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SUMMARY:Thursday Drop-in Practice Session\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday\, 5:30 – 6:30 pm PT. \nJoin San Francisco Zen Center teachers for a weekly online drop-in session\, offering opportunities to connect in real time. \nEach session includes: \n\n20 minutes of meditation\nA brief Dharma reflection\nGroup discussion\n\nThese sessions provide a welcoming space for practice and community connection\, open to practitioners of all levels. \nFor more information\, visit the Thursday Drop-in Practice Session homepage. \n\nJoin the teacher in the Online Zendo with a computer or mobile device: \nMeeting ID: 264-616-8381Passcode: 805991 \nBy phone:+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)Find your local number \nSee Tips for Using Zoom
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/thursday-drop-in-practice-session-online/2027-02-11/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270212T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260925T010057Z
CREATED:20260512T221452Z
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SUMMARY:Meditation in Recovery\, Friday weekly meeting\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Meditation in Recovery will be meeting by Zoom. \nFriday Nights at 7:30 \nJoin Online MeetingMeeting ID: 886 966 3311Passcode: Meditate23 \nPlease join us at the usual time; log in five minutes before the meeting opens. \n\nFridays\, 7:30 – 9 pm \nThis drop-in group explores the connections between Buddhist practice and recovery. The evening begins with a brief meditation instruction\, followed by a period of meditation\, a short talk and discussion. \nThe group is led by senior practitioners in recovery. Donation requested. \nPlease visit our MiR homepage for more information about our weekly meetings\, meditation instructions\, and other special events.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/meditation-in-recovery-friday-weekly-meeting-online/2027-02-12/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270213T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270213T100000
DTSTAMP:20260924T020012Z
CREATED:20260923T223241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T020012Z
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SUMMARY:Suzuki Roshi at Tassajara\, Online 2/6–2/27
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 Saturdays\, February 6–27\, 8:30–10:00 am PT \nWhen Tassajara was purchased at the end of 1966\, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi began creating what would become the first Zen training monastery outside Asia. The idea had been forming for years: early issues of Wind Bell record members of SFZC searching for a monastery site as early as 1962. With Tassajara\, that aspiration suddenly became a lived experiment. \nWhat was Suzuki Roshi’s vision for this new monastery? How did he teach students who were entering a very different practice environment from the one they had known in San Francisco? And what emerged in his teaching when residential monastic practice\, sesshin\, work\, ritual\, and community life became the setting for Zen training? \nIn this series\, Shundo David Haye will explore Suzuki Roshi’s early years at Tassajara through lecture transcripts\, contemporaneous accounts\, recordings\, shuso logs\, and more recent historical publications. Particular attention will be given to material from the first sesshins\, Suzuki Roshi’s shosan encounters with students\, and the near-daily lectures he offered during his final summer at Tassajara. \nTogether\, these sources offer a distinctive view of Suzuki Roshi as a teacher responding to the demands of serious residential practice. They also illuminate the gradual development of forms and expectations that shaped Tassajara in the years that followed\, including the transition from the experimental atmosphere of its earliest seasons toward the more formal training structures introduced under Tatsugami Roshi. \nBy returning to this formative period\, the course will consider not only what happened at Tassajara\, but how Tassajara itself changed Suzuki Roshi’s teaching and helped create the San Francisco Zen Center we know today. \nCourse Outline \nOver four sessions\, the course will move chronologically through Suzuki Roshi’s Tassajara years: \n\nCreating a Zen Monastery — the first and second sesshins\nTeaching the Dharma in a New Setting — Lotus Sutra and other talks from 1968–69\nForm and Freedom — Sandokai\, Eko\, and the practice culture of 197\nThe Last Summer — Suzuki Roshi’s final season of teaching at Tassajara\n\nOptional recommended reading \nBooks by David Chadwick: \n\nCrooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki\nTassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir/Oral History of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West—The First Year\, 1967\nWhat Happened at Tassajara: Stories of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West\, 1968–1971\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/suzuki-roshi-at-tassajara-online-2-6-2-27/2027-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270213T085000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270213T130000
DTSTAMP:20260925T010102Z
CREATED:20260512T225838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T010102Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Weekly meeting: Saturdays\, 8:50 am – 1:00 pm. \nSaturday Sangha is for anyone who joins the zazen schedule during the weekdays and/or on Saturday. Within the container of traditional forms\, members of this group participate in doanryo training\, temple care and kitchen practice\, and study. \nDuring the week\, participation includes zazen with the invitation to join the doanryo. On Saturdays\, the Saturday Sangha group bows in together in the courtyard at 8:50 am. The Saturday schedule typically ends at 1:00 pm\, and includes zazen\, a Dharma talk\, tea and cookies\, and study with a teacher.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/saturday-sangha/2027-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270213T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270213T103000
DTSTAMP:20260924T020536Z
CREATED:20260923T223636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T020536Z
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SUMMARY:The Wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine\, Online 2/6–2/20
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\nSaturday\, February 6–20\, 9:00–10:30 am PT \nTraditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers a practical framework for understanding the body as a dynamic system of relationships. In this three-part lecture series\, Dr. Liping Zhu will introduce foundational concepts from Chinese medicine and offer accessible ways to observe patterns of balance and disharmony in daily life. \nAcross the series\, participants will explore the following TCM theories: \n\nTCM concepts of Qi and blood\, Yin-Yang\, and Five Elements\nBasic tongue reading\nChinese herbs in the kitchen\nChinese bio-clock: meals\, bedtime\, and exercise\n\nThis course will connect traditional theory with simple\, everyday exercises to promote Qi and blood circulation\, including ways of thinking about food\, movement\, rest\, and the rhythms of the day. Dr. Zhu will also introduce the tongue as one of the traditional diagnostic lenses used in Chinese medicine and discuss how patterns involving internal organ health are understood within this system. \nThis lecture series is designed as an approachable introduction for those curious about Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as for students who have encountered Dr. Zhu’s Qigong teaching and would like a broader grounding in the theory that informs it. \nFor additional online offerings by Dr. Liping Zhu\, please see the SFZC calendar. \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/the-wisdom-of-traditional-chinese-medicine-online-2-6-2-20/2027-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270213T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270213T143000
DTSTAMP:20261008T001038Z
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SUMMARY:Dancing in the Dark Fields of Illness & Pain\, Online 1/9–2/13
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 Saturdays\, January 9–February 13\, 1:00–2:30 pm PT \nThis is an online introductory class for people who are working with the fierce teachers of chronic illness or chronic pain. In this six-part interactive class we will share our stories and explore practices that may be useful on the journey. \nOptional readings will be shared during the class. To prepare\, students may wish to read Turning Suffering Inside Out by Darlene Cohen and/or How to Live Well With Chronic Pain and Illness by Toni Bernhard. Students may also wish to read Zenshin Florence Caplow’s essay\, “Dancing in the Dark Fields“\, and listen to her Dharma talk on this subject. \nDharma Talk \nTend to Your Spirit: Teachings from Illness — Zenshin Florence Caplow — Dharma Talk at City Center \n \nThis talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Zenshin Florence Caplow. Zenshin offers stories and teachings from her life as both a Zen practitioner and person with chronic illness\, and readings from her new book\, Tend to Your Spirit: Mindful Living With Chronic Illness. \nParticipant testimonial: \n\nChronic suffering is impossible to ignore\, often excruciating and isolating. Florence Caplow’s Dancing in the Fields of Chronic Pain workshops\, with her cheerful and enlightened guidance and the open participation of others\, have consistently provided me with refuge\, inspiration\, and comfort. These workshops are subtle\, magical\, gentle\, and transformative. They embody wisdom in service of compassion. It feels less like practice and more like a rally\, opening our hearts. Thanks to everyone participating and to Zenshin Florence; it has been like a prayer flag of compassion touching my countenance.—Barry E. \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-in-the-dark-fields-of-illness-pain-online-1-9-2-13/2027-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270215T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270215T210000
DTSTAMP:20260925T010059Z
CREATED:20260512T222301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T010059Z
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SUMMARY:Meditation in Recovery\, CC weekly meeting\, Online/Onsite
DESCRIPTION:Meditation in Recovery will meet in a hybrid format—In person AND on Zoom— each Monday. \nMonday Nights at 7:30 \nJoin Online MeetingMeeting ID: 886 966 3311Passcode: Meditate23 \nIf attending online\, please log in five minutes before the meeting opens. \n\nMondays\, 7:30 – 9 pm \nThis drop-in group explores the connections between Buddhist practice and recovery. The evening begins with a brief meditation instruction\, followed by a period of meditation\, and a short talk. \nDiscussion periods follow\, for those In-Person and those on Zoom. \nThe group is led by senior practitioners in recovery. Donation requested. \nMeditation in Recovery sometimes meets on Monday holidays. The Mondays when the group will not meet will be posted on the City Center calendar. \nPlease visit our MiR homepage for more information about our weekly meetings\, meditation instructions\, and other special events.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/meditation-in-recovery-cc-weekly-meeting-online-onsite/2027-02-15/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270216T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270216T193000
DTSTAMP:20261018T225637Z
CREATED:20261018T225637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261018T225637Z
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SUMMARY:Fukanzazengi with Shinshu Roberts\, Online 2/9–3/2
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 Tuesdays\, February 9–March 2\, 6:00–7:30 pm PT \nFukanzazengi\, Dogen’s instructions for zazen\, presents intriguing questions that this class will explore and attempt to answer. \nWhat does it mean when Dogen describes zazen as the “Dharma gate of repose and bliss”? How do we take the backward step\, and what is the meaning of dropping body and mind? And of course\, what is “think non-thinking”? \nThe class will also explore the history of the text itself as well as the question Dogen poses at the beginning: if suchness/buddha-nature is already present\, why do we need to practice? \nFukanzazengi text (PDF) \nCourse Outline \nOver four sessions\, the course will move chronologically through Suzuki Roshi’s Tassajara years: \n\nCreating a Zen Monastery — the first and second sesshins\nTeaching the Dharma in a New Setting — Lotus Sutra and other talks from 1968–69\nForm and Freedom — Sandokai\, Eko\, and the practice culture of 197\nThe Last Summer — Suzuki Roshi’s final season of teaching at Tassajara \n\nOptional recommended reading \nBooks by David Chadwick: \n\nCrooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki\nTassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir/Oral History of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West—The First Year\, 1967\nWhat Happened at Tassajara: Stories of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West\, 1968–1971\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/fukanzazengi-with-shinshu-roberts-online-2-9-3-2/2027-02-16/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270216T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270216T204500
DTSTAMP:20260813T230324Z
CREATED:20260512T222629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T230324Z
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SUMMARY:Young Urban Zen
DESCRIPTION:YUZ meets in person weekly in the Buddha Hall of City Center on 300 Page Street. \nFor the latest information\, visit the Young Urban Zen site. \n\nTuesday evenings\, 7:15 – 8:45 pm \nYoung Urban Zen (YUZ) is a group under the auspices of the San Francisco Zen Center\, with a particular focus on those between 20 and 40 though anyone is welcome to attend. \nIt meets on Tuesday evenings for meditation and discussion about Zen practice. People of all experience levels are welcome. Those who have not meditated before may find it helpful to view a few of SF Zen Center’s meditation instruction videos\, though this is not at all necessary before coming to Young Urban Zen. \nBeyond Tuesday nights\, members of the group regularly meet for social activities\, volunteering\, book club study\, outings\, and occasional retreats. \nYoung Urban Zen offers an opportunity to build meaningful community with people who care about practice and mindfulness.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/young-urban-zen/2027-02-16/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270218T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270218T170000
DTSTAMP:20260924T020915Z
CREATED:20260923T224053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T020915Z
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SUMMARY:Coming of Age: The Poetry of Aging\, Online 2/4–2/25
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\, February 4–25\, 3:30–5:00 pm PT \nHow can reading and writing poetry support us as we age? \nHow can poetry help us be more aware of changes in our bodies and minds\, deal with transitions\, and strengthen connectedness and community? \nWe will learn from poets who have written about their own aging\, including Jane Hirshfield\, W. S. Merwin\, Stanley Kunitz\, Lucille Clifton\, and Mary Oliver. In each class\, we will read poems that focus on an aspect of aging and illustrate an element of the craft of poetry\, such as observation and description\, imagery\, or the music of poetry. There will be time to write in class and time to share your writing if you wish. \nThis class is for those of any age who wish to explore the experience of aging through poetry\, and for those who are approaching reading and writing poetry for the first time\, as well as those who have a writing practice. \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/coming-of-age-the-poetry-of-aging-online-2-4-2-25/2027-02-18/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270218T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270218T183000
DTSTAMP:20260826T220900Z
CREATED:20260511T223654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T220900Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Drop-in Practice Session\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday\, 5:30 – 6:30 pm PT. \nJoin San Francisco Zen Center teachers for a weekly online drop-in session\, offering opportunities to connect in real time. \nEach session includes: \n\n20 minutes of meditation\nA brief Dharma reflection\nGroup discussion\n\nThese sessions provide a welcoming space for practice and community connection\, open to practitioners of all levels. \nFor more information\, visit the Thursday Drop-in Practice Session homepage. \n\nJoin the teacher in the Online Zendo with a computer or mobile device: \nMeeting ID: 264-616-8381Passcode: 805991 \nBy phone:+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)Find your local number \nSee Tips for Using Zoom
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/thursday-drop-in-practice-session-online/2027-02-18/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270218T203000
DTSTAMP:20260512T230433Z
CREATED:20260512T230433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T230433Z
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SUMMARY:Trans Sangha\, BIPOC Night\, CC
DESCRIPTION:Trans Sangha is a meditation group by and for transgender people; beginners and newcomers are always welcome. Trans Sangha meets weekly in the zendo at 300 Page Street\, with different offerings depending on the week: \nSangha Night is on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month: a community building focused evening open to all trans people. Includes 25 minutes of guided meditation\, check-ins\, a short talk\, and community discussion. \nBIPOC Affinity Night is on the 3rd Thursday: a practice space reserved for members of our community who are Black\, Indigenous\, People of Color (if you identify as white\, please do not attend this night). \nBuddha Night is on the 1st Thursday: a silent meditation focused evening that includes introductions and two silent\, unguided meditation periods. There’s no talk or discussion during the session\, although optional snacks and conversation are shared after the session closes. \nDharma Night is on the 5th Thursday: different each time it comes around. It will involve a concentrated look at a Buddhist text\, a ceremony of some sort\, or anything else that feels relevant. \nJoin us after each session for cookies and conversation shared outdoors. \nFor the latest information\, and to sign up for updates via the Signal app\, visit the Trans Sangha website at transsangha.org. \nKN95 or N95 are required when attending Trans Sangha. Cloth masks and surgical masks are not permitted. We mask as an act of community care & to make this space accessible to sangha members who are disabled\, chronically ill\, and/or immunocompromised \nContact info: TransSangha@proton.me
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/trans-sangha-bipoc-night-cc/2027-02-18/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270218T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270222T180000
DTSTAMP:20261014T022105Z
CREATED:20261014T022105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T022105Z
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SUMMARY:Four-Day Huayan Study Sesshin\, GGF 2/18–2/22
DESCRIPTION:The Huayan Study Sesshin at Green Gulch Farm with Guo Gu offers a unique\, intensive opportunity to study and explore through embodied practice the powerful and transformative teachings of Huayan Buddhism. \nAt the very center of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism lies the luminous philosophical tradition of Huayan—a treasure trove of profound wisdom that has shaped the whole development of East Asian Buddhism\, especially Chan/Zen. Yet Western Buddhism has evolved in virtual isolation from the transformative teachings of Huayan. \nFor instance\, while concepts like “interconnection” and “interbeing” are widely adopted in Western Buddhist discourse and popular culture\, their origins in Chinese Huayan philosophy remain largely unacknowledged and unexplored. In this four-day retreat-workshop\, Chan teacher Guo Gu will provide a newly translated Huayan source text for an exploratory dive into the rich teaching of interdependence. \nPlease review the tentative daily schedule below. Meals will be informal silent meals in the dining room\, with no oryoki meals. \nStudy Sesshin Schedule \n\n5:00–7:00 am zazen & service (optional)\n9:00 am–12:00 pm Workshop\, studying the Huayan contemplations\n2:00–6:00 pm Sitting\, practicing the Huayan contemplations\n7:00–8:30pm Q&A and discussion of the Huayan contemplations\n\nThe study sesshin will begin with an orientation on Thursday\, February 18 at 7:30 pm and conclude with dinner at 6:00 pm on Monday February 22. Guests are welcome to select the option to extend their stay through morning zazen and breakfast on Tuesday\, February 23. \nIf you have questions about your participation in this sitting\, please contact the ino\, (head of the meditation hall) at ggfino@sfzc.org. \nTo register for this study sesshin\, begin by completing the application form. Once you have been approved for the sesshin\, you will be sent an email that will include a link through which you can process your payment and complete your registration. \nThe registration deadline is February 15.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/four-day-huayan-study-sesshin-ggf-2-18-2-22/
CATEGORIES:Workshops and Retreats
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270219T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270219T210000
DTSTAMP:20260925T010057Z
CREATED:20260512T221452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T010057Z
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SUMMARY:Meditation in Recovery\, Friday weekly meeting\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Meditation in Recovery will be meeting by Zoom. \nFriday Nights at 7:30 \nJoin Online MeetingMeeting ID: 886 966 3311Passcode: Meditate23 \nPlease join us at the usual time; log in five minutes before the meeting opens. \n\nFridays\, 7:30 – 9 pm \nThis drop-in group explores the connections between Buddhist practice and recovery. The evening begins with a brief meditation instruction\, followed by a period of meditation\, a short talk and discussion. \nThe group is led by senior practitioners in recovery. Donation requested. \nPlease visit our MiR homepage for more information about our weekly meetings\, meditation instructions\, and other special events.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/meditation-in-recovery-friday-weekly-meeting-online/2027-02-19/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T100000
DTSTAMP:20260924T020012Z
CREATED:20260923T223241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T020012Z
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SUMMARY:Suzuki Roshi at Tassajara\, Online 2/6–2/27
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 Saturdays\, February 6–27\, 8:30–10:00 am PT \nWhen Tassajara was purchased at the end of 1966\, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi began creating what would become the first Zen training monastery outside Asia. The idea had been forming for years: early issues of Wind Bell record members of SFZC searching for a monastery site as early as 1962. With Tassajara\, that aspiration suddenly became a lived experiment. \nWhat was Suzuki Roshi’s vision for this new monastery? How did he teach students who were entering a very different practice environment from the one they had known in San Francisco? And what emerged in his teaching when residential monastic practice\, sesshin\, work\, ritual\, and community life became the setting for Zen training? \nIn this series\, Shundo David Haye will explore Suzuki Roshi’s early years at Tassajara through lecture transcripts\, contemporaneous accounts\, recordings\, shuso logs\, and more recent historical publications. Particular attention will be given to material from the first sesshins\, Suzuki Roshi’s shosan encounters with students\, and the near-daily lectures he offered during his final summer at Tassajara. \nTogether\, these sources offer a distinctive view of Suzuki Roshi as a teacher responding to the demands of serious residential practice. They also illuminate the gradual development of forms and expectations that shaped Tassajara in the years that followed\, including the transition from the experimental atmosphere of its earliest seasons toward the more formal training structures introduced under Tatsugami Roshi. \nBy returning to this formative period\, the course will consider not only what happened at Tassajara\, but how Tassajara itself changed Suzuki Roshi’s teaching and helped create the San Francisco Zen Center we know today. \nCourse Outline \nOver four sessions\, the course will move chronologically through Suzuki Roshi’s Tassajara years: \n\nCreating a Zen Monastery — the first and second sesshins\nTeaching the Dharma in a New Setting — Lotus Sutra and other talks from 1968–69\nForm and Freedom — Sandokai\, Eko\, and the practice culture of 197\nThe Last Summer — Suzuki Roshi’s final season of teaching at Tassajara\n\nOptional recommended reading \nBooks by David Chadwick: \n\nCrooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki\nTassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir/Oral History of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West—The First Year\, 1967\nWhat Happened at Tassajara: Stories of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West\, 1968–1971\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/suzuki-roshi-at-tassajara-online-2-6-2-27/2027-02-20/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T084000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T092500
DTSTAMP:20260907T023422Z
CREATED:20260511T230347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T023422Z
UID:10000771-1803112800-1803115500@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Zazen (Meditation) Instruction\, CC
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, 8:40 – 9:25 am\, in the Buddha Hall at City Center \nPlease arrive by 8:30 am. \nZazen (Meditation) Instruction is offered by senior practitioners and is required before participation in a one-day sitting. \nZendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction is offered at 11:40 am and complements Meditation Instruction.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/zazen-meditation-instruction-cc/2027-02-20/
CATEGORIES:Sitting Meditation & Sesshins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T085000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T130000
DTSTAMP:20260925T010102Z
CREATED:20260512T225838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T010102Z
UID:10001874-1803113400-1803128400@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Weekly meeting: Saturdays\, 8:50 am – 1:00 pm. \nSaturday Sangha is for anyone who joins the zazen schedule during the weekdays and/or on Saturday. Within the container of traditional forms\, members of this group participate in doanryo training\, temple care and kitchen practice\, and study. \nDuring the week\, participation includes zazen with the invitation to join the doanryo. On Saturdays\, the Saturday Sangha group bows in together in the courtyard at 8:50 am. The Saturday schedule typically ends at 1:00 pm\, and includes zazen\, a Dharma talk\, tea and cookies\, and study with a teacher.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/saturday-sangha/2027-02-20/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T103000
DTSTAMP:20260924T020536Z
CREATED:20260923T223636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T020536Z
UID:10004664-1803114000-1803119400@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:The Wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine\, Online 2/6–2/20
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\nSaturday\, February 6–20\, 9:00–10:30 am PT \nTraditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers a practical framework for understanding the body as a dynamic system of relationships. In this three-part lecture series\, Dr. Liping Zhu will introduce foundational concepts from Chinese medicine and offer accessible ways to observe patterns of balance and disharmony in daily life. \nAcross the series\, participants will explore the following TCM theories: \n\nTCM concepts of Qi and blood\, Yin-Yang\, and Five Elements\nBasic tongue reading\nChinese herbs in the kitchen\nChinese bio-clock: meals\, bedtime\, and exercise\n\nThis course will connect traditional theory with simple\, everyday exercises to promote Qi and blood circulation\, including ways of thinking about food\, movement\, rest\, and the rhythms of the day. Dr. Zhu will also introduce the tongue as one of the traditional diagnostic lenses used in Chinese medicine and discuss how patterns involving internal organ health are understood within this system. \nThis lecture series is designed as an approachable introduction for those curious about Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as for students who have encountered Dr. Zhu’s Qigong teaching and would like a broader grounding in the theory that informs it. \nFor additional online offerings by Dr. Liping Zhu\, please see the SFZC calendar. \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/the-wisdom-of-traditional-chinese-medicine-online-2-6-2-20/2027-02-20/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T123000
DTSTAMP:20261008T025856Z
CREATED:20261008T025856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T025856Z
UID:10004749-1803121200-1803126600@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-12-19-5-15/2027-02-20/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T112000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T121500
DTSTAMP:20260907T023639Z
CREATED:20260512T230034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T023639Z
UID:10002135-1803122400-1803125700@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction\, CC
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, 11:20 am – 12:15 pm \nPlease arrive by 11:10 am and enter by the side door on Laguna Street. \nZendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction is offered by senior practitioners and is required before participation in a one-day sitting. \nZazen (Meditation) Instruction is offered at 8:40 am and should be attended before Forms Instruction.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/zendo-meditation-hall-forms-instruction-cc/2027-02-20/
CATEGORIES:Sitting Meditation & Sesshins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270220T160000
DTSTAMP:20261019T224822Z
CREATED:20261019T224610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T224822Z
UID:10004829-1803132000-1803139200@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:The Gifts and Challenges of Empathy\, Online 2/20
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\nSaturday\, February 20\, 2:00–4:00 pm PT \nMost of us have a natural capacity for empathy\, the ability to understand and share others’ emotions\, allowing us to see things from their perspective and connect with their feelings. While this crucial skill has many benefits\, including enhancing our relationships with others and the world\, it can also leave us feeling stressed and overwhelmed. Have you ever felt this and wondered what to do? \nThis workshop is for anyone who feels at times taxed or exhausted by negotiating the energy and emotions of others. We might even feel so hyper-attuned to others that we identify as “empaths” or “highly sensitive people.” It’s vital for sensitive people to know how to avoid taking on an individual’s physical and emotional energy\, including their pain. \nDuring this two-hour workshop\, we’ll focus on the process and practice of working with being highly empathetic to others’ emotional states in a more grounded\, conscious\, and balanced way that avoids overwhelm. We’ll also explore the many gifts of being an empath\, including an open heart\, intuition\, and the ability to connect with nature\, animals\, and other humans. \nEmpathy without boundaries is self-sabotage. Participants will learn how to set boundaries and hold space for those we care about without taking on their pain. The secret is to find balance as a sensitive person and learn strategies to avoid absorbing other people’s stress. \nBased on her book\, The Genius of Empathy\, Dr. Judith Orloff\, a UCLA-trained psychiatrist\, New York Times bestselling author\, and an empath herself\, will discuss strategies for how to stop absorbing the energy of others and protect yourself in your relationships\, family\, work\, and from the negative voices in your own head. \nSFZC Central Abbot & Abiding Abbot of City Center David Zimmerman will help to situate this process within a Zen context and weave in meditation\, mindfulness\, and practice elements where naturally supportive. \nIn this live online workshop\, learn to stay grounded and balanced by: \n• Staying centered\n• Setting healthy boundaries\n• Meditating to stay balanced\n• Listening to your body and intuition\n• Identifying people we feel drained around and how to cope with them\n• Healing emotional triggers and release resentments\, anxiety\, and negative energy you absorbed\n• Saying no to oversharers\, narcissists\, or others who drain your energy\n• Taking in the positive\, nurturing energy of nature and people \nSuggested reading: The Genius of Empathy: Practical Skills to Heal Your Sensitive Self\, Your Relationships and the World\, by Judith Orloff\, MD\, foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. \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/the-gifts-and-challenges-of-empathy-online-2-20/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270222T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270222T210000
DTSTAMP:20260925T010059Z
CREATED:20260512T222301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T010059Z
UID:10001353-1803324600-1803330000@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Meditation in Recovery\, CC weekly meeting\, Online/Onsite
DESCRIPTION:Meditation in Recovery will meet in a hybrid format—In person AND on Zoom— each Monday. \nMonday Nights at 7:30 \nJoin Online MeetingMeeting ID: 886 966 3311Passcode: Meditate23 \nIf attending online\, please log in five minutes before the meeting opens. \n\nMondays\, 7:30 – 9 pm \nThis drop-in group explores the connections between Buddhist practice and recovery. The evening begins with a brief meditation instruction\, followed by a period of meditation\, and a short talk. \nDiscussion periods follow\, for those In-Person and those on Zoom. \nThe group is led by senior practitioners in recovery. Donation requested. \nMeditation in Recovery sometimes meets on Monday holidays. The Mondays when the group will not meet will be posted on the City Center calendar. \nPlease visit our MiR homepage for more information about our weekly meetings\, meditation instructions\, and other special events.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/meditation-in-recovery-cc-weekly-meeting-online-onsite/2027-02-22/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270223T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270223T193000
DTSTAMP:20260925T000955Z
CREATED:20260918T224210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T000955Z
UID:10004615-1803403800-1803411000@www.sfzc.org
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-2-23-5-4/2027-02-23/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270223T193000
DTSTAMP:20261018T225637Z
CREATED:20261018T225637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261018T225637Z
UID:10004825-1803405600-1803411000@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Fukanzazengi with Shinshu Roberts\, Online 2/9–3/2
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 Tuesdays\, February 9–March 2\, 6:00–7:30 pm PT \nFukanzazengi\, Dogen’s instructions for zazen\, presents intriguing questions that this class will explore and attempt to answer. \nWhat does it mean when Dogen describes zazen as the “Dharma gate of repose and bliss”? How do we take the backward step\, and what is the meaning of dropping body and mind? And of course\, what is “think non-thinking”? \nThe class will also explore the history of the text itself as well as the question Dogen poses at the beginning: if suchness/buddha-nature is already present\, why do we need to practice? \nFukanzazengi text (PDF) \nCourse Outline \nOver four sessions\, the course will move chronologically through Suzuki Roshi’s Tassajara years: \n\nCreating a Zen Monastery — the first and second sesshins\nTeaching the Dharma in a New Setting — Lotus Sutra and other talks from 1968–69\nForm and Freedom — Sandokai\, Eko\, and the practice culture of 197\nThe Last Summer — Suzuki Roshi’s final season of teaching at Tassajara \n\nOptional recommended reading \nBooks by David Chadwick: \n\nCrooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki\nTassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir/Oral History of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West—The First Year\, 1967\nWhat Happened at Tassajara: Stories of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West\, 1968–1971\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/fukanzazengi-with-shinshu-roberts-online-2-9-3-2/2027-02-23/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270223T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270223T204500
DTSTAMP:20260813T230324Z
CREATED:20260512T222629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T230324Z
UID:10001614-1803410100-1803415500@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Young Urban Zen
DESCRIPTION:YUZ meets in person weekly in the Buddha Hall of City Center on 300 Page Street. \nFor the latest information\, visit the Young Urban Zen site. \n\nTuesday evenings\, 7:15 – 8:45 pm \nYoung Urban Zen (YUZ) is a group under the auspices of the San Francisco Zen Center\, with a particular focus on those between 20 and 40 though anyone is welcome to attend. \nIt meets on Tuesday evenings for meditation and discussion about Zen practice. People of all experience levels are welcome. Those who have not meditated before may find it helpful to view a few of SF Zen Center’s meditation instruction videos\, though this is not at all necessary before coming to Young Urban Zen. \nBeyond Tuesday nights\, members of the group regularly meet for social activities\, volunteering\, book club study\, outings\, and occasional retreats. \nYoung Urban Zen offers an opportunity to build meaningful community with people who care about practice and mindfulness.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/young-urban-zen/2027-02-23/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270225T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270225T170000
DTSTAMP:20260924T020915Z
CREATED:20260923T224053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T020915Z
UID:10004667-1803569400-1803574800@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Coming of Age: The Poetry of Aging\, Online 2/4–2/25
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\, February 4–25\, 3:30–5:00 pm PT \nHow can reading and writing poetry support us as we age? \nHow can poetry help us be more aware of changes in our bodies and minds\, deal with transitions\, and strengthen connectedness and community? \nWe will learn from poets who have written about their own aging\, including Jane Hirshfield\, W. S. Merwin\, Stanley Kunitz\, Lucille Clifton\, and Mary Oliver. In each class\, we will read poems that focus on an aspect of aging and illustrate an element of the craft of poetry\, such as observation and description\, imagery\, or the music of poetry. There will be time to write in class and time to share your writing if you wish. \nThis class is for those of any age who wish to explore the experience of aging through poetry\, and for those who are approaching reading and writing poetry for the first time\, as well as those who have a writing practice. \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/coming-of-age-the-poetry-of-aging-online-2-4-2-25/2027-02-25/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270225T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270225T183000
DTSTAMP:20260826T220900Z
CREATED:20260511T223654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T220900Z
UID:10000250-1803576600-1803580200@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Drop-in Practice Session\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday\, 5:30 – 6:30 pm PT. \nJoin San Francisco Zen Center teachers for a weekly online drop-in session\, offering opportunities to connect in real time. \nEach session includes: \n\n20 minutes of meditation\nA brief Dharma reflection\nGroup discussion\n\nThese sessions provide a welcoming space for practice and community connection\, open to practitioners of all levels. \nFor more information\, visit the Thursday Drop-in Practice Session homepage. \n\nJoin the teacher in the Online Zendo with a computer or mobile device: \nMeeting ID: 264-616-8381Passcode: 805991 \nBy phone:+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)Find your local number \nSee Tips for Using Zoom
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/thursday-drop-in-practice-session-online/2027-02-25/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270225T200000
DTSTAMP:20260923T222346Z
CREATED:20260923T222345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260923T222346Z
UID:10004653-1803578400-1803585600@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Lessons from Minneapolis: Zen Practice and Interfaith Organizing\, Online 2/25
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\nThursday\, February 25\, 6:00–8:00 pm PT \nBen Connelly will present stories and lessons from a wide variety of Buddhist and Interfaith work as part of the nonviolent response to the violence brought by federal officers to the Minnesota community in 2026. \nHe will tie these lessons to a variety of Buddhist teachings and practices\, as well as long lineages of practice for countering state violence and creating collective liberation. This two-hour\, online session will include a variety of modes of dialogue and meditation practice. \nExplore this topic further in the SFZC archives: \nDoshin Mako Voelkel’s dharma talk at City Center\, Agents of Peace and Change. Abiding Abbot Dōshin Mako Voelkel discusses her January 2026 visit to Minneapolis with MARCH (Multifaith Antiracism\, Change & Healing). \nBearing Witness in Minneapolis: A Letter to the Sangha from Abbot Mako. Sangha News\, January 27\, 2026. \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/lessons-from-minneapolis-zen-practice-and-interfaith-organizing-online-2-25/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270226T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270226T210000
DTSTAMP:20260925T010057Z
CREATED:20260512T221452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T010057Z
UID:10001093-1803670200-1803675600@www.sfzc.org
SUMMARY:Meditation in Recovery\, Friday weekly meeting\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Meditation in Recovery will be meeting by Zoom. \nFriday Nights at 7:30 \nJoin Online MeetingMeeting ID: 886 966 3311Passcode: Meditate23 \nPlease join us at the usual time; log in five minutes before the meeting opens. \n\nFridays\, 7:30 – 9 pm \nThis drop-in group explores the connections between Buddhist practice and recovery. The evening begins with a brief meditation instruction\, followed by a period of meditation\, a short talk and discussion. \nThe group is led by senior practitioners in recovery. Donation requested. \nPlease visit our MiR homepage for more information about our weekly meetings\, meditation instructions\, and other special events.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/meditation-in-recovery-friday-weekly-meeting-online/2027-02-26/
CATEGORIES:Practice Groups
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270227T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270227T100000
DTSTAMP:20260924T020012Z
CREATED:20260923T223241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T020012Z
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SUMMARY:Suzuki Roshi at Tassajara\, Online 2/6–2/27
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 Saturdays\, February 6–27\, 8:30–10:00 am PT \nWhen Tassajara was purchased at the end of 1966\, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi began creating what would become the first Zen training monastery outside Asia. The idea had been forming for years: early issues of Wind Bell record members of SFZC searching for a monastery site as early as 1962. With Tassajara\, that aspiration suddenly became a lived experiment. \nWhat was Suzuki Roshi’s vision for this new monastery? How did he teach students who were entering a very different practice environment from the one they had known in San Francisco? And what emerged in his teaching when residential monastic practice\, sesshin\, work\, ritual\, and community life became the setting for Zen training? \nIn this series\, Shundo David Haye will explore Suzuki Roshi’s early years at Tassajara through lecture transcripts\, contemporaneous accounts\, recordings\, shuso logs\, and more recent historical publications. Particular attention will be given to material from the first sesshins\, Suzuki Roshi’s shosan encounters with students\, and the near-daily lectures he offered during his final summer at Tassajara. \nTogether\, these sources offer a distinctive view of Suzuki Roshi as a teacher responding to the demands of serious residential practice. They also illuminate the gradual development of forms and expectations that shaped Tassajara in the years that followed\, including the transition from the experimental atmosphere of its earliest seasons toward the more formal training structures introduced under Tatsugami Roshi. \nBy returning to this formative period\, the course will consider not only what happened at Tassajara\, but how Tassajara itself changed Suzuki Roshi’s teaching and helped create the San Francisco Zen Center we know today. \nCourse Outline \nOver four sessions\, the course will move chronologically through Suzuki Roshi’s Tassajara years: \n\nCreating a Zen Monastery — the first and second sesshins\nTeaching the Dharma in a New Setting — Lotus Sutra and other talks from 1968–69\nForm and Freedom — Sandokai\, Eko\, and the practice culture of 197\nThe Last Summer — Suzuki Roshi’s final season of teaching at Tassajara\n\nOptional recommended reading \nBooks by David Chadwick: \n\nCrooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki\nTassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir/Oral History of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West—The First Year\, 1967\nWhat Happened at Tassajara: Stories of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West\, 1968–1971\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/suzuki-roshi-at-tassajara-online-2-6-2-27/2027-02-27/
CATEGORIES:Classes & Extended Courses
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