Dharma Talks given at San Francisco Zen Center
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Zen at Work: Using Zen Principles in the Modern Work Day
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11/30/2024, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center.Sozan Michael McCord discusses where the concept of work practice came from in the Zen Buddhist tradition and how the principles found in the monastic setting can be used in any modern work context.Bởi Sozan Michael McCord
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11/23/2024, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk by former central abbot Rinso Ed Sattizahn examines Suzuki Roshi’s open, inviting practice, and unpacks Wang Wei’s poem “In my middle years…”Bởi Rinso Ed Sattizahn
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The Creative Expedient of Liberating Narrative
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11/16/2024, Paula Arai, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk by visiting teacher Paula Arai at Beginner’s Mind Temple explores Buddhism from a woman’s perspective, focusing on the liberating power of storytelling in sutras. Combining rigorous research and an embodied approach, Arai humanizes Buddhist women’s experiences. She shared two stori…
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11/13/2024, Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, co-leader of the fall 2024 Practice Period at City Center. Inspired by the teachings from Suzuki Roshi and the symbolism of the bell in Zen practice, this talk explores the Bodhisattva’s unwavering path of s…
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11/10/2024, Zesho Susan O'Connell, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk by Zesho Susan O’Connell examines the vast field of existence, the fabric of our world that can get torn and faded. We are not in control, but we can “clearly observe” the tears.Bởi Zesho Susan O’Connell
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11/09/2024, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Fall 2024 Practice Period co-leader Jisan Tova Green. How can we welcome what we find unwelcome—from pain, disturbing emotions or thoughts in Zazen to events in our country or the world? Drawing from teachings on Bodhicitta (awakening mi…
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11/06/2024, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by tanto (head of practice) and practice period co-leader Gengyoko Tim Wicks. In the talk, Tim shares some of the teachings that are being studied this practice period and talks about practicing wherever we find ourselves. Recorded on Wed…
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Meeting What Scares You in Four Immeasurable Ways
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11/03/2024, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this practice period talk, Senior Dharma Teacher Eijun asks: how do we practice when we are anxious and fearful —especially when there are great challenges in our life. Back to the basics!Bởi Eijun Linda Cutts
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Beginner’s Mind: Zen and Tibetan Buddhist Practice Understandings
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This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by visiting teacher Gaylon Ferguson. During the Fall 2024 Practice Period at Beginner’s Mind Temple, the community is studying Dr. Ferguson’s book “Welcoming Beginner’s Mind: Zen and Tibetan Buddhist Wisdom on Experiencing Our True Nature.” Dr. Ferguson begins by talking about the historical and …
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10/30/2024, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center.In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Jisan Tova Green describes the Sejiki Ceremony, in which hungry ghosts are cajoled and offered food, including the sweet dew of the Dharma. She likens this to the experience many of us have when we set out on a spiritual path and describes the fi…
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10/26/2024, Tenku Ruff, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by visiting teacher Tenku Ruff. How can we stay present during this great storm of the present moment?Bởi Tenku Ruff
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This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Fall 2024 Practice Period co-leader So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson. This talk centers on the Zen practice of welcoming, rooted in Suzuki Roshi's teachings. We explore how welcoming everything—joy, discomfort, and impermanence—brings us into deeper alignment with the present moment. Through the meta…
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Heroic Bodhisattva Goes To Practice Period
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10/20/2024, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Linda explores how the mind of a Bodhisattva is able to meet the challenges of our lives, and celebrates the traditional forms of Practice Period, that help us to be able to fully express an “appropriate response” to our world.Bởi Eijun Linda Cutts
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Wu-tsu's Buffalo Passes Through the Window
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10/19/2024, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple’s October one-day sitting, held at Unity Church, by Tanto (head of practice) Gengyoko Tim Wicks. Using this famous koan (Zen teaching story) Tim discusses the connection that our pasts have with the present and how it is that we practice …
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10/13/2024, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.This dharma talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by San Francisco Zen Center president Sozan Michael McCord. While we honor and treasure the memories, lessons and times with people who we knew in the past, it is that very memory of how temporary this life is — that everything is changi…
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We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
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10/12/2024, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman. In Case 36 of the ‘Gateless Gate’ (Mumonkan), Zen teacher Wuzu poses a question to his students: “Meeting a person of the Way, not using words or silence, how will you greet them?” Abbot David …
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10/09/2024, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson. Words are powerful, but they can also lead us astray—especially when teachings cross cultures and languages. In this talk, we’ll explore how mistranslations and misunderstandings of Buddhist concepts s…
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10/06/2024, Gyokuden Stephanie Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.In this talk, from Green Gulch Farm by Gyokuden Steph Blank, Steph reflects on practice in the temple and in the marketplace with an abiding love for both environments.Bởi Gyokuden Stephanie Blank
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10/05/2024, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Shosan Victoria Austin. When we are challenged by anger, it's easy to react and difficult to respond. How might Zen practices of giving, tolerance and enthusiasm help us let go of relational barriers, transforming them into gateway…
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Acknowledging Karma and Taking Refuge in Buddha
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10/02/2024, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center. Our narratives and our histories shape our conditioned being. Acknowledging this conditioning, we take Refuge in Buddha, the innate capacity to awaken. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Ryushin investigates how our stories and narratives influence our experience of the world.…
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This talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道. The talk is an exploration of taking refuge in our true nature as we navigate the seasons of life.Bởi Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道
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This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Onryu Mary Stares. In this talk Onryu Mary Stares discusses the five considerations the Buddha lists that allow us to practice Right Speech. These considerations shape our relationship with ourselves and with all beings.Bởi Onryu Mary Stares
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This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Hondo Dave Rutschman. One of the most important questions each of us has to work out in our life is deciding what it is we will take care of. In this talk, Dave considers what it might mean to take care of our practice through time—to appreciate all those who have maintained it for us in the p…
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The Conventional and Ultimate Meaning of the Precepts
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09/22/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.This dharma talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Tanto Thiemo Blank. The talk gives an introduction into the precepts of the Zen lineage as well as Thiemo's personal path in finding meaning in the precepts beyond a seemingly rule-driven moral guideline.…
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09/15/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.In this talk given at Green Gulch Farm, Abiding Abbott Jiryu Rutschman-Byler continues to explore four core elements of zazen practice: low belly, upright spine, clear mind, and wide-open welcoming. He focuses in particular on the practice of "clearing the mind," using teachings of …
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09/14/2024, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center.In this dharma talk, given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by tanto (head of practice) Gengyoko Tim Wicks, Tim speaks about working with everything that arises in zazen including grief and difficult emotions, for it is all a part of being awake.Bởi Gengyoko Tim Wicks
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Dragons, Karma and Unsurpassed Everydayness
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09/08/2024, Stephanie Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.This talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Gyokuden Steph Blank. In the talk, Gyokuden invokes dragon energies and invites us to awaken together right now; heartbreak welcome, dharma companions manifest, failure being no obstacle to practice. Discussing the role of intention as the determ…
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09/07/2024, James Ishmael Ford, dharma talk at City Center.This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple’s pop-up zendo at Unity Church on Page Street, by visiting teacher James Ishmael Ford. In the talk, Roshi Ford tells a story from his latest book, “The Intimate Way of Zen: Effort, Surrender, and Awakening on the Spiritual Journey.” In hi…
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09/01/2024, Gil Fronsdal, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.This extemporaneous talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Gil Fronsdal. In the talk, Gil brings forward the teachings that arose in that moment.Bởi Gil Fronsdal
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08/31/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at City Center.In this talk, Abbot Jiryu describes the fundamental Zen practice of "welcoming everything," and emphasizes the posture - grounded belly, upright spine, and clear mind - that we can care for in order to fully embody and actualize that practice.…
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Prajna Paramita - A History Of The Feminine In Our Liturgy
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08/30/2024, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at Tassajara.Bởi Chikudo Catherine Spaeth
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This talk was given at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (Zenshinji) by Heather Shoren Iarusso. Heather highlights one of the most striking stories about Buddhist women, from the "The Hidden Lamp" collection - Miaozong's dharma interview. She talks about how the story's frankness helps reclaim women's power. Recorded on August 30, 2024.…
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It Is Always Our Own Effort, And We Are Always Supported By Others
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08/28/2024, Shundo David Haye, dharma talk at City Center.In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Shundo reflects on a recent visit to Tassajara, which included the monthly Full Moon Ceremony and the Obon Ceremony. He encourages us to remember our place in the ongoing lineage of Buddhas and Ancestors.…
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08/28/2024, Pamela Weiss, dharma talk at Tassajara.Bởi Pamela Weiss
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Aryan Society and Culture in 6th century BCE India
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08/27/2024, Jan Willis, dharma talk at Tassajara. In this talk, Jan Willis discusses the conditions around the time of Buddha's lifetime, and how the Buddhist community was created.Bởi Jan Willis
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08/25/2024, Onryu Mary Stares, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.In this talk Onryu Mary Stares discusses reality: how our attachments and karma lead us to obscure reality; how practice guides us to seek what is real in each moment.Bởi Onryu Mary Stares
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This talk was given at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (Zenshinji) by Shogen Danielson. Shogen's talk touches on the absolute, the inconceivable aspects of the human condition, that we also call Buddha Nature. Recorded on August 23, 2024.Bởi Shogen Danielson
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Sustaining The Buddha Field That Is Tassajara
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08/21/2024, Shundo David Haye, dharma talk at Tassajara. In this talk, Shundo explains the elements and significance of the Full Moon Ceremony to those who had participated in it on their arrival day at Tassajara, and encourages everyone to understand their role in creating and sustaining the monastery and the community.…
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08/21/2024, Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center.In this dharma talk, given at Beginner’s Mind Temple, Dan uses the Soto Zen standard “Confession” verse to explore the connections between personal and collective karma. The verse is: “All my ancient twisted karma, from beginningless greed, hate and delusion, born through body speech and mind, I no…
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The Sixth Ancestor of Zen on the Practice of Zazen
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08/18/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.The Sixth Chinese Zen Ancestor, defining "zazen" (sitting meditation), said " 'za' (sitting) means not to be obstructed by anything and not to activate thoughts about objects, and 'zen' means to see our original nature without being confused." In this talk, Kokyo explores what it means to re…
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08/17/2024, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, dharma talk at City Center.In this dharma talk, given at Beginner’s Mind Temple, Kathie references Eihei Dogen's work, "Receiving the Marrow by Bowing," to tell the stories of important Zen women ancestors in the light of changing demographics over the millennia, and discuss Zen master Dogen's courageous and uncom…
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This talk was given at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (Zenshinji) by Shindo Gita Gayatri. Shindo discusses the unique quality of zazen, and references Dogen's Fukanzazengi, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Ayurvedic medicine in her talk. Recorded on August 16, 2024Bởi Shindo Gita Gayatri
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The Freedom of Each Moment and Existence
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In this talk, given at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (Zenshinji), Shindo Gita Gayatri reflects on times of change at Zen Center and in the wider world, using Dogen's fascicle Uji (Being Time) and the non-dual Advaita Vedanta teachings from her native India to illustrate her thoughts. Recorded on August 14, 2024.…
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Traveling the Path With Ordinary Mind
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08/14/2024, Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center.This talk was given at Beginner's Mind Temple, by Roger Hillyard. The path is sometimes dark and difficult, sometimes smooth and joyous. It is always circuitous and doesn't proceed in a linear direction, so we cannot resist its call. When we seek the extraordinary we miss what is before us, ben…
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08/11/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.In this talk Jiryu discusses four fundamental, inter-related aspects of the Zen posture of body and mind which we can care for in sitting and in daily life: 1) grounded in the belly, 2) upright and strong in our spine, 3) clear and empty in our mind, and 4) warmly welcoming of the w…
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Mountains Belong To Those Who Love Them
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This talk was given at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (Zenshinji) by Joan Amaral. In this talk, Joan invites everyone to cherish and enjoy the shared body practice of being in the mountains. Recorded on August 10, 2024.Bởi Joan Amaral
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08/04/2024, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.An exploration of the the koan: Zhaozhou's Cypress Tree in the Courtyard.Bởi Rinso Ed Sattizahn
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This talk was given at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (Zenshinji) by Kodo Conlin. Recorded on August 3, 2024.Bởi Kodo Conlin
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07/31/2024, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center.This talk was given at Beginner's Mind Temple, by Tova Green. Tova explores deep listening on the personal, relational, community, and global levels. Investigating the meaning of her dharma name, MyoCho, Wondrous or Subtle Listening, Tova shares stories that express the compassionate nature o…
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07/28/2024, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.Studying Zen precepts, our tradition transmits a wealth of teachings to help us stop harming at personal and interpersonal levels. At this time in the West, we need to develop our ability to stop supporting harm and evil in groups and systems. Understanding and admitting how we may…
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