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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

 

Thursday, Aug 20, 2026
Start Time Location Event
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 8/20
06:00 PM Online Being Human in the Age of AI, Online 8/20–9/10
07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 8/20
07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, BIPOC Night, CC 8/20
Friday, Aug 21, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:00 AM City Center Monthly BIPOC Affinity Group, CC 8/21
07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 8/21
Saturday, Aug 22, 2026
Start Time Location Event
08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 8/22
08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, 8/22
11:20 AM City Center Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 8/22
01:00 PM Online Dancing in the Dark Fields of Illness & Pain, Online 8/22–10/3
Sunday, Aug 23, 2026
Start Time Location Event
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, Livestream/Onsite 8/23
01:30 PM Green Gulch Farm Sunday Tea Gathering, GGF 8/23
05:00 PM Online Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 8/23
Monday, Aug 24, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 8/24
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 8/25
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Green Gulch Farm Four-Day Sesshin, GGF 8/26–8/30
Thursday, Aug 27, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Tassajara The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Retreat for People in Recovery, ZMC 8/27–8/30
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 8/27
07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 8/27
07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, Sangha (Community) Night, CC 8/27
Friday, Aug 28, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 8/28
Saturday, Aug 29, 2026
Start Time Location Event
08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, 8/29
Sunday, Aug 30, 2026
Start Time Location Event
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Kokyo Henkel, Livestream/Onsite 8/30
05:00 PM Online Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 8/30
Monday, Aug 31, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 8/31
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Tassajara Easy as Breathing: Wild Heart Writing for Women, ZMC 9/1–9/6 – Waitlist Only
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 9/1
Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Tassajara Satori and Salutations: Opening to the Heart of Zen and Yoga, ZMC 9/2–9/6 – Waitlist Only
Thursday, Sep 3, 2026
Start Time Location Event
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 9/3
07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 9/3