A Week and a Day until the Annual Sesshin!

Still time to sign up!

Despite our water leak damaged ceiling… The retreat must go on…

The Hartford Street Winter Light Retreat Sesshin will begin the evening of December 4th, including the Rohatsu celebration/ceremony Saturday December 7th, and conclude with a Jukai Ceremony on Sunday December 8th, mid-day.

Visit here to see the schedule. You can adapt your attendance to the demands of your life, but full participation is always welcome and encouraged.

To sign up for all or part of the retreat, or obtain more details, send an email to hszc108@yahoo.com, or leave a message at (415) 863-2507. We request a minimum donation of $75 (non-members) and $65 (members) to cover all meals and tuition.

November 24, 2013

Seeking emergency building repair donations…

For our poor kitchen ceiling. Accepted through the usual avenues including the button on this site and please indicate “Property Repair Fund” so we know it is intended for this repair. Thank you to all who are able to help support our old and humble temple.

November 23, 2013November 23, 2013

HSZC & Rev. Myo in the Bay Area Reporter

Click here for the Article

November 17, 2013June 2, 2016

Winter Light Retreat: Dec 4th evening thru Dec 8th mid-day

Visit here to see last year’s schedule to get an idea of what the schedule will involve. You can adapt your attendance to the demands of your life, but full participation is always welcome and encouraged.

To sign up for all or part of the retreat, or obtain more details, send an email to hszc108@yahoo.com, or leave a message at (415) 863-2507

October 30, 2013June 3, 2016

November 2nd – Guest Speaker, Sensei Elaine Donlin @ 10:15am

Sensei Elaine Donlin is a fourth-generation San Franciscan native and is so very grateful to be living in the city she loves. She was raised Catholic, attending 12 years of Catholic school, and made a conscious decision to leave the church—at 17 years of age—after struggling with Church doctrine around homosexuality, birth control, and female clergy. Elaine discovered Buddhism through a comparative religion course in college and thus began a 30-year journey of practice in a variety of traditions. Her home is in Jodo Shinshu, a Pure Land Buddhist tradition. Since 2008 she has been teaching “Essentials of Buddhism” courses at Buddhist Church of San Francisco (BCSF) and serves as the Buddhist Community Clergy Chaplain for several SF hospitals. Elaine is an ordained priest serving the Resident Minister at BCSF.

Every Saturday we offer early morning zazen (seated meditation), morning service, a brief drop-in meditation instruction at 8:30 am. And again zazen at 9:25 am. We wrap up with a dharma talk at 10:15 am followed by tea and cookies.

Please join us this Saturday and we hope to see you often!

October 24, 2013June 3, 2016

26 October 2013: Sejiki & Guest Speaker

Saturday 26 October – Sejiki Ceremony: Following a Guest Speaker Dharma talk from Rev Jeffrey Schneider, we’ll celebrate the ancient ceremony known in Japanese as Sejiki, or “Feeding the Jiki (wandering spirits)”. This ceremony addresses our connection to the “unseen world”, typically overlooked in the West. All aspects of our life that have been disowned, disrespected and denied are invited to come forth from exile and be nourished, a gesture that may have particular significance for members of the LGBTiQQ community, whose own place in the social order has been undermined by fear, prejudice and violence. Costumes and sundry noisemaking devices are encouraged, and everyone is invited to participate. (Time approximate after the Dharma talk, but about 11:10 a.m.)

Every Saturday we offer early morning zazen (seated meditation), a brief drop-in meditation instruction at 8:30 am. And again zazen at 9:25 am. We wrap up with a dharma talk at 10:15 am followed by tea and cookies.

Please join us this Saturday and we hope to see you often!

October 17, 2013June 3, 2016

Saturday October 19, 2013 – Full Moon Ceremony

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 hunters moon. The first full moon of fall.

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. And for those interested in a charity walk through SF touring Buddhist temples and centers and helping to feed the hungry at 12:45pm you can join some of us for the walk to feed the Hungry with the Buddhist Global Relief.