The 117th Practice Period at Tassajara Led by Ryushin Paul Haller January 6–March 31, 2027 Application due date is Friday, November 27, 2026 Ango (Practice Period) offers a rare opportunity for experienced practitioners to immerse themselves in the intimacy and rigor of monastic practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (Zenshinji). Wholehearted Practice of the Way ...
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2 events,
Seven-Day Sesshin, GGF 2/28–3/7
Sesshin, meaning "to gather, collect, and convey the mind-heart," is a traditional Soto Zen meditation retreat that includes formal zendo meals, Dharma talks, sitting and walking meditation, and private interviews with senior teachers. In order to understand the nature of our formal retreats, and to be clear about the details of the practice, please review ... |
3 events,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 ... |
4 events,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 ... YUZ meets in person weekly in the Buddha Hall of City Center on 300 Page Street. For the latest information, visit the Young Urban Zen site. Tuesday evenings, 7:15 – 8:45 pm - Young Urban Zen (YUZ) is a group under the auspices of the San Francisco Zen Center, with a particular focus on those ... |
4 events,Every Thursday, 5:30 – 6:30 pm PT. Join San Francisco Zen Center teachers for a weekly online drop-in session, offering opportunities to connect in real time. Each session includes: 20 minutes of meditation - A brief Dharma reflection - Group discussion - These sessions provide a welcoming space for practice and community connection, open to ... 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: Sangha Night is on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month: a community building focused evening open to all ... |
3 events,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 ... |
7 events,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 ... Three Saturdays, March 6–20, 9:00–11:00 am PT Time can feel fleeting, relentless, or surprisingly spacious. Our conventional sense that nothing lasts shapes our relationship with time, sometimes bringing a sense ... |
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2 events,
2027 Tassajara Winter Practice Period, ZMC 1/6–3/31
Seven-Day Sesshin, GGF 2/28–3/7
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2 events,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 ... |
3 events,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 ... YUZ meets in person weekly in the Buddha Hall of City Center on 300 Page Street. For the latest information, visit the Young Urban Zen site. Tuesday evenings, 7:15 – 8:45 pm - Young Urban Zen (YUZ) is a group under the auspices of the San Francisco Zen Center, with a particular focus on those ... |
4 events,
Green Gulch Farm Spring 2027 Three-Week Practice Period: More Wonder. Less Fear, GGF 3/11–4/5
Thursday, March 11, 3:00 pm—Monday, April 5, 11:00 am Three-Week Practice Period at Green Gulch Farm is an opportunity for beginning and experienced students to participate in an intense period of residential practice that centers around daily zazen, work practice, study, and one-on-one meetings with the teacher. Weekly events include lectures, formal ceremonies, classes, and ... Four Thursdays, March 11–April 1, 4:00–5:30 pm PT / 7:00–8:30 pm ET - How does the translation we read shape our understanding of Dogen? The growing worldwide interest in Dogen's ... Every Thursday, 5:30 – 6:30 pm PT. Join San Francisco Zen Center teachers for a weekly online drop-in session, offering opportunities to connect in real time. Each session includes: 20 minutes of meditation - A brief Dharma reflection - Group discussion - These sessions provide a welcoming space for practice and community connection, open to ... |
3 events,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 ... |
6 events,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 ... Three Saturdays, March 6–20, 9:00–11:00 am PT Time can feel fleeting, relentless, or surprisingly spacious. Our conventional sense that nothing lasts shapes our relationship with time, sometimes bringing a sense ... Saturdays, March 6–April 10, 9:00–10:30 am PT Are you looking for comprehensive, formal Qigong training? Enter the heart of Qigong practice by learning the Nine Marvelous Qigong Methods (九妙法门) of ... |
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2 events,
2027 Tassajara Winter Practice Period, ZMC 1/6–3/31
Green Gulch Farm Spring 2027 Three-Week Practice Period: More Wonder. Less Fear, GGF 3/11–4/5
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4 events,Two Mondays, March 15–22, 6:00–8:00 pm PT - A new offering from the SFZC Family Sangha - This two-part online series invites exploration into the intersection of Zen practice, ancestral ... 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 ... |
3 events,YUZ meets in person weekly in the Buddha Hall of City Center on 300 Page Street. For the latest information, visit the Young Urban Zen site. Tuesday evenings, 7:15 – 8:45 pm - Young Urban Zen (YUZ) is a group under the auspices of the San Francisco Zen Center, with a particular focus on those ... |
3 events,Six Wednesdays, March 17–April 21, 5:30–7:00 pm PT - Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith is text of unknown origin. It appeared in China in the sixth century, around the time ... |
5 events,Four Thursdays, March 11–April 1, 4:00–5:30 pm PT / 7:00–8:30 pm ET - How does the translation we read shape our understanding of Dogen? The growing worldwide interest in Dogen's ... Every Thursday, 5:30 – 6:30 pm PT. Join San Francisco Zen Center teachers for a weekly online drop-in session, offering opportunities to connect in real time. Each session includes: 20 minutes of meditation - A brief Dharma reflection - Group discussion - These sessions provide a welcoming space for practice and community connection, open to ... 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 ... |
3 events,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 ... |
8 events,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, ... Three Saturdays, March 6–20, 9:00–11:00 am PT Time can feel fleeting, relentless, or surprisingly spacious. Our conventional sense that nothing lasts shapes our relationship with time, sometimes bringing a sense of urgency or unease. We interpret impermanence as change, and we resist it. In Uji, Dogen encourages us to see time from a radically unique ... |
2 events,
2027 Tassajara Winter Practice Period, ZMC 1/6–3/31
Green Gulch Farm Spring 2027 Three-Week Practice Period: More Wonder. Less Fear, GGF 3/11–4/5
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4 events,Two Mondays, March 15–22, 6:00–8:00 pm PT - A new offering from the SFZC Family Sangha - This two-part online series invites exploration into the intersection of Zen practice, ancestral memory, and the liberation of our personal and collective family systems. During our time together, we will frame family practice as a radical form of ... 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 - ... |
4 events,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 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 ... YUZ meets in person weekly in the Buddha Hall of City Center on 300 Page Street. For the latest information, visit the Young Urban Zen site. Tuesday evenings, 7:15 – ... |
3 events,Six Wednesdays, March 17–April 21, 5:30–7:00 pm PT - Treatise 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). It harmonizes the Indian ... |
4 events,Four Thursdays, March 11–April 1, 4:00–5:30 pm PT / 7:00–8:30 pm ET - How does the translation we read shape our understanding of Dogen? The growing worldwide interest in Dogen's Shobogenzo has produced six complete English translations, along with numerous versions in European and Asian languages. Each translation approaches this famously challenging and evocative work ... Every Thursday, 5:30 – 6:30 pm PT. Join San Francisco Zen Center teachers for a weekly online drop-in session, offering opportunities to connect in real time. Each session includes: 20 minutes of meditation - A brief Dharma reflection - Group discussion - These sessions provide a welcoming space for practice and community connection, open to ... |
3 events,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 ... |
4 events,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, ... Saturdays, March 6–April 10, 9:00–10:30 am PT Are you looking for comprehensive, formal Qigong training? Enter the heart of Qigong practice by learning the Nine Marvelous Qigong Methods (九妙法门) of the Heavenly Essence Qigong lineage. Known for openness and direct clarity, this series presents Qigong theory and its simple, effective practice methods. The theory includes ... |
2 events,
2027 Tassajara Winter Practice Period, ZMC 1/6–3/31
Green Gulch Farm Spring 2027 Three-Week Practice Period: More Wonder. Less Fear, GGF 3/11–4/5
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3 events,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 - ... |
4 events,
More Wonder. Less Fear. Five-Day Sesshin, GGF 3/30–4/4
Tuesday, March 30, 3:00 pm—Sunday, April 4, 2:00 pm - Sesshin, meaning "to gather, collect, and convey the mind-heart," is a traditional Soto Zen meditation retreat that includes formal zendo meals, Dharma talks, sitting and walking meditation, and private interviews with senior teachers. In order to understand the nature of our formal retreats, and to ... YUZ meets in person weekly in the Buddha Hall of City Center on 300 Page Street. For the latest information, visit the Young Urban Zen site. Tuesday evenings, 7:15 – ... |
4 events,Six Wednesdays, March 17–April 21, 5:30–7:00 pm PT - Treatise 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). It harmonizes the Indian ... |
5 events,Four Thursdays, March 11–April 1, 4:00–5:30 pm PT / 7:00–8:30 pm ET - How does the translation we read shape our understanding of Dogen? The growing worldwide interest in Dogen's Shobogenzo has produced six complete English translations, along with numerous versions in European and Asian languages. Each translation approaches this famously challenging and evocative work ... Every Thursday, 5:30 – 6:30 pm PT. Join San Francisco Zen Center teachers for a weekly online drop-in session, offering opportunities to connect in real time. Each session includes: 20 minutes of meditation - A brief Dharma reflection - Group discussion - These sessions provide a welcoming space for practice and community connection, open to ... 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 ... |
3 events,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 ... |
6 events,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 participation in a one-day sitting. Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction is offered at 11:40 am and complements Meditation Instruction. 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, ... Saturdays, March 6–April 10, 9:00–10:30 am PT Are you looking for comprehensive, formal Qigong training? Enter the heart of Qigong practice by learning the Nine Marvelous Qigong Methods (九妙法门) of the Heavenly Essence Qigong lineage. Known for openness and direct clarity, this series presents Qigong theory and its simple, effective practice methods. The theory includes ... |
