City Center Talks

Talk by Tenzen David Zimmerman at City Center on 2022-12-10

Talk by Tenzen David Zimmerman at City Center on 2022-12-08

Talk by Tenzen David Zimmerman at City Center on 2022-12-06

Talk by Soon Eli Brownstevenson at City Center on 2022-12-05

Talk by Jisan Anna Thorn at City Center on 2022-12-03

Talk by Chikudo Catherine Spaeth at City Center on 2022-11-26

Talk by Zenki Christian Dillo at City Center on 2022-11-19

11/12/2022, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center. Continuing the practice period study of koans from the Blue Cliff Record and Suzuki Roshi's commentaries on them....

11/05/2022, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center. Each step of the Eightfold Path and the practices it recommends, harmonizes disciplined conduct and opening to...

Talk by Shosan Victoria Austin Incomplete at City Center on 2022-10-29

10/22/2022, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center.
As leaves fall and nights are longer, we turn from autumn towards winter. This is a tender, transitional time...

Talk by Eli Brown Stevenson at City Center on 2022-10-20

10/08/2022, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.
Abbot David unpacks Case 19 of the Blue Cliff Record, including the circumstances leading up to Gutei's...

10/05/2022, Rinso Ed Sattizahn and Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.
In the first dharma talk of the Fall practice period, Abbots Ed and David provide an...

09/24/2022, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center.
We discuss the precepts, giving a bit of history, and how they changed as Buddhism was infused with new...

09/21/2022, Kodo Conlin, dharma talk at City Center.
Taking a page from Dogen's own collection of koans, we consider Guishan's conversation with Yangshan about a gift of...

09/14/2022, Shundo David Haye, dharma talk at City Center.
Drawing on the teachings of Suzuki Roshi and Dogen, Shundo reflects on the history of City Center and how to...

09/10/2022, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center.
Our Zen practice gives us the context and tools to be with and meet the moments in our life, honing our gut...

09/07/2022, Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center. Using the hindrance of Remorse and the paramita of Generosity.

08/31/2022, Kogen Kim Hart, dharma talk at City Center. Kim present a lively discourse on the nature of time and what has been revealed to her on the subject over her 30 years...

08/27/2022, Zesho Susan O’Connell, dharma talk at City Center.
Practice is more than following the breath and happens inside and outside the zendo. This talk investigates...

Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2022-08-25

08/20/2022, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, dharma talk at City Center.
In Genjokoan, Dogen further investigates the teaching of The Heart Sutra, especially the dialectical...

08/17/2022, Florence Caplow, dharma talk at City Center.
In our tradition, sickness and pain are honored as messengers. But what does it mean for us when these messengers...