09/10/2023, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk is about the uncertainty of the effects of climate change, and how the practice of zazen can help us to be prepared for uncertainty.

09/06/2023, Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.

In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Dan Gudgel discusses practice lessons and methods of practice that emerged around the experiences of having COViD, and having a common head cold. Dan suggests close attention to our everyday suffering, to highlight the different experiences of unavoidable physical pain, and optional mental affliction.

09/03/2023, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. The practice of Upright Speech touches every aspect of our life. How do we cultivate it and include all beings and the Great Earth in this practice?

09/02/2023, Marcia Lieberman, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Marcia Lieberman explores the connection between books and practice. When reading the Dharma, listening to talks, or visiting websites, there is no guarantee that there will be any real benefit in understanding. It is good to accumulate knowledge, but it is better to let that knowledge transform you. The benefit comes in the meeting point when an outer teaching strikes a deep inner chord. Our library at SFZC allows us to dig deeply into the writing that has been created and saved for us to ponder. This weekend we carefully move these books so that in years to come their words can penetrate.

08/30/2023, Dawn Neal, dharma talk at City Center.

In this dharma talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, San Francisco Zen Center, Dawn Neal discusses the Mahayana Buddhist ethical precepts, with a particular focus on how to bring these precepts to life in our daily practice.

08/27/2023, angel Kyodo williams, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Rev. angel Kyodo williams concludes a three-day retreat with this Dharma talk remiding us that past and future are contained in Now. We must Just Return.

08/26/2023, Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道, dharma talk at City Center.

In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道 explores the meaning of community with stories of her experiences living within San Francisco Zen Center, and in China.

08/23/2023, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. The most striking feature of the famous Koan recorded as Case 1 of the Blue Cliff Record and entitled, in Cleary’s translation, as “The Highest Meaning of the Holy Truths” is what a philosophical set piece it is. The Emperor and the Wandering Monk act flawlessly as the voices of two philosophical and experiential qualities that are at the foundation of Mahayana Buddhism. Hmmm… how did that happen? Is this mythology or history? In either case, it’s a great story.

08/20/2023, Fu Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder concludes a 3-day sesshin with a review of the ten ox-herding frames and how they relate to our life.

08/19/2023, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center.

In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, given as part of a one-day sitting, acting tanto Jisan Tova Green discusses what we can learn from a fictional elephant about slowing down and practicing with patience.