Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple
A Sōtō Zen temple for the LGBTQ+ community, friends and allies in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood
We will be taking a small “open to the public” break this Thursday through Saturday. Picking up our regular public schedule again Monday at 6pm, the 8th of July.
We hope you had a great Pride Celebration weekend, and please have safe and enjoyable celebration of our Country’s Interdependence, whoops we meant Independence!
June 30th at roughly 9am: 
The San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) has a parade contingent in every annual Pride March in San Francisco and this year we have even more reason to celebrate! SFZC is always seeking more to join us to represent the compassionate love and support of the Zen community. They always look to and extend this to the HSZC (Hartford Street Zen Center) Sangha to join in and march with them. If you are available please DO join us.
Happy LGBTQI – Month and weekend festivities and celebrations to all!
We’ll have the monthly Full-Moon Ceremony renewal of our Bodhisattva vows Saturday morning after the Dharma talk. According to the Farmer’s Almanac this is the full strawberry moon.
The ceremony takes about a half-hour and involves some thirty full prostrations, but simple standing bows are also all right if prostrations are too strenuous.
Everyone is welcome to take part in this celebration.
