I Don’t Know, And I Know
Given by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler at Green Gulch Farm on September 13th, 2026 Jiryu Rutschman-Byler discusses and appreciates Suzuki Roshi's te...
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San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Dharma Talks given at San Francisco Zen Center
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20 of 85 episodesBeing Where You Are: Dogen and Huaishen
Given by Henzan Roger Hillyard at City Center on September 9th, 2026 Roger Hillyard explores how we need not travel from teacher to teacher...
Women Wielding Liberating Power
Given by Paula Arai at City Center on September 5th, 2026 Dr. Paula Arai explores the question that drives her book Of Mud & Lotuses: Dreami...
Changsha and Radiant Light
Given by Kokyo Henkel at Green Gulch Farm on August 30th, 2026 Kokyo Henkel explores three classic Zen sayings by Ninth Century Chinese Zen...
Kindness and Oneness
Given by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler at Green Gulch Farm on August 23rd, 2026 Jiryu Rutschman-Byler reflects on Suzuki Roshi's encouragement to "n...
Spiritual Friendship & Dharma Friends
Given by Odo Ellen Simpson at City Center on August 19th, 2026 Odo Ellen Simpson explores the nature of spiritual friendship in the context...
The Gift of Attention
Given by Dan Zigmond at City Center on August 13th, 2026 Dan Zigmond explores attention itself as a form of generosity: dana, the first of t...
Cleaning Our Environment/Cleaning Our Mind
Given by Kika Susan Hellein at Green Gulch Farm on August 9th, 2026 Kika Hellein discusses the relationship between interior and external re...
Heart-Teachings of a No-Good, Lazy Monk
Given by Jan Willis at Green Gulch Farm on August 2nd, 2026 Dr. Jan Willis discusses the life of eighth-century poet and philosopher, Shanti...
Attention: Practice to Benefit the World
Given by Eijun Linda Cutts at Green Gulch Farm on July 26th, 2026 Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts explores how caring with wholehearted attention to...
Turning the Light Around to Illuminate the Light
Given by Tenzen David Zimmerman at City Center on July 25th, 2026 Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman offers three analogies related to lig...
Joy and Responsibility in Zen
Given by Doshin Dan Gudgel at City Center on July 22nd, 2026 Doshin Dan Gudgel explores joy as a fuel for practice and shares a practice for...
Nothing Wasted
Given by So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson at Green Gulch Farm on July 19th, 2026 So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson explores a practice that rejects nothing...
We Are Buddhas and Ancestors
Given by Odo Ellen Simpson at City Center on July 18th, 2026 Odo Ellen Simpson explores the depth and complexity of Soto Zen ancestor practi...
When A Buddha Breaks
Given by Tenzen David Zimmerman at Green Gulch Farm on July 12th, 2026 Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman speaks to the loss felt by the f...
Honoring My Teacher
Given by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho at City Center on July 11th, 2026 Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho shares the experience of being a student an...
Returning and the Settled Self
Given by Horin Nancy Petrin at City Center on July 8th, 2026 Horin Nancy Petrin reflects on the 'settled self' inspired by Suzuki Roshi's le...
Taste The Truth
Given by Shundo David Haye at City Center on July 1st, 2026 Shundo David Haye reflects on the role and value of practice in imbuing us with...
The Dharma of Demi-Girls
Given by Shoren Heather Iarusso at Green Gulch Farm on June 28th, 2026 Shōren Heather Iarusso explores the intersection of Buddhism, gender...
The Historical-Political Rise of Silent Illumination, Shikantaza, and the Embodied Experiencing of this Practice
Given by Guo Gu at City Center on June 16th, 2026