner’s Mind Temple, discusses a story between the Third and...

06/24/2023, Wakoh Shannon Hickey, dharma talk at City Center.
Rev. Dr. Wakoh Shannon Hickey, BCC, in this dharma talk from Beginner’s Mind Temple, describes a 1984...

06/14/2023, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center.
Sozan Michael McCord, in this dharma talk from Beginner’s Mind Temple, explores what freedom means, and asks...

06/07/2023, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center.
Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, in this talk from Beginner's mind temple, investigates how communal...

Talk by Doshin Mako Voelkel Sesshin Day at City Center on 2023-06-02

05/27/2023, Chimyo Atkinson, dharma talk at City Center.
Chimyo Atkinson, in this dharma talk from Beginner’s Mind Temple, explores the nature of our delusions, and how...

05/24/2023, Chimyo Atkinson, dharma talk at City Center.
Chimyo Atkinson, in this dharma talk from Beginner’s Mind Temple, discusses impermanence, interbeing,...

05/17/2023, Chimyo Atkinson, dharma talk at City Center.
Chimyo Atkinson, in this dharma talk from Beginner’s Mind Temple, explores renunciation and the intersection of...

05/06/2023, Grace Dammann, dharma talk at City Center.
Grace Damman, in this dharma talk from Beginner’s Mind Temple, discusses how the Noble 8-Fold Path and Buddhist...