Please join us for a Dharma talk by Rev. Koshin Steven Tierney, a Dharma transmitted teacher in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi. Steven is the guiding %⅙ at Oceans Compassion Zen Community, Meditation in Recovery Sangha at SFZC and the SFLGBTQA+ Sangha. Rev. Tierney is currently the president of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association. Dr. Tierney is a psychotherapist in private practice and Professor Emeritus in Counseling Psychology at CIIS. He has been integrating meditation, mindfulness, and breath-based wellness initiatives since 1995. For further information: Steventierneysf@gmail.com.
Guest Speaker 20 December: Rev. Ryuei Michael McCormick
Please join us this Saturday morning at 10:30 for a Dharma talk by Rev. McCormick, who was ordained to the Nichiren-shū (Lotus Sutra School) ministry in 2001 by Rev. Ryusho Matsuda, of the San Jose Nichiren Temple. Rev. McCormick is also a long-time practitioner of zazen (seated meditation) and a student of the writings of Dōgen-zenji. We’ll have zazen at 9:30 as usual, and our beloved tea-and-cookies afterwards. Everyone is welcome.
Seeking accommodations…
Our old friend Felipe Melizalde and his partner are coming to San Francisco next month, between 14 and 19 July. They’re looking for a place to stay for those few days, a non-trivial task in this increasingly expensive city. If someone in our Sangha might be able to offer them a place to lay their heads, please let me know as soon as you can at info@hszc.org. Thank you in advance, and gasshō…🙏 -myō
Guest Speaker: Steven Tierney
This Saturday, 21 January, the 10:30 a.m. Dharma talk will be given by Steven, our good friend and our Sangha facilitator. Steven is a psychotherapist in private practice, and a Dharma heir or Rev. Cynthia Kear, in addition to being a longtime leader in the Recovery community. As always there is zazen (seated meditation) at 06:30 and again from 09:30 to 10:10. Following the talk we’ll share tea and cookies, in the garden if the weather allows.
Online Zoom attendance only for now
It’s Christmas Day
Guest Speaker: Rev. Daigan Gaither
Saturday 9 November, 10:15 a.m.
Rev. Daigan Gaither began Buddhist practice in 1995 in the Vipassana (Insight) tradition, and then began to study Zen in 2003 with Ryushin Paul Haller Roshi. He received Lay Ordination in 2006 where he was given the name Daigan or “Great Vow”, and received Priest Ordination in July 2011. Daigan speaks internationally on a variety of topics particularly around gender, sexuality, social justice and their intersections with the Dharma. He has a BA in Philosophy and Religion from San Francisco State University, and an MA in Buddhist Studies from the Graduate Theological Union and the Institute of Buddhist Studies.
Come for zazen (seated meditation) at 9:25 a.m., and stay for tea-and-cookies after the talk. All are welcome!
