Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple
A Sōtō Zen temple for the LGBTQ+ community, friends and allies in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood
We’ll have the monthly Full-Moon Ceremony renewal of our Bodhisattva vows Saturday morning. 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 of the Bodhisattva Way.
August 11th 2012 (Morning post Dharma talk), we will remember, celebrate, thank him for being part of our lives and say good bye to our dear Buckley. Please save the date
The Hartford Street Zen Center Sangha is continuing its Council group. We’ve formed council 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 – for 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. This is a great opportunity also for those who haven’t been around lately to reengage and be a part of the present and future Hartford Street!
Our next meeting will be on Saturday afternoon, June 30 at 12:30pm. We’ll be meeting for 180 minutes.
We’re continuing to build a format that will be flexible enough for a diversity of needs. The group has been 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 and healing. 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
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…
