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“Every single person, without exception, is a vessel of the Way.”

These are the words of Keizan Zenji. Originally, we are essentially an irreplaceable existence. Therefore, each and every person can live a brilliant life.

In the meantime, various social imbalances bring forth many forms of anxiety and we live our lives while suffering. We receive hardship and pain generated by the high frequency of natural disasters, and consequently we contemplate our sufferings and sorrows.
Our way of life is being questioned as we look toward a world of leaving no one behind…

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I take refuge in Shakyamuni Buddha
I take refuge in Koso Joyo Daishi Dogen Zenji
I take refuge in Taiso Josai Daishi Keizan Zenji

April 1, 2020

Fukuyama Taiho
Head Priest of the Sotoshu

Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt is a Dharma Heir of the late Rev. Zenkei Blanche Hartman in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she began her meditation practice in the Insight tradition of Spirit Rock.

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She is a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998. Her Soto Zen training began at Tassajara monastery where she lived from 2002-2005, after which she practiced monastically in Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. Based at San Francisco Zen Center, Liên also teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and other Bay Area groups.

You may join the Zoom meeting for meditation any time starting at 9 a.m. Zazen begins at 9:25 a.m. followed by the Dharma talk. The link is: https://zoom.us/j/167153141

Please join us this Saturday morning for a Dharma talk by Rev. Ryuei, Michael McCormick, who was ordained in the Nichiren-shū in 2001 by Rev. Ryusho Matsuda, of the San Jose Nichiren Temple.

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Rev. McCormick is also a long-time practitioner of zazen (seated meditation) and a student of the writings of Dōgen-zenji.

You may join the Zoom meeting for meditation any time starting at 9 a.m. Zazen begins at 9:25 a.m. followed by the Dharma talk. The link is: https://zoom.us/j/167153141

Daigan began Buddhist practice in 1995 as a Vipassana practitioner, and began to study Zen in 2003 with Ryushin Paul Haller. He received Lay Ordination in 2006 and Priest Ordination in 2011 and lived at San Francisco Zen Center properties a number of years. His work and practice include many hours devoted to community service as one of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (since 1995) and a volunteer caregiver with Zen Hospice Project (since 2003). He has spoken nationwide on sex, sexuality, queer identity, and gender and has sat on a number of boards of community organizations serving marginalized communities. He has lectured at colleges as well as conferences and is featured in Sex, Sin and Zen by Brad Warner.

You may join the Zoom meeting for meditation any time starting at 9 a.m. Zazen begins at 9:25 a.m. followed by the Dharma talk. The link is: https://zoom.us/j/167153141

Renshin Bunce was a resident of SF Zen Center from 2001 to 2008, first for three years at Tassajara and then for four more years at City Center. She is an author of the book Entering the Monastery.

She is also known for her photographs, and her page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/renshin/ has been called “The Zen Center Yearbook.”

Ren made jukai with Myogen Steve Stücky in 1996, when he gave her the name Renshin Jiko (Lotus Heart/Mind, Boundless Compassion); was priest ordained with Zenkei Blanche Hartman in 2003; was Shuso with Myogen-roshi at Tassajara in 2008; and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2013. She lives on the Peninsula, where she works as a hospice chaplain.

You may join the Zoom meeting for meditation any time starting at 9 a.m. Zazen begins at 9:25 a.m. followed by the Dharma talk. The link is: https://zoom.us/j/167153141

Please join us for a Dharma talk by Rev. Steven, priest-ordained by Rev. Dairyu Michael Wenger, and who is a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor and frequent consultant to mental health and recovery programs, as well as group facilitator for our Issan-ji Sangha (community of practitioners). We’ll have zazen (seated meditation) as usual at 9:25, with the talk to follow at 9:45. Everyone is welcome!

You may join the Zoom meeting for meditation any time starting at 9 a.m. The link is: https://zoom.us/j/167153141

Dear Sangha-Friend,

We hope that this letter finds you safe and well in these difficult times.

May the Dharma be a support and comfort to you in facing the challenges that we now confront together.  Unlike crises in the past, when we could come together, warm hand to warm hand, and tend to our sick, now we must somehow care for each other while remaining physically apart. Throughout these painful days, we hold you in our prayers for well-being.

And necessity moves us humbly to ask that, if you are able, please consider making a donation in support of the Hartford Street Zen Center. We are offering Dharma activities online for the time being. While we are also looking forward to opening the temple once again as a place of meeting with warm hands and warm hearts, remember that we are always joined together in the Buddha Way.  Thank you!

Gratefully,

Rev. Abbot Myo Lahey, Rev. Daiko Tanzen, David Bullock

We are fully back!

• Saturday Sangha – Arrive at the temple or join via Zoom by 9:30am for 40 minutes of zazen (you can log into the meeting starting at 9am to socialize), followed by a Dharma talk at 10:30am, with tea and refreshments afterward in the garden. Please click here to be routed to our Zoom gathering.
  
  If you wish to have posture and meditation hall instructions – Saturday before 9am – please email info@hszc.org to arrange an instructor.
  
  

• Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday Morning Zazen & Service – In-person zazen begins for vaccinated individuals at 6:30am and ends at 7:10am, followed by a brief chanting service.
  
  
• Thursday Study Hour – Our ongoing study of the Shōbōgenzō continues 7:30pm – 8:30pm in person or via Zoom. You may send an email to info@hszc.org if you wish to be added to Rev. Myō’s weekly study hour email list and receive the Zoom details.
  
  
• Wednesday & Friday Evening Zazen 6pm – 6:40pm Join us for a period of zazen and a brief chanting service. You can also still join via Zoom conferencing  – Please click here to sit with us online. Meeting details:

Meeting ID: 918 8535 8969
Passcode: 5PZ5js