Calendar

Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings

Led by Roshi James Ishmael Ford
Saturday, September 7, 2:30–4:30 pm, City Center Conference Center

Led by Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
October 16–December 17, Fall 2024, Green Gulch Farm

Please submit your practice period application by Wednesday, September 11.

Led by a Green Gulch Teacher
Saturday, September 14, 9 am–12 pm, Green Gulch Farm

Please register by Thursday, September 12, by 4 pm PT.

Led by a City Center Teacher
Saturday, September 14, 6 am–6 pm, Haight St. Art Center and Online

Please register by Friday, September 13, by noon PT.

With Sozan Michael McCord
Friday, September 13, 6–8 pm, City Center at The Commons

Led by Koshin Steven Tierney
Sunday, September 15, 9 am–5 pm, City Center Conference Center

Featured Online Offerings

Led by Lea Seigen Shinraku
Four Tuesdays, September 10–October 1, 10–11:30 am PT, Online

Led by Dōshin Dan Gudgel
Three Tuesdays, September 10–September 24, 7–8:30 pm PT, Online

Led by Shosan Victoria Austin
Three Saturdays, September 21–October 5, 8:30–10 am PT

Sunday, Sep 8, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
10:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Sunday 10:00am Livestream Dharma Talk: Stephanie Blank, Online/Onsite 9/8

Monday, Sep 9, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	Online	Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online 9/9

Tuesday, Sep 10, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
10:00 AM	Online	Awaken Self-Compassion through Art Journaling, Online 9/10–10/1
07:00 PM	Online	Zen Foundations: Dai Hi Shin Darani–Ritual, Merit and Protective Magic, Online 9/10–9/24
07:15 PM	City Center	Young Urban Zen, 9/10

Wednesday, Sep 11, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	City Center	Wednesday 7:30 pm: Open Dharma Circle—The Chanting Experience, Online/Onsite 9/11

Thursday, Sep 12, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
07:00 PM	City Center	Trans Sangha, SF LGBT Center 9/12

Friday, Sep 13, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
06:00 PM	City Center	Building a Personal Spiritual Practice (Part 1) with Michael McCord, The Commons 9/13

Saturday, Sep 14, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
06:00 AM	City Center	Saturday One-Day Sitting, CC 9/14
06:30 AM	Online	Zen en Español, en línea 9/14
06:30 AM	Online	Saturday One-Day Sitting, Online 9/14
08:40 AM	City Center	Urban Gate Sangha, not meeting 9/14
09:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Introductory Half-Day Sitting, GGF 9/14
10:00 AM	City Center	Saturday 10:00 am Livestream Dharma Talk: Gengyoko Tim Wicks, Online/Onsite 9/14
11:20 AM	City Center	Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 9/14 – Canceled

Sunday, Sep 15, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
09:00 AM	City Center	Meditation in Recovery Daylong Retreat: Zen and Recovery and Joy, CC 9/15
10:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Sunday 10:00am Livestream Dharma Talk: Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, Online/Onsite 9/15

Monday, Sep 16, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	City Center	Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online 9/16

Tuesday, Sep 17, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
07:15 PM	City Center	Young Urban Zen, 9/17

Wednesday, Sep 18, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	City Center	Full Moon Ceremony, Online/Onsite 9/18

Saturday, Sep 21, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
06:30 AM	Online	Zen en Español, en línea 9/21
08:30 AM	Online	Zen Foundations: Great Compassion, Great Strength—Transformation of Body, Feelings, and Purpose in Two Short Chants, Online 9/21–10/5
08:40 AM	City Center	Urban Gate Sangha, 9/21
09:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen, GGF 9/21
10:00 AM	City Center	Saturday 10:00 am Livestream Dharma Talk: Sozan Michael McCord, Online/Onsite 9/21
02:00 PM	Online	Dancing in the Dark Fields of Illness & Pain, Online 9/21–11/2

Sunday, Sep 22, 2024
Start Time	Location	Event
09:00 AM	City Center	Beginners' Half-Day Sitting, CC 9/22
10:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Youth & Family Program, GGF 9/22 – Sold out
10:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Sunday 10:00am Livestream Dharma Talk: Thiemo Blank, Online/Onsite 9/22
01:30 PM	Green Gulch Farm	Sunday Tea Gathering, GGF 9/22 - Sold out