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Thusness Is Already Ours – Rev. Myō Lahey (17 April 2021)
Being and Time – Rev. Myō Lahey (10 April 2021)
花祭り – Half day Retreat & Buddha’s birth
April 10th –
please join our community of support for a half day Sōtō
Zen retreat on Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha’s 2584th birthday!
half day silent retreat
zazen, kinhin, service, dharma talk, and ceremony
April 10, 2021 @ 6am to 1pm
Click here for schedule/details on the half day
“I am chief of the world,
Eldest am I in the world,
Foremost am I in the world.
This is the last birth.
There is now no more coming to be.”
to inquire further write to info@hszc.org
remember the sangha (community) jewel is a vital part of our zen practice and best way to celebrate the buddha’s birth!
Please digitally join the sangha for this event.
Intelligent Discernment – Rev. Steven Tierney (27 March 2021)
03 April – Guest Speaker: Rev. Jisan, Tova Green
Jisan Tova Green has been in residence at San Francisco Zen Center for many years. She was ordained as a Zen priest and received Dharma Transmission from Eijun Linda Cutts in 2015 and has held many positions; she now resides and teaches at City Center. She co-founded the SFZC Queer Dharma Group in 2009 and the group “Unpacking Whiteness – Reflection and Action.” Tova has worked as a hospice social worker, plays the cello, and writes poetry. She has given several talks at our temple, but it has been a little while since she joined us and offered her words.
Saturday mornings we 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) and a Dharma talk at ~10:10 am, followed by Q&A as well as an opportunity to check in and see how you are doing.
Please click here to be routed to our Zoom gathering.
27 March Guest Speaker Rev Koshin, Steven Tierney
Please join us for a Dharma talk Next Saturday 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.
To join us Saturday mornings online we offer a Zoom web conferencing for video and/or audio presence for the scheduled events. ~9:25 zazen (you can log into the conference starting at 9am to socialize) and a Dharma talk at ~10:10am, followed by Q&A as well as an opportunity to check in and see how you are doing. Please click here to be routed to our Zoom gathering.