Upcoming In Person and Livestream Dharma Talks

Dharma talks are broadcast live from the Buddha Hall at City Center on Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings. Additionally, Sunday morning Dharma talks are broadcast from Green Gulch Farm. Upcoming Dharma talks and select special events are listed below.

Recorded talks and select events are available for viewing on-demand in the Livestream Archive further below on this page. Recorded Dharma talks are also available later, in higher quality audio and video files, at the Dharma Talks Archives page and now on the new SFZC Dharma App, as well as our YouTube channel.

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Suggested donation: $0 – $10 per talk

Dharma Talks

Title Teacher Date Location
Renewed Space, Timeless Practice Abbot Dōshin Mako Voelkel 02/22/25 City Center
Mind, Memory and the Fire Anshi Zachary Smith 02/19/25 City Center
The Path of Priest Ordination Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman 02/16/25 Green Gulch Farm
Online Zen Is Real Zen Dōshin Dan Gudgel 02/08/25 City Center
Real Kindness Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler 02/02/25 Green Gulch Farm
Black History Month Sozan Michael McCord 02/01/25 City Center
Embracing Our Connectedness Jisan Tova Green 01/18/25 City Center
Rice and Big Ideas Anshi Zachary Smith 01/15/25 City Center
Way-Seeking Mind: Responding to the Cries of the World with Skillful Compassion Keiryu Liên Shutt 01/11/25 City Center
Whole-Hearted, Open-Hearted Shundo David Haye 01/08/25 City Center

Livestream Archive

Title Teacher Date Location
You Are Zen Center Sozan Michael McCord 10/13/24 Green Gulch Farm
We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman 10/12/24 City Center
Words, Bridges, and the Buddha So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson 10/09/24 City Center
Use Your Gift-Bestowing Hands Stephanie Blank 10/06/24 Green Gulch Farm
Zen Practices for Anger Shosan Victoria Austin 10/05/24 City Center
Acknowledging Karma and Taking Refuge in Buddha Ryushin Paul Haller 10/02/24 City Center
Taking Refuge Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道 09/29/24 Green Gulch Farm
Moving Towards Right Speech Onryu Mary Stares 09/28/24 City Center
What Will You Take Care Of? Hondo Dave Rutschman 09/25/24 City Center
The Conventional and Ultimate Meaning of the Precepts Thiemo Blank 09/22/24 Green Gulch Farm