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Online Zendo - Meditation, Dharma Talks, and Ceremonies
Zazen (Meditation) Instruction: Recorded Sessions
Thursday Online Drop-in Practice Sessions with SFZC Practice Leaders
Sunday Online Drop-in Practice Sessions with Abbess Fu Schroeder
Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings
Nada Brahma "Universe is Sound"

With Srinivas Reddy
Friday, July 10, 7:30–9:00 pm, City Center
Ten Year Memorial for Former Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman

Saturday, July 11, 7:10–7:45 am PT, City Center and Livestreamed
Tea, Chocolate & Mindfulness

With Jody Beavers and Emily Linders
Saturday, July 11, 1:30–3:30 pm, City Center
All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen

With Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Senior Everyday Zen Dharma teachers
Saturday, July 11, 9:00 am–5:00 pm, Green Gulch Farm


Please register by 12:00 pm PT on July 10
 
NOT POEMS! A free monthly Poetry Night at SF Zen Center

With Christopher Gallagher and Kevin Starbard
Friday May 17, 7:30–9 pm, City Center
 
Trans Sangha Half-Day Retreat

Sunday, July 26,10–3 pm, City Center
Featured Online Offerings
Zen and Yoga: Embodying the Bodhisattva Pāramitās

With Shokuchi Deirdre Carrigan
Sunday July 5–Sunday, August 9
 
Catholic Zen

With Dōshin Dan Gudgel
Tuesday, July 7–Tuesday, Friday 28
 
Self, No-Self, and the Field of All Beings

With Bernd Bender
Two Saturdays, July 11–July 18, 9 am–11 am PT, Online
 

Calendar

 

Saturday, Jul 25, 2026
Start Time Location Event
09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Saturday One-Day Sitting, GGF 7/25
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman, Livestream/Onsite 7/25
Sunday, Jul 26, 2026
Start Time Location Event
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Eijun Linda Cutts, Livestream/Onsite 7/26
10:00 AM City Center Trans Sangha Half-Day Retreat, CC 7/26
05:00 PM Online Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 7/26
Monday, Jul 27, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 7/27
Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Tassajara SFZC Family Sangha Retreat at Tassajara, ZMC 7/28–8/2 – Waitlist Only
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 7/28
Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Full Moon Ceremony, CC 7/29
07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm: No Dharma Talk (Temple Closed) 7/29
Thursday, Jul 30, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Green Gulch Farm Joyful Ease, Your Own True Body, GGF 7/30–8/2
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, not meeting 7/30
07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 7/30 – Canceled
Friday, Jul 31, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 7/31
Saturday, Aug 1, 2026
Start Time Location Event
08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, 8/1
09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Introductory Half-Day Sitting, GGF 8/1
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Jan Willis, Livestream/Onsite 8/1
Sunday, Aug 2, 2026
Start Time Location Event
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Tea & Mindfulness, GGF 8/2
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Jan Willis, Livestream/Onsite 8/2
11:00 AM Online The Shamanic Bones of Zen: A Three Part Series, Online 8/2–8/16
05:00 PM Online Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 8/2
Monday, Aug 3, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 8/3
Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Tassajara The Path to Wholeness, ZMC 8/4–8/9
05:30 PM Online Transforming Karma, Online 8/4–8/11
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 8/4
Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Green Gulch Farm Courageous Heart, Calm Mind: Living Intentionally Through Zen & Yoga, GGF 8/5–8/9 – Waitlist Only
07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: Rev. Hokyo Yoshin Lorenzo Garbo, Livestream/Onsite 8/5
Thursday, Aug 6, 2026
Start Time Location Event
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 8/6
07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 8/6
07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, Buddha Night (Silent Meditation), CC 8/6