Guest Speaker: Bernd Bender – Saturday, July 16th

Great Master Bodhidharma

Saturday the 16th, our guest speaker will be Bernd Bender from the San Francisco Zen Center. Bernd has been a student of Soto Zen since 1984. After moving to San Francisco from Germany, he began his studies at the Zen Center, receiving lay ordination from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1996. He has lived at all three practice centers, and has translated several Buddhist texts from English to German. Bernd was Shuso (head student) during the City Center Spring Practice Period in 2009. He is inspired by how the simplicity of practice meets the infinite complexity of life. Bernd received Lay Dharma Entrustment from Dairyu Michael Wenger in 2010.

July 4th Weekend – Zendo CLOSED

We’ll be taking a brief vacation the weekend of the July 4th holiday. The zendo (meditation hall) will be closed on Saturday, 2 July, and also on Monday the 4th itself. Our regularly-scheduled activities will resume with 6 a.m. zazen (seated meditation) on Tuesday, 5 July. Have a good and safe holiday, everyone!

Guest Speaker, Saturday 25 June: Laurie Senauke

Come and join us this Saturday, June 25, for a Dharma talk by Laurie Senauke, a long-time practitioner from the Berkeley Zen Center. A warm and engaging speaker, Laurie has received Lay Entrustment from Abbot Sojun Mel Weitsman, in addition to being a wife and mother. We’ll have zazen at 9:25, with the talk following at 10:15, and then a vegetarian potluck celebrating Pride weekend afterwards. Please bring something healthy and preferably vegan to share with everyone.

SF Suicide Prevention Workshop, Tues. June 28, 4-5:30pm

San Francisco Suicide Prevention

Hartford Street Zen Center will host a Suicide Prevention Workshop on Tues. June 28 from 4:00 – 5:30pm. The workshop is organized in partnership with San Francisco Suicide Prevention and is open to all sangha members.

The workshop is focused on identifying the anxiety and depression that may sometimes lead to suicide as well as developing the communication skills and crisis-intervention techniques necessary to help someone at risk of committing suicide. If you are unable to attend, please visit How to Help Someone on the sfsuicide.org website.

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and please RSVP on the workshop’s Facebook event page.

Note: evening zazen will follow the workshop at 6:00pm.