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Winter Light Retreat: December 4-8

Our annual end-of-year retreat will begin with an orientation on Wednesday evening at 7:30, 4 Dec., and end by noon with a celebration of Shakyamuni Buddha’s enlightenment on Sunday, 8 Dec. Please join us for this special time of quiet practice. Participants may attend any of the scheduled zendo (meditation hall) activities, but only those who have signed up in advance will be able to join in the semi-formal meals in the dining hall. There’ll soon be a preview of the schedule posted on this site. To sign up, send us an email at info@hszc.org, or leave us a phone message at (415) 863-2507. Blessings!

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Holiday Closures

November 2019: 28th & 29th
December 2019: 9th, 24th, 25th, 26th
January 2020: 1st, 2nd

We’ll take a break from our stalwart zendo practice on the days noted above, so stay home by the fire and do some cozy sitting there, just for fun. Watch for a notice about our traditional New Year’s Eve event, which will start on December 31 at about 7:30 p.m. NOTE: If you attend one of the other groups that meet here independently of the usual zendo schedule, check with them to find out if they will hold their regular get-togethers. Have happy and safe holidays, everyone!

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Guest Speaker: Rev. Daigan Gaither

Saturday 9 November, 10:15 a.m.

Rev. Daigan Gaither began Buddhist practice in 1995 in the Vipassana (Insight) tradition, and then began to study Zen in 2003 with Ryushin Paul Haller Roshi. He received Lay Ordination in 2006 where he was given the name Daigan or “Great Vow”, and received Priest Ordination in July 2011. Daigan speaks internationally on a variety of topics particularly around gender, sexuality, social justice and their intersections with the Dharma. He has a BA in Philosophy and Religion from San Francisco State University, and an MA in Buddhist Studies from the Graduate Theological Union and the Institute of Buddhist Studies.

Come for zazen (seated meditation) at 9:25 a.m., and stay for tea-and-cookies after the talk. All are welcome!

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Guest Speaker – Sat. 10/26: Rev. Ryuei Michael McCormick

Please join us this Saturday for a Dharma talk by Rev. Ryuei Michael McCormick, who was ordained to the Nichiren-shū (Lotus Sutra School) ministry in 2001 by Rev. Ryusho Matsuda, of the San Jose Nichiren Temple. Rev. McCormick is also a long-time practitioner of zazen (seated meditation) and a student of the writings of Dōgen-zenji. We’ll have zazen at 9:25 as usual, and our beloved tea-and-cookies afterward the talk. Everyone is welcome.