City Center Talks

02/15/2023, Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center.
Zen practice emphasizes meeting each situation “face to face” ie. meeting it fully with radical honesty. How do...

Talk by Dan Gudgel Wsm at City Center on 2023-02-08

01/28/2023, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center. The light is the capacity to be aware. In sitting zazen we immerse in the endless variety of Being. Each time we...

01/21/2023, Horin Nancy Petrin, dharma talk at City Center. A talk, given in the day of a Lay Ordination ceremony, exploring the Mahayana Bodhisattva Vow.

01/14/2023, Rhonda Magee, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, Hoshi Rhonda Myozen Magee reflects on the concept of Beloved Community through the lens of those who have...

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

Talk by Sozan Diego Miglioli at City Center on 2023-01-05

Talk by Jisan Tova Green at City Center on 2022-12-21

12/17/2022, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, dharma talk at City Center.
Many of our teachings and talks address both freedom or liberation and the agony of existence or suffering....

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...