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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
All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen

Led by Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Senior Everyday Zen Dharma teachers
Saturday, October 10, 9:00 am–5:00 pm, Green Gulch Farm

Please register by 12:00 pm PT on October 8
 
Atemporal Connection: A Butoh Performance (Friday & Saturday Night)

With Sandra Soto and Himiko (Tomoko Ide)
Friday & Saturday Night, October 9 & 10, 7:30–9 pm, City Center
 
Subtle Brush Strokes: A Two-Day Calligraphy Workshop

With Himiko (Tomoko Ide)
Saturday, October 10, 1–3 pm–Sunday, October 11, 2:30–4:30 pm, City Center
 
Caregivers' Sitting

With Ellen Simpson
Sunday, October 11, 9 am–1 pm, City Center
 
Saturday One-Day Sitting

Led by Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
Saturday, October 24, 4 am–7 pm, Green Gulch Farm

Please register by Tuesday, October 13, by 4:00 pm PT.

 
 
Book Reading of Return to Our Senses: A Path to Stability in an Unstable World

With Lee Klinger Lesser
Friday, October 16, 6:30–8:30 pm, City Center
 
Featured Online Offerings
The Inner Prison, Koans and Freedom

With Dario Doshin Girolami
Saturdays, October 10–31, 9–10:30 am PT
 
Meditation Training 1.5: Working with the Five Hindrances

With Keiryu Liên Shutt
Four Wednesdays, October 28–November 18, 6–7:30 pm PT
 



 
The Heart Sutra: Wisdom Beyond Wisdom

With Furyu Nancy Schroeder
Four Tuesdays, November 3–24, 5–6:30 pm PT
 

Calendar

 

Thursday, Oct 8, 2026
Start Time Location Event
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 10/8
07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, Sangha (Community) Night, CC 10/8
Friday, Oct 9, 2026
Start Time Location Event
09:30 AM City Center Used Buddhist Book Sale, CC 10/9–10/19
07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 10/9
07:30 PM City Center Atemporal Connection: A Butoh Performance (Friday Night), CC 10/9 & 10/10
Saturday, Oct 10, 2026
Start Time Location Event
08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, 10/10
09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen, GGF 10/10
09:00 AM Online The Inner Prison, Koans and Freedom, Online 10/10–10/31
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk & Livestream: Pamela Weiss, CC 10/10
01:00 PM City Center Subtle Brush Strokes: A Two-Day Calligraphy Workshop, CC 10/10–10/11
07:30 PM City Center Atemporal Connection: A Butoh Performance (Saturday Night), CC 10/9 & 10/10
Sunday, Oct 11, 2026
Start Time Location Event
09:00 AM City Center Caregivers' Sitting, CC 10/11
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Michael Gelfond, Livestream/Onsite 10/11
05:00 PM Online Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 10/11
Monday, Oct 12, 2026
Start Time Location Event
05:00 AM City Center Indigenous People’s Day Holiday, CC 10/12
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 10/12
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 10/13
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026
Start Time Location Event
03:00 PM Green Gulch Farm 2026 Fall Practice Period at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 10/14–12/15 – Waitlist Only
07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman, Livestream/Onsite 10/14
Thursday, Oct 15, 2026
Start Time Location Event
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 10/15
07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, BIPOC Night, CC 10/15
Friday, Oct 16, 2026
Start Time Location Event
06:30 PM City Center Book Reading of Return to Our Senses: A Path to Stability in an Unstable World, CC 10/16
07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 10/16
Saturday, Oct 17, 2026
Start Time Location Event
08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 10/17
08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, 10/17
09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Introductory Half-Day Sitting, GGF 10/17
09:00 AM City Center Monthly BIPOC Affinity Group, CC 10/17
10:00 AM Other One Breath, One Brushstroke: An Introduction to Intuitive Painting Practice, Center for Creative Exploration 10/17
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk & Livestream: Shundo David Haye, CC 10/17
11:20 AM City Center Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 10/17