Dec 3rd 2022 – Retreat Space – 6am to 6pm

Flexible to the winds of change the gentle reed or the sturdy oak tree sways in the direction of the winds force. And if they don’t… they break.

For the 2022 Winter Light Retreat our numbers were too low to produce and fill a full retreat this year. Please join us instead for a single full day sit including two meals. The schedule will begin at 6am and end at 6pm. Please join us!

Email: info@hszc.or or call – (415) 863-2507 for information or to take part.

Wishing you health & prosperity as we head to 2023. Please remember the little Castro temple, Issan-ji in your charitable donations, we rely on you for survival and to keep the dharma of HSZC alive.

19 Nov – Guest Speaker Rev. Hobu, Beata Chapman – 10:30am

Hobu Beata Chapman has practiced Zen with chronic nerve pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for 23 years. She studied with Katherine Thanas at Santa Cruz Zen Center and with Darlene Cohen until her untimely death, and received Dharma transmission from Tony Patchell in 2013. Beata also helped Hartford Street Zen Center with its’ council process for several years and is a great friend of Issan-ji Temple.

Beata continues the Suffering & Delight groups for people with chronic pain that Darlene founded around 15 years ago, and teaches an online S&D group she began for people not able to attend in person. For more information about Beata’s work with chronic pain, you can see sufferinganddelight.net. Beata is an organizational consultant currently doing corporate leadership training and assisting health care organizations to develop compliance systems. She recently started a zazen group in San Mateo (PenZen.net).

Join us for zazen (seated meditation), with the talk to follow, we offer in-person distanced attendance; We also will continue to offer a Zoom web conferencing for video and/or audio presence for the scheduled events. 9:30 zazen (you can log into the conference starting at 9am to socialize) for 40 minutes and a Dharma talk at 10:30am, followed by Q&A as well as an opportunity to check in and see how you are doing, followed by a ceremony if applicable, then tea and cookies in person after that. Please click here to be routed to our Zoom gathering.

Please join us Saturdays and we hope to see you often!

Annual Meeting Notes – 1 October 2022

Recommendation One: Should the HSZC remain in operation as a property owing,
residential Zen center.

Consensus Yes

Recommendation Two: Are those present willing to step up and do additional work to
recruit and maintain a larger membership and to raise funds.

Yes = 0
Yes, qualified = 7
Not at this time = 2

Recommendation 3: Invest funds to hire a part-time project manager to develop and
operate an organizational structure which will support membership and fund
development activities by the members. With specific measurable goals, timelines and
responsible parties. Steven and Myo will draft a job description and budget for 3 and 6-
month versions of the project. Copy will be sent to the members present today, with a
short and specific window for feedback. A targeted fundraising appeal will be made to
support this part-time position.

Vote: Unanimous support

Recommendation 4: Jeff will spearhead a recruitment and Board development
effort to support current Board members and recruit new members with specific
interests and skills.

Vote: Unanimous support

Recommendation 5: That the Board visit and evaluate the current Mission statement
and enhance its relevance to practice in 2022 and forward.

Vote: Unanimous support

Recommendation 6: That the Board clarify the covid and related health policies for 57
Hartford Street and HSZC- related programs and activities regarding vaccines, masks
and related health and safety precautions.

1st of October 2022 – Annual meeting at Noon

Please join us for the annual sangha meeting to discuss Issan-ji temple (hszc) future and state of things. We hope to see you there!

Issan-ji Temple is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Time: Oct 1, 2022 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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24 September – Speaker will be Rev. Koshin, Steven Tierney

Please join us for a Dharma talk by Koshin Steven Tierney, Ed.D. LPCC, who is Professor Emeritus of Counseling Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, as well as a psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco. Steven has been studying and practicing Buddhism for more than 25 years and was ordained by Michael Wenger in 2013, serving as Shuso in 2014.

Steven’s commitment is to a community-based Buddhism and he has spent the last twenty years extending Buddha’s teachings to those living with addictions, in recovery and those facing serious physical and mental health challenges.  A certified addiction specialist, he is the Co-Founder of the San Francisco Mindfulness Foundation providing training, consultation, psychotherapy mindfulness-based mental health services to individuals and families.

Join us for zazen (seated meditation), with the talk to follow, we offer in-person distanced attendance; We also will continue to offer a Zoom web conferencing for video and/or audio presence for the scheduled events. 9:30 zazen (you can log into the conference starting at 9am to socialize) for 40 minutes and a Dharma talk at 10:30am, followed by Q&A as well as an opportunity to check in and see how you are doing and tea and cookies in person after that. Please click here to be routed to our Zoom gathering.