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SUMMARY:Jataka Tales: Buddhist Teachings Through Story\, Online 4/5–4/26
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nFour Mondays\, April 5–26\, 5:30–6:30 pm PT \nDid you know that in previous lives\, the Buddha was a monkey\, a parrot\, and the queen of the dogs? \nThese Jataka Tales\, or “birth stories\,” imparted important lessons about how to walk the Buddha way with courage\, integrity\, and compassion. In this four-week online class\, Ryuko Laura Burges\, author and lay entrusted Zen teacher\, will share one of these stories with us each week\, give a Dharma talk on the Buddhist teachings embedded in these timeless stories\, and offer a guided meditation. In discussion\, we will share the wisdom of the group. \nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/jataka-tales-buddhist-teachings-through-story-online-4-5-4-26/2027-04-19/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270420T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270420T193000
DTSTAMP:20260925T000955Z
CREATED:20260918T224210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T000955Z
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SUMMARY:Transforming Depression and Anxiety Practice Group\, Online 2/23–5/4
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nAlternate Tuesdays\, February 23–May 4\, 5:30–7:30 pm PT \nIn SFZC’s Transforming Depression and Anxiety offerings\, kindness\, mindfulness\, and tools from contemporary psychology are engaged to shift our relationship with depression\, anxiety\, and their companions\, judgment and self-criticism. These offerings include the core TDA course\, offered in January\, Transforming Depression and Anxiety: A Path of Skillful Compassion\, Online 1/12–2/2\, and Finding Ease: A Zen and Mindfulness Approach to Anxiety\, an annual workshop at Green Gulch Farm and City Center. \nThis 3-month virtual practice community class is open to previous TDA participants and anyone who feels they might benefit from these teachings. We will engage Buddhist practices and use TDA tools to disrupt reactive thought patterns that threaten to steal our peace of mind-heart. We will also work with questioning old stories that can poison our perceptions of self\, others\, and reality. \nFinally\, we’ll explore Buddha’s teaching that within our suffering lies the seeds of its healing and transformation\, and how this teaching intersects with TDA practices. \nOur purpose is to live more fully in the present moment\, less affected by reactivity\, rumination\, and worry. Living this way is a powerful antidote to lowered and agitated moods\, helping us see the good in our lives. \n2027 Dates:February 23March 9March 23April 6April 20May 4 \nLed by Jisho Lisa Beth Hoffman\, each class will include a brief guided meditation\, a short TDA Buddhist teaching\, discussion\, and a closing guided meditation. \nIf you have taken a TDA offering\, we encourage you to try this practice group. If you haven’t\, you are also warmly welcomed to join. We do request that you prepare for the group\, and there are two easy ways you can do so: \n\nTake the self-paced online course Befriending Your Pain\, taught by the late Dr. Lee Lipp\, who created the TDA-FE offerings and was a wise and delightful teacher.\nRead The Mindful Way Through Depression\, which Dr. Lipp used in designing the TDA offerings.\nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/transforming-depression-and-anxiety-practice-group-online-2-23-5-4/2027-04-20/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270421T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270421T190000
DTSTAMP:20261008T231442Z
CREATED:20261008T022429Z
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SUMMARY:Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith\, Online 3/17–4/21
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nSix Wednesdays\, March 17–April 21\, 5:30–7:00 pm PT \nTreatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith is text of unknown origin. It appeared in China in the sixth century\, around the time of Bodhidharma\, and quickly became very influential for all schools of Chinese and Japanese Buddha-Dharma\, especially Huayan\, Tiantai\, and Chan (Zen). \nIt harmonizes the Indian Yogachara (mind-only) and Tathagatagarbha (buddha-nature) teachings into a new understanding based on “one mind in two aspects”: undivided suchness and distorted samsara\, from which the whole world of experience arises. \nOver six weeks\, Kokyo Henkel will explore the treatise’s distinctive East Asian understanding of the Mahayana (great vehicle)\, including its teachings on faith or trust\, practice\, buddha-nature\, and the relationship between suchness and samsara. \nRecommended Reading:We will be mainly looking at the Jorgensen\, Lusthaus\, et al translation\, and there is also a similar free translation by Hakeda (PDF) available. \nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/treatise-on-awakening-mahayana-faith-online-3-17-4-21/2027-04-21/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270422T193000
DTSTAMP:20261008T231837Z
CREATED:20261008T023728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T231837Z
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SUMMARY:Four Fabulous Dogen Fascicles\, Online 4/15–5/6
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nFour Thursdays\, April 15–May 6\, 6:00–7:30 pm PT \nSoon after returning to Japan from China in 1227\, Eihei Dogen entered an extraordinary period of teaching and writing. \nIn this four-week course\, John Kirk Phillips and Steve Given will explore four fascicles from Dogen’s Shobogenzo that have continued to inform and enrich Soto Zen practice for centuries: “Bendowa” (On the Endeavor of the Way)\, “Zenki” (Undivided Activity)\, “Genjokoan” (Actualizing the Fundamental Point)\, and “Shoji” (Birth and Death). \nTogether\, these four texts form a deliberate arc. The course begins with “Bendowa” and Dogen’s teaching of practice-realization: zazen not as a means to enlightenment later\, but as the expression of awakening itself. From there\, “Zenki” opens into the “whole works” of self\, world\, activity\, and circumstances functioning together. “Genjokoan” then deepens the inquiry into self and world\, delusion and enlightenment\, and practice and realization\, before “Shoji” brings these teachings into intimate contact with birth and death. \nEach session will combine zazen\, reading and chanting from the featured fascicle\, teaching and commentary\, and small-group discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to engage Dogen’s language directly\, explore multiple English translations\, and consider how these teachings illuminate the practice of Zen in everyday life. \nReading materials will be provided. No prior study of Dogen or the Shobogenzo is required. Both newer and experienced practitioners are welcome. \nIf you would like optional reading references for your own discovery\, the following texts will be used to support the course. \nShobogenzo Translations \n\nMaster Dogen’s Shobogenzo\, Book 1 translated by Gudo Wafu Nishijima and Chodo Cross.\nShobogenzo: The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching\, A Trainee’s Translation of Great Master\nDogen’s Spiritual Masterpiece translated by Hubert Nearman.\nTreasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Shobo Genzo (2012) Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi.\nDogen’s Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries. Berkeley\, Counterpoint by Mel Weitsman et. al.\n\nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/four-fabulous-dogen-fascicles-online-4-15-5-6/2027-04-22/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270426T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270426T183000
DTSTAMP:20261008T231618Z
CREATED:20261008T023025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T231618Z
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SUMMARY:Jataka Tales: Buddhist Teachings Through Story\, Online 4/5–4/26
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nFour Mondays\, April 5–26\, 5:30–6:30 pm PT \nDid you know that in previous lives\, the Buddha was a monkey\, a parrot\, and the queen of the dogs? \nThese Jataka Tales\, or “birth stories\,” imparted important lessons about how to walk the Buddha way with courage\, integrity\, and compassion. In this four-week online class\, Ryuko Laura Burges\, author and lay entrusted Zen teacher\, will share one of these stories with us each week\, give a Dharma talk on the Buddhist teachings embedded in these timeless stories\, and offer a guided meditation. In discussion\, we will share the wisdom of the group. \nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/jataka-tales-buddhist-teachings-through-story-online-4-5-4-26/2027-04-26/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270429T193000
DTSTAMP:20261008T231837Z
CREATED:20261008T023728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T231837Z
UID:10004766-1809021600-1809027000@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Four Fabulous Dogen Fascicles\, Online 4/15–5/6
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nFour Thursdays\, April 15–May 6\, 6:00–7:30 pm PT \nSoon after returning to Japan from China in 1227\, Eihei Dogen entered an extraordinary period of teaching and writing. \nIn this four-week course\, John Kirk Phillips and Steve Given will explore four fascicles from Dogen’s Shobogenzo that have continued to inform and enrich Soto Zen practice for centuries: “Bendowa” (On the Endeavor of the Way)\, “Zenki” (Undivided Activity)\, “Genjokoan” (Actualizing the Fundamental Point)\, and “Shoji” (Birth and Death). \nTogether\, these four texts form a deliberate arc. The course begins with “Bendowa” and Dogen’s teaching of practice-realization: zazen not as a means to enlightenment later\, but as the expression of awakening itself. From there\, “Zenki” opens into the “whole works” of self\, world\, activity\, and circumstances functioning together. “Genjokoan” then deepens the inquiry into self and world\, delusion and enlightenment\, and practice and realization\, before “Shoji” brings these teachings into intimate contact with birth and death. \nEach session will combine zazen\, reading and chanting from the featured fascicle\, teaching and commentary\, and small-group discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to engage Dogen’s language directly\, explore multiple English translations\, and consider how these teachings illuminate the practice of Zen in everyday life. \nReading materials will be provided. No prior study of Dogen or the Shobogenzo is required. Both newer and experienced practitioners are welcome. \nIf you would like optional reading references for your own discovery\, the following texts will be used to support the course. \nShobogenzo Translations \n\nMaster Dogen’s Shobogenzo\, Book 1 translated by Gudo Wafu Nishijima and Chodo Cross.\nShobogenzo: The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching\, A Trainee’s Translation of Great Master\nDogen’s Spiritual Masterpiece translated by Hubert Nearman.\nTreasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Shobo Genzo (2012) Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi.\nDogen’s Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries. Berkeley\, Counterpoint by Mel Weitsman et. al.\n\nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/four-fabulous-dogen-fascicles-online-4-15-5-6/2027-04-29/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270504T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270504T193000
DTSTAMP:20260925T000955Z
CREATED:20260918T224210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T000955Z
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SUMMARY:Transforming Depression and Anxiety Practice Group\, Online 2/23–5/4
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nAlternate Tuesdays\, February 23–May 4\, 5:30–7:30 pm PT \nIn SFZC’s Transforming Depression and Anxiety offerings\, kindness\, mindfulness\, and tools from contemporary psychology are engaged to shift our relationship with depression\, anxiety\, and their companions\, judgment and self-criticism. These offerings include the core TDA course\, offered in January\, Transforming Depression and Anxiety: A Path of Skillful Compassion\, Online 1/12–2/2\, and Finding Ease: A Zen and Mindfulness Approach to Anxiety\, an annual workshop at Green Gulch Farm and City Center. \nThis 3-month virtual practice community class is open to previous TDA participants and anyone who feels they might benefit from these teachings. We will engage Buddhist practices and use TDA tools to disrupt reactive thought patterns that threaten to steal our peace of mind-heart. We will also work with questioning old stories that can poison our perceptions of self\, others\, and reality. \nFinally\, we’ll explore Buddha’s teaching that within our suffering lies the seeds of its healing and transformation\, and how this teaching intersects with TDA practices. \nOur purpose is to live more fully in the present moment\, less affected by reactivity\, rumination\, and worry. Living this way is a powerful antidote to lowered and agitated moods\, helping us see the good in our lives. \n2027 Dates:February 23March 9March 23April 6April 20May 4 \nLed by Jisho Lisa Beth Hoffman\, each class will include a brief guided meditation\, a short TDA Buddhist teaching\, discussion\, and a closing guided meditation. \nIf you have taken a TDA offering\, we encourage you to try this practice group. If you haven’t\, you are also warmly welcomed to join. We do request that you prepare for the group\, and there are two easy ways you can do so: \n\nTake the self-paced online course Befriending Your Pain\, taught by the late Dr. Lee Lipp\, who created the TDA-FE offerings and was a wise and delightful teacher.\nRead The Mindful Way Through Depression\, which Dr. Lipp used in designing the TDA offerings.\nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/transforming-depression-and-anxiety-practice-group-online-2-23-5-4/2027-05-04/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270506T193000
DTSTAMP:20261008T231837Z
CREATED:20261008T023728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T231837Z
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SUMMARY:Four Fabulous Dogen Fascicles\, Online 4/15–5/6
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nFour Thursdays\, April 15–May 6\, 6:00–7:30 pm PT \nSoon after returning to Japan from China in 1227\, Eihei Dogen entered an extraordinary period of teaching and writing. \nIn this four-week course\, John Kirk Phillips and Steve Given will explore four fascicles from Dogen’s Shobogenzo that have continued to inform and enrich Soto Zen practice for centuries: “Bendowa” (On the Endeavor of the Way)\, “Zenki” (Undivided Activity)\, “Genjokoan” (Actualizing the Fundamental Point)\, and “Shoji” (Birth and Death). \nTogether\, these four texts form a deliberate arc. The course begins with “Bendowa” and Dogen’s teaching of practice-realization: zazen not as a means to enlightenment later\, but as the expression of awakening itself. From there\, “Zenki” opens into the “whole works” of self\, world\, activity\, and circumstances functioning together. “Genjokoan” then deepens the inquiry into self and world\, delusion and enlightenment\, and practice and realization\, before “Shoji” brings these teachings into intimate contact with birth and death. \nEach session will combine zazen\, reading and chanting from the featured fascicle\, teaching and commentary\, and small-group discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to engage Dogen’s language directly\, explore multiple English translations\, and consider how these teachings illuminate the practice of Zen in everyday life. \nReading materials will be provided. No prior study of Dogen or the Shobogenzo is required. Both newer and experienced practitioners are welcome. \nIf you would like optional reading references for your own discovery\, the following texts will be used to support the course. \nShobogenzo Translations \n\nMaster Dogen’s Shobogenzo\, Book 1 translated by Gudo Wafu Nishijima and Chodo Cross.\nShobogenzo: The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching\, A Trainee’s Translation of Great Master\nDogen’s Spiritual Masterpiece translated by Hubert Nearman.\nTreasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Shobo Genzo (2012) Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi.\nDogen’s Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries. Berkeley\, Counterpoint by Mel Weitsman et. al.\n\nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/four-fabulous-dogen-fascicles-online-4-15-5-6/2027-05-06/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270513T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270513T193000
DTSTAMP:20261008T232003Z
CREATED:20261008T025224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T232003Z
UID:10004746-1810231200-1810236600@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:What’s So Hard About Zen? Four Koans on Choice and Practice\, Online 5/13–6/3
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nFour Thursdays\, May 13–June 3\, 6:00–7:30 pm PT \nFreedom from suffering for all beings is a project we can all get behind\, and our Zen ancestor Dogen\, in an unguardedly enthusiastic moment\, makes it sound so easy—you study the self\, you forget the self\, you’re awakened by all things\, and this awakening goes on forever. Who wouldn’t sign up? \nBut\, as every serious practitioner knows\, and our founder Suzuki Roshi acknowledges right up front\, whatever else practice is\, it is decidedly not easy. \nSome time in the Tang Dynasty\, Chan master Zhaozhou and his assembly had a little talk about this\, and some of the exchanges are preserved in The Blue Cliff Record. The discussion centers around a phrase from the Xinxin Ming\, a poem attributed to the patriarch Sengcan but probably written much later\, that claims practice actually is easy\, just as long as you avoid choosing. \nWe’ll talk about this proposition\, its patent absurdity\, how all of this bears on the ways in which Zen practice actually is difficult\, and how it is nonetheless possible to meet this difficulty in a way that is skillful and creative. \nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/whats-so-hard-about-zen-four-koans-on-choice-and-practice-online-5-13-6-3/2027-05-13/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270515T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270515T123000
DTSTAMP:20261008T025856Z
CREATED:20261008T025856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T025856Z
UID:10004752-1810378800-1810384200@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Dancing with Chronic Illness and Pain: Ongoing Group\, Online 12/19–5/15
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nMonthly\, Saturdays\, December 19–May 15\, 11:00–12:30 pm PT \nIf you have previously participated in any of the “Dancing in the Dark Fields” series\, we invite you to consider this ongoing monthly practice group\, which will expand on those teachings and community. \nZenshin Florence Caplow\, who will be teaching the class\, has “danced” with auto-immune illness for the last two decades\, including rheumatoid arthritis. She is also a Zen priest and teacher\, co-editor of The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty Five Centuries of Awakened Women\, and a Unitarian Universalist minister. \nZenshin Florence Caplow’s book\, Tend to Your Spirit: Mindful Living With Chronic Illness\, is available to order from the SFZC online bookstore. She also recommends Darlene Cohen’s book\, Turning Suffering Inside Out. These books are also available as e-books. \nRegistration is available on a rolling basis. Please contact onlineprograms@sfzc.org if registering after January 16. \nAn introductory course and prerequisite for the ongoing group\, Dancing with Chronic Illness and Pain\, will be held for six Saturdays starting January 9\, 2027. \nList other dates if necessary.: \n\nDecember 19\, 2026\nJanuary 16\, 2027 \nFebruary 20\nMarch 20\nApril 17\nMay 15\n\nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/dancing-with-chronic-illness-and-pain-ongoing-group-online-12-19-5-15/2027-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270520T193000
DTSTAMP:20261008T232003Z
CREATED:20261008T025224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T232003Z
UID:10004768-1810836000-1810841400@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:What’s So Hard About Zen? Four Koans on Choice and Practice\, Online 5/13–6/3
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nFour Thursdays\, May 13–June 3\, 6:00–7:30 pm PT \nFreedom from suffering for all beings is a project we can all get behind\, and our Zen ancestor Dogen\, in an unguardedly enthusiastic moment\, makes it sound so easy—you study the self\, you forget the self\, you’re awakened by all things\, and this awakening goes on forever. Who wouldn’t sign up? \nBut\, as every serious practitioner knows\, and our founder Suzuki Roshi acknowledges right up front\, whatever else practice is\, it is decidedly not easy. \nSome time in the Tang Dynasty\, Chan master Zhaozhou and his assembly had a little talk about this\, and some of the exchanges are preserved in The Blue Cliff Record. The discussion centers around a phrase from the Xinxin Ming\, a poem attributed to the patriarch Sengcan but probably written much later\, that claims practice actually is easy\, just as long as you avoid choosing. \nWe’ll talk about this proposition\, its patent absurdity\, how all of this bears on the ways in which Zen practice actually is difficult\, and how it is nonetheless possible to meet this difficulty in a way that is skillful and creative. \nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/whats-so-hard-about-zen-four-koans-on-choice-and-practice-online-5-13-6-3/2027-05-20/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270521T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270521T190000
DTSTAMP:20261021T213738Z
CREATED:20260918T224208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T213738Z
UID:10004830-1810920600-1810926000@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Taste the Single Truth: the Dharma Poetry of Izumi Shikibu\, Online 5/21–5/22
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nThree 90-minute Sessions\, Friday\, May 21–Saturday\, May 22 \nShould I leave this burning house\nof ceaseless thought\nand taste the pure rain’s\nsingle truth\nfalling upon my skin?\n—Izumi Shikibu \nPoetry has long been a means to express the Dharma because it helps us step outside analysis into a world of intuitive knowing. Izumi Shikibu\, a celebrated poet of Japan’s Heian court\, wrote brief and elegant poems that are shining examples of this form of Buddhist heritage. \nIn her poetry\, we find references to key Buddhist texts such as the Lotus Sutra and the Dhammapada\, as well as reflections on fundamental Dharma concepts such as clinging and wisdom. Join us for an immersion into the depths of Japanese Dharma poetry. \nDrawing on poems from Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu\, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan\, translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani\, this three-session online workshop explores Izumi Shikibu’s poetry as a living expression of Buddhist practice. \nEach 90-minute session will include 15 minutes of meditation\, a 40-minute spontaneous Dharma talk\, and time for questions and comments. Across the weekend\, the sessions move from living within the truth\, through clinging and impermanence\, to the wisdom that shines within ordinary life. \nSession 1: Living Within the Truth\nFriday\, May 21\, 5:30–7:00 pm PT \nSession 2: Clinging to a Floating World\nSaturday\, May 22\, 8:00–9:30 am PT \nSession 3: Wisdom Shines Even Here\nSaturday\, May 22\, 11:00 am–12:30 pm PT \nReadings \n\nSelected poems from Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu\, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan\, translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani\nLotus Sutra\, Burton Watson translation\, excerpts from pages 44–45\, 56–59\, and 98\nConnected Discourses 22.100\n“Zen Teachings in Challenging Times\,” an article by Dhammadīpā based on case 23 of the Mumonkan (Gateless Gate)\nDhammapada\, verses 153–154eive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.\n\nRecordings:\nAll course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/taste-the-single-truth-the-dharma-poetry-of-izumi-shikibu-online-1-29-1-30/2027-05-21/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270522T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270522T093000
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SUMMARY:Taste the Single Truth: the Dharma Poetry of Izumi Shikibu\, Online 5/21–5/22
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nThree 90-minute Sessions\, Friday\, May 21–Saturday\, May 22 \nShould I leave this burning house\nof ceaseless thought\nand taste the pure rain’s\nsingle truth\nfalling upon my skin?\n—Izumi Shikibu \nPoetry has long been a means to express the Dharma because it helps us step outside analysis into a world of intuitive knowing. Izumi Shikibu\, a celebrated poet of Japan’s Heian court\, wrote brief and elegant poems that are shining examples of this form of Buddhist heritage. \nIn her poetry\, we find references to key Buddhist texts such as the Lotus Sutra and the Dhammapada\, as well as reflections on fundamental Dharma concepts such as clinging and wisdom. Join us for an immersion into the depths of Japanese Dharma poetry. \nDrawing on poems from Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu\, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan\, translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani\, this three-session online workshop explores Izumi Shikibu’s poetry as a living expression of Buddhist practice. \nEach 90-minute session will include 15 minutes of meditation\, a 40-minute spontaneous Dharma talk\, and time for questions and comments. Across the weekend\, the sessions move from living within the truth\, through clinging and impermanence\, to the wisdom that shines within ordinary life. \nSession 1: Living Within the Truth\nFriday\, May 21\, 5:30–7:00 pm PT \nSession 2: Clinging to a Floating World\nSaturday\, May 22\, 8:00–9:30 am PT \nSession 3: Wisdom Shines Even Here\nSaturday\, May 22\, 11:00 am–12:30 pm PT \nReadings \n\nSelected poems from Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu\, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan\, translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani\nLotus Sutra\, Burton Watson translation\, excerpts from pages 44–45\, 56–59\, and 98\nConnected Discourses 22.100\n“Zen Teachings in Challenging Times\,” an article by Dhammadīpā based on case 23 of the Mumonkan (Gateless Gate)\nDhammapada\, verses 153–154eive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.\n\nRecordings:\nAll course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/taste-the-single-truth-the-dharma-poetry-of-izumi-shikibu-online-1-29-1-30/2027-05-22/1/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270522T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270522T123000
DTSTAMP:20261021T213738Z
CREATED:20260918T224208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T213738Z
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SUMMARY:Taste the Single Truth: the Dharma Poetry of Izumi Shikibu\, Online 5/21–5/22
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nThree 90-minute Sessions\, Friday\, May 21–Saturday\, May 22 \nShould I leave this burning house\nof ceaseless thought\nand taste the pure rain’s\nsingle truth\nfalling upon my skin?\n—Izumi Shikibu \nPoetry has long been a means to express the Dharma because it helps us step outside analysis into a world of intuitive knowing. Izumi Shikibu\, a celebrated poet of Japan’s Heian court\, wrote brief and elegant poems that are shining examples of this form of Buddhist heritage. \nIn her poetry\, we find references to key Buddhist texts such as the Lotus Sutra and the Dhammapada\, as well as reflections on fundamental Dharma concepts such as clinging and wisdom. Join us for an immersion into the depths of Japanese Dharma poetry. \nDrawing on poems from Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu\, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan\, translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani\, this three-session online workshop explores Izumi Shikibu’s poetry as a living expression of Buddhist practice. \nEach 90-minute session will include 15 minutes of meditation\, a 40-minute spontaneous Dharma talk\, and time for questions and comments. Across the weekend\, the sessions move from living within the truth\, through clinging and impermanence\, to the wisdom that shines within ordinary life. \nSession 1: Living Within the Truth\nFriday\, May 21\, 5:30–7:00 pm PT \nSession 2: Clinging to a Floating World\nSaturday\, May 22\, 8:00–9:30 am PT \nSession 3: Wisdom Shines Even Here\nSaturday\, May 22\, 11:00 am–12:30 pm PT \nReadings \n\nSelected poems from Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu\, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan\, translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani\nLotus Sutra\, Burton Watson translation\, excerpts from pages 44–45\, 56–59\, and 98\nConnected Discourses 22.100\n“Zen Teachings in Challenging Times\,” an article by Dhammadīpā based on case 23 of the Mumonkan (Gateless Gate)\nDhammapada\, verses 153–154eive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.\n\nRecordings:\nAll course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/taste-the-single-truth-the-dharma-poetry-of-izumi-shikibu-online-1-29-1-30/2027-05-22/2/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270527T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270527T193000
DTSTAMP:20261008T232003Z
CREATED:20261008T025224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T232003Z
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SUMMARY:What’s So Hard About Zen? Four Koans on Choice and Practice\, Online 5/13–6/3
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nFour Thursdays\, May 13–June 3\, 6:00–7:30 pm PT \nFreedom from suffering for all beings is a project we can all get behind\, and our Zen ancestor Dogen\, in an unguardedly enthusiastic moment\, makes it sound so easy—you study the self\, you forget the self\, you’re awakened by all things\, and this awakening goes on forever. Who wouldn’t sign up? \nBut\, as every serious practitioner knows\, and our founder Suzuki Roshi acknowledges right up front\, whatever else practice is\, it is decidedly not easy. \nSome time in the Tang Dynasty\, Chan master Zhaozhou and his assembly had a little talk about this\, and some of the exchanges are preserved in The Blue Cliff Record. The discussion centers around a phrase from the Xinxin Ming\, a poem attributed to the patriarch Sengcan but probably written much later\, that claims practice actually is easy\, just as long as you avoid choosing. \nWe’ll talk about this proposition\, its patent absurdity\, how all of this bears on the ways in which Zen practice actually is difficult\, and how it is nonetheless possible to meet this difficulty in a way that is skillful and creative. \nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/whats-so-hard-about-zen-four-koans-on-choice-and-practice-online-5-13-6-3/2027-05-27/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270603T193000
DTSTAMP:20261008T232003Z
CREATED:20261008T025224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T232003Z
UID:10004770-1812045600-1812051000@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:What’s So Hard About Zen? Four Koans on Choice and Practice\, Online 5/13–6/3
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions. \n\nFour Thursdays\, May 13–June 3\, 6:00–7:30 pm PT \nFreedom from suffering for all beings is a project we can all get behind\, and our Zen ancestor Dogen\, in an unguardedly enthusiastic moment\, makes it sound so easy—you study the self\, you forget the self\, you’re awakened by all things\, and this awakening goes on forever. Who wouldn’t sign up? \nBut\, as every serious practitioner knows\, and our founder Suzuki Roshi acknowledges right up front\, whatever else practice is\, it is decidedly not easy. \nSome time in the Tang Dynasty\, Chan master Zhaozhou and his assembly had a little talk about this\, and some of the exchanges are preserved in The Blue Cliff Record. The discussion centers around a phrase from the Xinxin Ming\, a poem attributed to the patriarch Sengcan but probably written much later\, that claims practice actually is easy\, just as long as you avoid choosing. \nWe’ll talk about this proposition\, its patent absurdity\, how all of this bears on the ways in which Zen practice actually is difficult\, and how it is nonetheless possible to meet this difficulty in a way that is skillful and creative. \nRecordings:All course sessions will be recorded\, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/whats-so-hard-about-zen-four-koans-on-choice-and-practice-online-5-13-6-3/2027-06-03/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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