From Hungry Ghost to Grateful Heart: What Practice and Recovery Invite, GGF 11/29

Practice Center
Date / Time
November 29, 2026 / 9:00am - 5:00pm
Event Type
Workshops and Retreats
Description

Sunday, November 29, 9:00 am–5:00 pm, in the Yurt

The hungry ghost is a powerful Buddhist metaphor for insatiable hunger of any kind: physical, emotional, or mental. As people inclined to addictive behaviors, we have experienced ourselves (and perhaps still do) as always wanting more, needing more.  

Through the wise nourishment of our twining vines of recovery and practice, we can befriend these hungry ghosts so that they no longer roam the landscape of our heart-minds to plague us.

Please join us for a day of sitting, personal and shared reflection, dharma talks, and dyads. We will explore who our hungry ghosts are, what they want from us, and how we might assuage them so that we might journey from suffering to wellbeing with compassion and grateful hearts.

Fee Information
  • Benefactor Ticket Price: $172 — supports others’ participation
  • Standard: $138 — covers full program costs
  • Current SFZC Members (Become an SFZC Member): $124 — for current SFZC members

Fee includes lunch.

San Francisco Zen Center is committed to making Zen practice and the Dharma accessible to all who seek it by offering both a General support fund and a dedicated BIPOC support fund. Please email supportfunds@sfzc.org for more information BEFORE signing up.

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