Calendar

Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings

With Srinivas Reddy
Friday, July 10, 7:30–9:00 pm, City Center

Saturday, July 11, 7:10–7:45 am PT, City Center and Livestreamed

With Jody Beavers and Emily Linders
Saturday, July 11, 1:30–3:30 pm, City Center

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

Sunday, July 26,10–3 pm, City Center

Featured Online Offerings

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

With Dōshin Dan Gudgel
Tuesday, July 7–Tuesday, Friday 28

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

Monday, Jul 13, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	City Center	Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 7/13

Tuesday, Jul 14, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:15 PM	City Center	Young Urban Zen, 7/14

Wednesday, Jul 15, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
04:00 PM	Green Gulch Farm	Embodying the Genjo Koan in our Daily Lives, GGF 7/15–7/19
04:00 PM	Tassajara	Zen and Drawing, ZMC 7/15–7/19 – Waitlist Only
07:30 PM	City Center	Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: Ryushin Paul Haller, Livestream/Onsite 7/15

Thursday, Jul 16, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
04:00 PM	Tassajara	Zen and Modern Leadership, ZMC 7/16–7/19
05:30 PM	Online	Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 7/16
07:00 PM	City Center	Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 7/16
07:00 PM	City Center	Trans Sangha, BIPOC Night, CC 7/16

Friday, Jul 17, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:00 AM	City Center	Monthly BIPOC Affinity Group, CC 7/17
07:30 PM	Online	Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 7/17
07:30 PM	City Center	NOT POEMS! A free monthly Poetry Night at SF Zen Center, CC 7/17

Saturday, Jul 18, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
08:50 AM	City Center	Saturday Sangha, 7/18
09:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Introductory Half-Day Sitting, GGF 7/18
10:00 AM	City Center	Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Ellen Simpson, Livestream/Onsite 7/18
10:00 AM	City Center	Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Ellen Simpson, Livestream/Onsite 7/18

Sunday, Jul 19, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
10:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	In the Rhythm of the Heart, GGF 7/19
10:00 AM	Green Gulch Farm	Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Kika Hellein, Livestream/Onsite 7/19
05:00 PM	Online	Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 7/19

Monday, Jul 20, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	City Center	Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 7/20

Tuesday, Jul 21, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
04:00 PM	Tassajara	Tai Yi Swimming Dragon Taichi Retreat, ZMC 7/21–7/26 – Waitlist Only
04:00 PM	Tassajara	Communication, Connection, Heartbreak and Forgiveness-Sangha Week, ZMC 7/21–7/26 – Waitlist Only
07:15 PM	City Center	Young Urban Zen, 7/21

Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	City Center	Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: Dōshin Dan Gudgel, Livestream/Onsite 7/22

Thursday, Jul 23, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
05:30 PM	Online	Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 7/23
07:00 PM	City Center	Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 7/23
07:00 PM	City Center	Trans Sangha, Sangha (Community) Night, CC 7/23

Friday, Jul 24, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
07:30 PM	Online	Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 7/24

Saturday, Jul 25, 2026
Start Time	Location	Event
05:40 AM	City Center	Saturday One-Day Sitting, CC 7/25
08:30 AM	Online	Radical Kindness: The Metta Sutta as a Way of Living, Online 7/25–8/15