12/13/2025, Keiryu Liên Shutt, dharma talk at City Center. Keiryu Liên Shutt presents an informal comparison of Soto Zen and Insight practices within the context of The Three Marks of Existence.

Two Directions, One Way: Reflections on U.S. Soto Zen and Insight Buddhism

The purpose of San Francisco Zen Center is to make accessible and embody the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha as expressed in the Soto Zen tradition established by Dogen Zenji in 13th-century Japan and conveyed to us by Suzuki Roshi and other Buddhist teachers. Our practice flows from the insight that all beings are Buddha, and that sitting in meditation is itself the realization of Buddha nature, or enlightenment.

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Two Directions, One Way: Reflections on U.S. Soto Zen and Insight Buddhism

Two Directions, One Way: Reflections on U.S. Soto Zen and Insight Buddhism