Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple
A Sōtō Zen temple for the LGBTQ+ community, friends and allies in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood
Join us Saturday each week for a 6:30am *Zazen sitting, *Morning Service, *Soji, followed by *Zazen Instruction at 8:30am (ideal for the new attendee, beginner or a great refresher course). *Zazen 9:25am sitting, *Dharma Talk (normally offered by Rev. Myo Lahey unless promoted as a Guest Speaker) at 10:15am and if a *ceremony is scheduled, ceremony finally followed by *Tea, Cookies and social interaction!
Zen is a Sangha sport so please join us on Saturdays including all you urban hermits!
Keiryu Liên Shutt talks about practicing with grief and sadness, specifically in relation to the recent passing of Myogen Steve Stücky, as well as experiences of loss in her own life.
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Rev. Myo relates his experience of being unable to sit zazen for a time, and warns against narrowing one’s practice to the goal of achieving a particular effect or experience.
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Join us to celebrate the birth of the founder of our particular school of Zen, in Japan. 814 years ago born in Kyōto, Dōgen founded the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan after traveling to China and training under Rujing, a master of the Chinese Caodong (Chinese Sōtō Zen) lineage.
He is widely respected for his beautiful writing and thorough documentation of how a monastery should operate. Click here to read more about Dōgen.
Every Saturday we offer early morning zazen (seated meditation), morning service, a brief drop-in meditation instruction at 8:30 am. And again zazen at 9:25 am. Dharma talk at 10:15 am followed by tea and cookies.
Please join us this Saturday for this celebration and we hope to see you often!
