San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

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Being Like A Bee

09.09.2021

Beekeeping as a temple art. The shared qualities of honeybees and bodhisattvas, hives and sangha, enjoying the taste of honey. 09/08/2021, Marcia Lieberman, dharma talk at City Center.

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks episodes:

09.09.2021 Being Like A Bee Beekeeping as a temple art. The shared qualities of honeybees and bodhisattvas, hives and sangha, enjoying the taste of honey. 09/08/2021, Marcia Lieberman, dharma talk at City Center.
09.05.2021 Small Things Matter In this talk Eijun Roshi reflects on the path of relieving our suffering, highlighting the importance of being in relationship with everything in our life—from people to the smallest detail—and on the basic interconnection of pleasure and pain. 09/05/2021, Eijun ...
09.02.2021 The Backward Step An exploration of zazen as a mirror of our everyday life and our everyday mind. 09/01/2021, Hakusho Ostlund, dharma talk at City Center.
09.02.2021 Work as Practice 09/01/2021, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at Tassajara.
08.29.2021 The Importance of a Generous Heart Teachings and practices connecting our fundamental and profound practices of gratitude and generosity. 08/29/2021, Zenshin Greg Fain, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
08.28.2021 Let Things Fall Apart A student's reflections on a life of teachings with their teacher Sojun Mel Weitsman, and the nature of Bodhi Mind 08/28/2021, Hozan Alan Senauke, dharma talk at City Center.
08.26.2021 Meeting Some Women Ancestors A selection of stories about our Buddhist women ancestors whose names we chant during morning service. 08/25/2021, ARobin Orden, dharma talk at Tassajara.
08.26.2021 Medicine and Disease Commentary on Case 87 from the Blue Cliff Record, Yunmen's "Medicine and Disease. The whole earth is medicine. Which one's for you?" 08/25/2021, Gendo Lucy Xiao, dharma talk at City Center.
08.22.2021 Fixing Things Once when a student straightened a hanging picture in the temple, Suzuki Roshi went and made it crooked again - why did he do that, and what does this story show about our "fixing" mind versus Suzuki Roshi's path of ...
08.21.2021 This Radiant Mind An examination of what it means to both fully express ourselves, and a consideration of how the world is being made in each moment (by each one of us). 08/21/2021, Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk at City Center.
08.19.2021 The Taproot of Soto Zen, Part 3: Just This Is It 08/18/2021, Zenshin Greg Fain, dharma talk at Tassajara.
08.18.2021 Courage, Futility, and the Promises of Practice Studying our attachment to our biography as a resource for our self undersanding and transformation. And the joy of renunciation and exploring the edges of freedom. 08/18/2021, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, dharma talk at City Center.
08.15.2021 It's for Your Benefit, Acarya Continuing with our focus this month on the Mind Only teachings, this talk offers a walk-through of some of the school's major components, among them, compassion, generosity and wisdom. 08/15/2021, Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
08.14.2021 When Dharma and Karma Unite If we hurry the important and urgent nature of studying the self we are likely to miss "this" - the entire truth of who we are. 08/14/2021, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center.
08.12.2021 Sweep The Garden - Any Size 08/11/2021, Teishin Layla Smith Bockhorst, dharma talk at Tassajara.
08.12.2021 Bodhicitta in Action An exploration of arising Bodhicitta, not othering, and taking action. 08/11/2021, Seiho Qayyum Johnson, dharma talk at City Center.
08.08.2021 Seeing Without An ‘I’ In this talk, Abbot David weaves together personal stories regarding “seeing” with teachings by Vasubandhu, Shakyamuni Buddha, and Suzuki Roshi in an exploration of the nature of perception.The radical proposition at the heart of the ‘Third Turning’ Yogacara teachings is ...
08.05.2021 Living and Being Lived for the Benefit of All Beings An exploration of the Third Pure Precept and what it means to mature as buddhist practitioners. 08/04/2021, Horin Nancy Petrin, dharma talk at Tassajara.
08.05.2021 Factory Farming and its Environmental Effects Through the Lens of the Three Collective Pure Precepts 08/04/2021, Yuki Kobiyama, dharma talk at City Center.
08.01.2021 Vimalakirti and Suzuki-Roshi Teach the Dharma of Freedom from Dualism In this time of worldwide sickness, the teaching of Vimalakirti—the bodhisattva who manifests illness for the sake of teaching sentient beings— is brought up. Linda also offers a Jataka Tale about a baby quail to illustrate non-duality. 08/01/2021, Eijun Linda ...
07.31.2021 Angulimala and Right Speech In this dharma talk Tenku Ruff explores the precept of right speech particularly what it means to practice in community/Sangha and the habit of assigning permanent status to our faults and those of others. How do we work with what ...
07.29.2021 The Taproot of Soto Zen, Part 2: Like a Fool, Like an Idiot 07/28/2021, Zenshin Greg Fain, dharma talk at Tassajara.
07.25.2021 Radical Dharma: Talking about Race, Love and Liberation This Sunday Dharma talk was a special offering by Green Gulch Abbess Fu Schroeder and Rev. angel Kyodo williams, in conversation about the suffering caused by racism, and how our Buddhist communities can begin the work of healing from inside ...
07.24.2021 The Wind of the Family House In this talk, Senior Dharma Teacher Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts brings forth the spirit of the Mahayana Buddhist Vimalakirti Sutra, and the second turning of the wheel teachings. She suggests that the reconciliation of the truth of emptiness, the inconceivable ...
07.24.2021 Acceptance and Discernment 07/23/2021, Marc Lesser, dharma talk at Tassajara.
07.22.2021 Right in Imperfection is Perfect Reality 07/21/2021, Steve Weintraub, dharma talk at Tassajara.
07.22.2021 The Backward Step Turning the light of attention in order to contact our true nature through an exploration of the practice instructions of Dogen Zenji's Fukanzazengi. 07/21/2021, Zesho Susan O’Connell, dharma talk at City Center.
07.18.2021 Stillness in Midst of Imagination By practicing zazen again and again we create space to receive stillness right in the midst of our many stories and imaginations about the world, and in this way begin to see a path to live our life as a ...
07.15.2021 Feelings as Dharma Gates Practicing exactly where we are is the perfect place, an exploration of dharma gates and developing the "practice" muscle of entering them. 07/14/2021, Laurie Schley Senauke, dharma talk at City Center.
07.11.2021 What Do You Call The World? This talk centers on the two truths about our one world, the human world and Buddha’s world, with 5 easy steps on how to bring those worlds together again. 07/11/2021, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
07.10.2021 Taking Off The Mask What is it to take up the call of a Bodhisattva? This question is explored in this Dharma talk with Ashanti Branch of the Everforward Club and City Center Tanto, Nancy Petrin, exploring Ashanti's decision leave a successful job as ...
07.08.2021 The Taproot of Soto Zen, Part 1 - Suchness is Groovy 07/07/2021, Zenshin Greg Fain, dharma talk at Tassajara.
07.08.2021 What If We Stopped Pretending? A reflection on climate collapse and Zen practice. "I wonder what might happen if we tell ourselves the truth, instead of denying reality?" 07/07/2021, Shogen Jody Greene, dharma talk at City Center.
07.04.2021 A Lifetime of Devotion Senior Dharma Teacher Eijun Linda Cutts reflects on "a lifetime of devotion." 07/04/2021, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
07.03.2021 The Plan Is The Body Zoketsu Norman Fischer, former abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and founding teacher of Everyday Zen reads and reflects on passages from the "What Is the Body?" chapter of his new book, "When You Greet Me, I Bow." 07/03/2021, Zoketsu ...
07.01.2021 Awareness, Assumptions, and Actions In this dharma talk Sonja Gardenswartz poses the turning question, are we willing to step into curiosity, into "I don't know," and consider what is the appropriate response? Examining with the awareness of zazen and looking at what am I ...
06.27.2021 What Is The Body? Zoketsu Norman Fischer reads and reflects on passages from the "What is the Body?" chapter of his new book, "When You Greet Me, I Bow." 06/27/2021, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
06.26.2021 Queering Dharma Honoring Pride month, abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman explores what it is "to queer" and how this is essentially the practice at the heart of Buddhadharma. 06/26/2021, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.
06.24.2021 Acts of Giving In this talk Shundo David Haye looks at how our Bodhisattva vows, and the paramita of generosity, can help us navigate the current uncertainty, as the world starts to open up again. 06/23/2021, Shundo David Haye, dharma talk at City ...
06.20.2021 Giving and Receiving with Gophers Tenshin Roshi shares examples modern and ancient of the practice of generosity. 06/20/2021, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
06.19.2021 Buddhist Teacher on Death Row Jarvis Masters joins Lee Lesser on the dharma seat to speak from death row in San Quentin Prison about his Buddhist Practice of 30 years; his understanding of the nature of suffering; what it is to practice with constriction and ...
06.17.2021 This Time Of Transition A reflection and consideration on "making the transition, entering the marketplace and crossing over supported by Buddhist practice and traditions. 06/16/2021, Marcia Lieberman, dharma talk at City Center.
06.13.2021 Even A Child Of Three Can Understand... Inspired by the wisdom of a young girl talking to her mother about kindness, this talk touches on the Buddhist practices of tranquility and insight that allows us live in harmony with one another. 06/13/2021, Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk ...
06.12.2021 The Wish To Be Loved In this talk Senior Dharma Teacher Paul Haller compares the opening statement of Dogen Zenji's Fukanzazengi with the open statement of Shakyamuni Buddha's Satipattana, to support the notion that in embracing our human lives we're asked to appreciate the rich ...
06.10.2021 Satipatthana: An Overview Looking at the Satipatthana Sutta, the Heart Sutra and the Genjo Koan and how these three seminal documents reveal resonance that transcend time and space. 06/09/2021, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center.
06.06.2021 Emptying the Mind Suzuki Roshi often encouraged practitioners to "empty their minds," and this talk uses passages from his teaching to explore two aspects of this "emptying" - letting the mind be quiet and without thoughts, and experiencing things directly without naming or ...
06.05.2021 First There Is A Mountain In this talk author, professor, student and teacher of the Dharma of fifty years, Jan Willis leads us through an overview of the Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel. 06/05/2021, Jan Willis, dharma talk at City Center.
06.02.2021 Non-Harming A talk on the practice of non-harming as foundational to a spiritual life and our relationships with others. 06/02/2021, Shinchi Linda Galijan, dharma talk at City Center.
05.29.2021 Roots, Refuge, Generations A dialogue on race, representation, lineage, anger, solidarity, and other themes inspired by Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists (North Atlantic Books, 2021). 05/29/2021, Dana Takagi and Chenxing Han, dharma talk at City Center.
05.27.2021 Cherishing Life At this time of the global pandemic and with the deep work of turning toward and exploring our racialized karma, what is needed to heal, what is needed to stabilize oneself. What is it to cherish all life? 05/26/2021, Jisan ...

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San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks episodes:

Being Like A Bee

Small Things Matter

The Backward Step

Work as Practice

The Importance of a Generous Heart

Let Things Fall Apart

Meeting Some Women Ancestors

Medicine and Disease

Fixing Things

This Radiant Mind

The Taproot of Soto Zen, Part 3: Just This Is It

Courage, Futility, and the Promises of Practice

It's for Your Benefit, Acarya

When Dharma and Karma Unite

Sweep The Garden - Any Size

Bodhicitta in Action

Seeing Without An ‘I’

Living and Being Lived for the Benefit of All Beings

Factory Farming and its Environmental Effects Through the Lens of the Three Collective Pure Precepts

Vimalakirti and Suzuki-Roshi Teach the Dharma of Freedom from Dualism

Angulimala and Right Speech

The Taproot of Soto Zen, Part 2: Like a Fool, Like an Idiot

Radical Dharma: Talking about Race, Love and Liberation

The Wind of the Family House

Acceptance and Discernment

Right in Imperfection is Perfect Reality

The Backward Step

Stillness in Midst of Imagination

Feelings as Dharma Gates

What Do You Call The World?

Taking Off The Mask

The Taproot of Soto Zen, Part 1 - Suchness is Groovy

What If We Stopped Pretending?

A Lifetime of Devotion

The Plan Is The Body

Awareness, Assumptions, and Actions

What Is The Body?

Queering Dharma

Acts of Giving

Giving and Receiving with Gophers

Buddhist Teacher on Death Row

This Time Of Transition

Even A Child Of Three Can Understand...

The Wish To Be Loved

Satipatthana: An Overview

Emptying the Mind

First There Is A Mountain

Non-Harming

Roots, Refuge, Generations

Cherishing Life

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