Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple
A Sōtō Zen temple for the LGBTQ+ community, friends and allies in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood
The Hartford Street zendo will be closed the following days: Monday, 25 June, in the wake of the festivities of Pride Week;
and over the Fourth of July: Tuesday afternoon, 3 July (no evening zazen); Wednesday, 4 July (all day); Thursday, 5 July (no morning zazen). Our regular schedule resumes with evening zazen (6 p.m.), Thursday, 5 July.
Happy Pride, and Happy 4th of July to all.
SFZC will be marching in the Pride Parade on Sunday June 24th. There will be a post parade meditation at 300 Page St. Starting at 4PM.
We will leave SFZC at 9AM to meet at our spot and get everything together. We don’t know when we will step off, but please be prepared for a little wait. We will of course have water, snacks, etc.
For those who would prefer to meet at the starting location of the parade, | Assembly contingent number – 154; Assembly Area Location – K-Beale between Market & Mission
We should be back at SF Zen Center by 3PM or so.
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO FULLY PARTICIPATE!
The Hartford Street Zen Center Sangha is continuing its Council group. We’ve formed it with the intention and hope of building a forum to continue to talk of and discuss with each other – and with the sangha at large – issues, concerns, questions and conflicts which have been challenging – or downright hard – to talk about. We’ll use a practice model of working with each other with the most skillful speech we can access.
Our second meeting will be on Saturday afternoon, June 16 at 12:30pm. We’ll be meeting for 180 minutes.
We’re building a format that will be flexible enough for a diversity of needs. The group will be facilitated by Beata Chapman, a long time member and Board president of the Santa Cruz Zen Center. She is knowledgeable about many aspects of zen communities. The scaffold we’ll be working from is based on the Council process developed by the Ojai Foundation.
You do not need to have an ‘issue’ or overt concern to attend. Council is sangha building. All are welcome!
If you have questions regarding this, call Peter Goetz at 510.595.1281. If you’d like a copy of the Ojai Foundation guidelines for Council process, email Peter at goetzpj@aol.com
We’ll start sitting earlier than usual this coming Saturday. There will be two periods of zazen (seated meditation) beginning at 6:00 a.m., with a period of kinhin (walking meditation) in between at 6:40 a.m., and morning chanting following at 7:20. You may think, “Oh, that’s too early for me”, but you should give it a try, and you can always nap later. Also, we’ll serve a simple breakfast to participants, but you MUST sign up ahead-of-time, either via email at hszc108@yahoo.com, or by phone at (415) 863-2507.The rest of the Saturday schedule will be according to custom, with another period of sitting at 9:25 and the Dharma talk at 10:15 a.m., followed by the monthly ceremony of celebration of the Bodhisattva Vows. Afterwards, there will be fistfuls of cookies for your enjoyment! Everyone is welcome…
Join us tonight at 5 p.m to watch “The Adventures of Tin Tin” on our lovely widescreen TV, which was kindly given to us by our friends Bob and Alan. Donations in support of Hartford Street needed and gratefully accepted, but not required. 🙂
