City Center Talks

04/26/2023, Heather Shoren Iarusso, dharma talk at City Center.
Heather Shoren Iarusso, in this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, examines aversion, one of the mental...

04/19/2023, Kodo Conlin, dharma talk at City Center.
Kodo Conlin, in this dharma talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, explores images, tales, and inspiration to celebrate...

04/12/2023, Henzan Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center. Roger Hillyard explores accepting and practicing with darkness, in this dharma talk from Beginner's Mind Temple...

04/05/2023, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center.
Catherine Spaeth asks 'What is the difference between having someone's attention and holding someone's...

Talk by Sesshin Day Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2023-03-31

Talk by Sesshin Day Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2023-03-29

Talk by Sesshin Day Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2023-03-27

03/25/2023, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, dharma talk at City Center.
The theme of this practice period is Dogen's "To study the Buddha Way is to study the self." This is followed...

03/18/2023, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Shosan Victoria Austin explores the life and liveliness of Zen forms. How do the traditional forms of Soto Zen...

Talk by Hoitsu Suzuki at City Center on 2023-03-11

03/11/2023, Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given before the Mountain Seat Ceremony installing San Francisco Zen Center's new abbots, Hoitsu...

Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2023-03-08

Talk by Dan Gudgel at City Center on 2023-03-01

Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2023-02-23

02/18/2023, Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center.
Centering in body and breath helps cultivate the capacity to respond rather than react to life’s challenges.

02/11/2023, Onryu Mary Stares, dharma talk at City Center. In a culture where we are going faster and faster, this talk gives one permission and encouragement to slow down and...

02/04/2023, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.
In commemorating Zen’s first Chinese Ancestor, Abbot David provides an overview of Bodhidharma’s seminal...

Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2023-01-25

Talk by Sozan Michael M Ord at City Center on 2023-01-18

Talk by Gengokyo Tim Wicks at City Center on 2023-01-11

Talk by Caverly Morgan at City Center on 2023-01-07

Talk by Sozan Diego Miglioli at City Center on 2023-01-04

12/31/2022, Henzan Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center. Don’t work harder, resist less.

Talk by Shundo David Haye at City Center on 2022-12-20