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Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple
A Sōtō Zen temple for the LGBTQ+ community, friends and allies in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood
Kokyo currently residing in Crestone, Colorado has served as Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center. He has been practicing zen since 1990 in residence at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, and Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan. He was ordained a priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010.
Kokyo’s interests include looking at how the classic original teachings of Buddha-Dharma from ancient India, China, and Japan are still very much alive and useful in present-day America to bring peace and harmony to this troubled world.
You may join the Zoom meeting for meditation any time starting at 9 a.m. for socializing and to check-in on how you are doing. Zazen begins at ~9:25 a.m. followed by the Dharma talk at ~ 10:10am, followed by Q&A as well as an another opportunity to check in and see how you are doing.
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 “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. click here to join us! |
We are now studying – Dōgen Zenji’s Shōbōgenzō 正法眼蔵, lit. “Treasury of the True Dharma Eye” – Thursday evenings 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., also via Zoom. Volume 2 of the two volume set of “Kaz” Kazuaki Tanahashi and team’s translation. Please email info@hszc.org to join the group.
Hobu Beata Chapman has practiced Zen with chronic nerve pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for 23 years. She studied with Katherine Thanas at Santa Cruz Zen Center and with Darlene Cohen until her untimely death, and received Dharma transmission from Tony Patchell in 2013. Beata also helped Hartford Street Zen Center with its council process for several years and is a great friend of Issan-ji Temple.
Beata continues the Suffering & Delight groups for people with chronic pain that Darlene founded around 15 years ago, and teaches an online S&D group she began for people not able to attend in person. For more information about Beata’s work with chronic pain, you can see sufferinganddelight.net. Beata is an organizational consultant currently doing corporate leadership training and assisting health care organizations to develop compliance systems. She recently started a zazen group in San Mateo (PenZen.net).
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.