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. At the very center of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism lies the luminous philosophical tradition of Huayan—a treasure trove of profound wisdom that has shaped the ...
Meditation in Recovery will be meeting by Zoom. Friday Nights at 7:30 - Join Online Meeting - Meeting ID: 886 966 3311 - Passcode: Meditate23 - Please join us at the usual time; log in five minutes before the meeting opens. Fridays, 7:30 – 9 pm - This drop-in group explores the connections between Buddhist ...
Four Saturdays, February 6–27, 8:30–10:00 am PT When Tassajara was purchased at the end of 1966, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi began creating what would become the first Zen training monastery outside ...
Saturday, 8:40 – 9:25 am, in the Buddha Hall at City Center - Please arrive by 8:30 am. Zazen (Meditation) Instruction is offered by senior practitioners and is required before ...
Weekly meeting: Saturdays, 8:50 am – 1:00 pm. Saturday 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. During the week, participation includes zazen with the invitation to ...
Saturday, February 6–20, 9:00–10:30 am PT Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers a practical framework for understanding the body as a dynamic system of relationships. In this three-part lecture series, Dr. ...
Monthly, Saturdays, December 19–May 15, 11:00–12:30 pm PT If you have previously participated in any of the “Dancing in the Dark Fields” series, we invite you to consider this ongoing ...
Saturday, 11:20 am – 12:15 pm - Please arrive by 11:10 am and enter by the side door on Laguna Street. Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction is offered by senior ...
Saturday, February 20, 2:00–4:00 pm PT Most of us have a natural capacity for empathy, the ability to understand and share others' emotions, allowing us to see things from their ...
Meditation in Recovery will meet in a hybrid format—In person AND on Zoom— each Monday. Monday Nights at 7:30 - Join Online Meeting - Meeting ID: 886 966 3311 - Passcode: Meditate23 - If attending online, please log in five minutes before the meeting opens. Mondays, 7:30 – 9 pm - This drop-in group explores ...
Alternate Tuesdays, February 23–May 4, 5:30–7:30 pm PT - In SFZC’s Transforming Depression and Anxiety offerings, kindness, mindfulness, and tools from contemporary psychology are engaged to shift our relationship with ...
Four Tuesdays, February 9–March 2, 6:00–7:30 pm PT - Fukanzazengi, Dogen’s instructions for zazen, presents intriguing questions that this class will explore and attempt to answer. What does it mean ...
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