San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
724 episodes - English - Latest episode: 30 days ago - ★★★★ - 155 ratingsDharma Talks given at San Francisco Zen Center
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Satipatthana: An Overview
June 10, 2021 03:00Looking 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, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center.
Emptying the Mind
June 06, 2021 19:00Suzuki Roshi often encouraged practitioners to "empty their minds," and this talk uses passages from his teaching to explore two aspects of this "emptying" - letting the mind be quiet and without thoughts, and experiencing things directly without naming or evaluation. 06/06/2021, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
First There Is A Mountain
June 05, 2021 18:00In 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. 06/05/2021, Jan Willis, dharma talk at City Center.
Non-Harming
June 02, 2021 19:00A talk on the practice of non-harming as foundational to a spiritual life and our relationships with others. 06/02/2021, Shinchi Linda Galijan, dharma talk at City Center.
Roots, Refuge, Generations
May 29, 2021 19:00A 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, 2021). 05/29/2021, Dana Takagi and Chenxing Han, dharma talk at City Center.
Cherishing Life
May 27, 2021 03:00At this time of the global pandemic and with the deep work of turning toward and exploring our racialized karma, what is needed to heal, what is needed to stabilize oneself. What is it to cherish all life? 05/26/2021, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center.
Japanese Buddhist Culture and Rituals upon Death
May 23, 2021 18:00Reflecting on the recent passing of her mother in Japan, Rev. Kobiyama shares the meaning and power of Japanese Buddhist culture and rituals around death. 05/23/2021, Yuki Kobiyama, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Trees: Lessons from the Forest
May 22, 2021 18:00Drawing 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 inclusivity. 05/22/2021, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at City Center.
No Fixed Goal
May 20, 2021 03:00An exploration of goals and how to practice with being open to what the universe is asking/offering in each moment. Dedicated to the lives of Sioen Roux and Isabel Meadows. 05/19/2021, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center.
Being There For Our Feelings
May 18, 2021 03:00In this talk from the dining room at Tassajara, Leslie James invites us to notice where suffering is arising so that we can be of benefit in the world. 05/17/2021, Leslie James, dharma talk at Tassajara.
Sitting in the Middle of Suffering
May 16, 2021 18:00Tenshin Roshi shares the teaching he feels he would offer if it were his last talk - the practice of sitting with all beings in the midst of suffering. 05/16/2021, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
The Quality of Being
May 15, 2021 18:00In this talk Rev. Liên provides guidance on bringing our values forward and practicing in the world coming out of the Pandemic, exploring the meditative qualities of awareness: skillful effort, skillful mindfulness and skillful concentration. 05/15/2021, Keiryu Liên Shutt, dharma talk at City Center.
Courageous Conversations
May 13, 2021 03:00The skillful means of communications: an exploration of transforming anger and conflict into compassion and understanding. 05/12/2021, Siobhan Cassidy, dharma talk at City Center.
Receiving And Giving Universal Love
May 09, 2021 18:00Our practice of extending love and support to all beings is grounded in our practice of receiving love and support from all beings - this talk offers some practices of extending love and deeply receiving love. 05/09/2021, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
The Circle of the Way
May 08, 2021 18:00The final talk of a three-week Intensive themed The Harmony of Zen and Vispassana. Together Gil Fronsdal and Fu Shroeder present two of the branching streams of Shakyamuni Buddha's teaching - Zen and Vipassana. 05/08/2021, Fu Shroeder and Gil Fronsdal, dharma talk at City Center.
A Life of Radical Non-Harming
May 06, 2021 03:00In 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 there is wisdom and ethical path as ethical maturation. 05/05/2021, Kojun Gil Fronsdal, dharma talk at City Center.
May We Gather
May 02, 2021 18:00Rev. Duncan Ryuken Williams, Soto Zen priest, Buddhist scholar, and activist, draws on teachings of Dogen and stories of his own path while sharing his work on "May We Gather", a national Buddhist memorial ceremony for Asian American ancestors. 05/02/2021, Duncan Ryuken Williams, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
The Wholeheartedness of Zen
May 01, 2021 18:00The wholeheartedness of Zen practice: an exploration of Zazen in daily tasks and in society; mind on and off the cushion; enacting our practice in the world. 05/01/2021, Fu Schroeder and Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center.
Wisdom Beyond Wisdom
April 29, 2021 03:00During 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. 04/28/2021, Fu Schroeder, dharma talk at City Center.
The Practice of Earth Justice
April 25, 2021 18:00In commemoration of the 51st anniversary of Earth Day, Wendy Johnson weaves together Dharma and Ecology with the saga of a dead grey whale washed up on the shores of Muir Beach near Green Gulch, drawing on Engaged Buddhist teaching from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the encouragement to imagine a universe that is self-creating, self-maintaining and enlivened by co-dependent origination. 04/25/2021, Wendy Johnson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
The Most Important Thing
April 24, 2021 18:00Comparing the Zen and Vipassana ways of practice. 04/24/2021, Ryushin Paul Haller and Gil Fronsdal, dharma talk at City Center.
A Zen Approach To Samadhi
April 22, 2021 03:00Senior Dharma Teacher Paul Haller, introduces the 3-week Intensive Harmony of Vipassana and Zen that he is co-leading with Abbess Fu Shroeder and Senior Dharma Teacher Gil Fronsdal. The Intensive will explore Sila, Prajna and Samadhi. This talk explores Samadhi. 04/21/2021, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center.
Cultivating Inner Silence
April 18, 2021 18:00Teachings and reflections on the cultivation of inner silence as a foundation for openhearted connection and engagement. 04/18/2021, Kiku Christina Lehnherr, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Cultivating Soft Earth Mind
April 17, 2021 18:00Cultivating a deep open mind, accepting things as they are is sudden, gradual, and specific. Bringing clear seeing to thoughts and ideas right here. Living in interdependence and wholeness on the land; a study of separation and domination. 04/17/2021, Ango Sara Tashker, dharma talk at City Center.
The Evanescence Of Things
April 15, 2021 03:00Rinso Ed Sattizahn shares a teaching on impermanence. Suffering the results of our karma. What do we do? To fight when necessary and give in when we have no choice. Stability in the midst of change comes from staying awake in the movement of reality in this very moment. Practice is the way to fully appreciate and live impermanence. 04/14/2021, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center.
Finding Harmony Amidst Conflicting Views
April 11, 2021 19:00Tenshin Roshi teaches on finding peace and harmony in the midst of deeply conflicting views. 04/11/2021, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Maya's Birth Story
April 10, 2021 18:00On the occasion of Buddha's Birthday lay teacher, mother, and birth and postpartum doula Nancy Petrin reimagines the story of Buddha's birth, placing his mother Maya at the center of its telling. With a focus on practicing with anger and grief, what is it to reimagine our stories into wholeness acknowledging who and what has been "erased" along the way? 04/10/2021, Horin Nancy Petrin, dharma talk at City Center.
Establishing our Practice in Delusion
April 04, 2021 18:00Eijun Roshi offers springtime reflections on Buddha’s Birthday and an old Zen story, "Raising up a Speck of Dust." 04/04/2021, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
What Constitutes A Fulfilling Life?
April 03, 2021 18:00Reflections of the past year of the pandemic as an intense period of practice.What has this "collective practice period" awakened in you? Perhaps disrupted our sense of self. How has the "Teacher of the Coronavirus" revealed something deeper of you? Is there a new sense of connectedness? What about slowing down? Being quieter? Intimacy? How will you carry the teachings of this "period of practice" forward? 04/03/2021, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.
Investigate. Investigate.
April 01, 2021 03:00With his experience of many years working in the world of Recovery, Rev. Tim Wicks brings us into the teaching of Fuji Uchiyama, to study delusion one must enter delusion. As practitioners, we are being asked to enter into the delusion of racism in order to see it and to know it. With Sangha and with wisdom we investigate the "bottoms" of addiction and denial in racism as dharma gates. 03/31/2021, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center.
The Robe Chant / Suzuki Roshi's Early Life
March 28, 2021 18:00Early students of Suzuki Roshi, Jane and Peter Schneider, offer two short talks to the Green Gulch Sangha: Jane on the deep meaning of the robe chant and Peter on Suzuki Roshi's life before coming to the U.S. 03/28/2021, Jane and Peter Schneider, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Bringing Forth Our Best
March 27, 2021 18:00Ryushin Paul Haller invites us into deep inquiry of the the Bodhisattva vows. What is it to attend to and be of service to these vows in one's life? What is it to cross over to "only us," innumerably diverse? When us becomes more relevent than me. Being of service to Interbeing. How is this the full expression of my spirtual being? Everything is waiting for you. 03/27/2021, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center.
Falling into the Well
March 25, 2021 03:00The well of the ego and breaking through karma. Intergenerational trauma and suffering. What are we passing down? 03/24/2021, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center.
Endless Bottomless You
March 20, 2021 18:00This is the last talk in a 3-week series of the Zuimonki. Zoketsu Norman Fischer brings alive the teachings of the last book of the Zuimonki and explores the teachings of casting aside body and mind. What is it to cast off something we never were? 03/20/2021, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at City Center.
From The Inside Out
March 19, 2021 18:00In this sesshin talk by Sokaku Kathie Fischer, she continues a three-week exploration of Dogen's Shobogenzo Ziomonki highlighting the themes of practicing in Sangha and learning to trust ourselves in the work. She also encourages us with this observation that this is work that has never been done before. 03/19/2021, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, dharma talk for City Center and Green Gulch Farm.
A True and Simple Way of Life
March 18, 2021 18:00On the first day of a three-day sesshin, Zoketsu Norman Fischer shares with us Dogen Zenji's Book 4, Section 7 of the Zuimonki, with commentary on the themes of the true nature of mind, home leaving, and encouragement to choose practice and uphold the precepts as an "ancient and natural way" of life. 03/18/2021, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk for City Center and Green Gulch Farm.
Walking Through The Mist
March 18, 2021 03:00In this talk Sokaku Kathie Fischer explores Shobogenzo Zuimonki Book 5, talks 14, 15 and 17 and explores the themes in Dogen's writings on the human mind and dharma friendships. 03/17/2021, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, dharma talk at City Center.
Dharma Friendship
March 14, 2021 18:00With beautiful language and imagery, Dogen offers instructions on the activity and importance of practicing with Dharma Friends, with Sangha, in Zuimonki, Book 4, talks 4 and 5 03/14/2021, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Maybe So
March 13, 2021 19:00In this Dharma talk during week 2 of the 3-week March Intensive, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, continues to explore Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki with an exploration of Correct View from a Dharma prespective. The exploration "view" from a practice perspective. Clinging or not clinging is much more than an intellectual matter. Zazen as a key element of knowing deeply who we are. 03/13/2021, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at City Center.
See Virtues First
March 10, 2021 19:00In Shobogenzo Zuimonki Book 3, Talk 8, Eihei Dogen Zenji invites us to deeply know and understand the virtues of another human being before attempting to criticize them. In this talk, Kathie Fischer discusses how to refrain from faultfinding, how to see virtue, and how Dogen Zenji's words relate to the lineage teachings of Zen from Hui Neng to our own lives. 03/10/2021, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, dharma talk at City Center.
Doing Good Unselfishly
March 07, 2021 19:00In this talk Zoketsu Roshi brings up passages from Dogen's text Shobogenzo Zuimonki about the difference between lay practice and monastic practice, and, especially, about faith in karma -- that to do good unselfishly is the only way to live. 03/07/2021, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Just One Thing
March 06, 2021 19:00In Shobogenzo Zuimonki Book 1, Eihei Dogen Zenji repeatedly explores the theme of taking up "just one thing." In this talk, Kathie Fischer explores what it is in life and in practice to practice with "just one thing" and what is this "one thing." 03/06/2021, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, dharma talk at City Center.
An Introduction To The Zuimonki
March 04, 2021 04:00First talk of a 3-week Intensive on Dogen's work Zuimonki. 03/03/2021, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at City Center.
The Cultivation of Dharma and Land Stewardship
February 28, 2021 19:00Weaving together the karmic consciousness of our lives and the land we inhabit. 02/28/2021, Jokai Carolyn Cavanagh, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
The Life of Big Mind
February 27, 2021 19:00A talk about Big Mind. What do we mean by Big Mind? What is it? How do we allow and encourage it? What good does it do us? 02/27/2021, Steve Weintraub, dharma talk at City Center.
Where This Mind Rests Is My Home
February 25, 2021 04:00A reflection on Lunar New Year and the traditions of the lantern festivals, and the arising of the question "Where is home?" What is your riddle? 02/24/2021, Gendo Lucy Xiao, dharma talk at City Center.
Who Can Untangle The Tangle?
February 21, 2021 19:00When the Emperor of China asked Bodhidharma who he was, the great teacher replied “Don’t know.” How do we respond when asked this very question? 02/21/2021, Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Resilience - Our True Nature
February 20, 2021 19:00Buddhist practice and teachings on personal and communal resilience that can help us to heal into wholeness. 02/20/2021, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.
Where Are You Standing?
February 18, 2021 04:00A reflection by the City Center Tenzo (head of the kitchen) on intimacy and gratitude. 02/17/2021, Onryu Mary Stares, dharma talk at City Center.
The Intimacy of Solitary Awakening and Social Awakening
February 14, 2021 19:00Tenshin Roshi teaches on Zen meditation as the intimacy of solitary awakening and social awakening. 02/14/2021, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.