Whenever we do not post a guest speaker please know the talk on Saturdays still occurs and is offered by our Abbot, Rev. Myō Lahey.
Thank you and please join us!
To join us Saturday mornings online we offer a Zoom web conferencing for video and/or audio presence for the scheduled events starting at 9am to socialize, ~9:25 zazen (meditation) 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.
Please join us for a Dharma talk Next Saturday by KoShin Steven Tierney, Ed.D. CAS who is Professor of Counseling Psychology and Chair of the Community Mental Health Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. A certified addiction specialist, he is the Co- Founder of the San Francisco Mindfulness Foundation, providing relapse prevention and mindfulness- based services to individuals and families.
Steven has been studying and practicing Buddhism for more than 20 years and was ordained by Michael Wenger on January 6, 2013. Steven’s commitment is to a community based Buddhism and he has spent the last ten years extending Buddha’s teachings to those living with addictions, in recovery and those facing serious health and mental health challenges.
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 ~9:55am, 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.
Please join us online as we welcome in the new year using east coast times! The event will start at 7:30pm PT and wrap up 9pm PT which is midnight at times square where people in past year’s gathered to watch the crystal ball usher in a new year. Below are our details including how to make the traditional noodles like we served in past years at issan-ji temple/hszc when we could gather in-person—
We wish you all a happy holiday season and hope that despite the difficulties of 2020 you find peace, joy and love alongside good health for you and yours whether you celebrate a winter holiday or do not.
Please note Issan-ji Temple/HSZC will not be online on Saturday December 26th the day after the christian/national holiday, or on Saturday 02 January 2021. We will see you Wednesday the 30th for the next practice opportunity followed by our East Coast timing New Years eve event at 7:30pm through 9pm PT. Our Saturday online events will resume on 09 January 2021, with folks invited to begin gathering at 9:00am.
Daigan began Buddhist practice in 1995 as a Vipassana practitioner, and began to study Zen in 2003 with Ryushin Paul Haller. He received Lay Ordination in 2006 and Priest Ordination in 2011 and lived at San Francisco Zen Center properties a number of years.
His work and practice include many hours devoted to community service as one of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (since 1995) and a volunteer caregiver with Zen Hospice Project (since 2003). He has spoken nationwide on sex, sexuality, queer identity, and gender and has sat on a number of boards of community organizations serving marginalized communities. He has lectured at colleges as well as conferences and is featured in Sex, Sin and Zen by Brad Warner.
Saturday mornings 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 ~9:45am, 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.
