15 May – Guest Speaker – Rev. Koshin, Steven Tierney

*** If not otherwise noted in our update section, Saturday Dharma talks will still occur and the Speaker will be our Abbot Rev. Myō Lahey***

Please join us for a Dharma talk Saturday, May 15th 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 ~10:15am, 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.

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. 

click here to join us!