San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

San Francisco Zen Center
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Dharma Talks given at San Francisco Zen Center

  1. 14 jun

    Zazen Sits Zazen for the Welfare of the World

    Given by Nyokai Kristin Diggs at Green Gulch Farm on June 14th, 2026 Nyokai Kristin Diggs talks about zazen as a practice of realizing the non-separation of body and mind, and about the dynamic relationship that is the body-mind.

    1 u 3 m

  2. 3 jun

    Awakening to the Sickened Heart

    Given by Chikudo Catherine Spaeth at City Center on June 3rd, 2026 Chikudo Catherine Spaeth teaches that a whole world of forms catches us up in personal emotions and stories, and when we see through them there can be a feeling of heartsickness. How, in our illness, does emptiness use emptiness to liberate us in true feeling?

    43 min.

  3. 31 mei

    A Non-Buddhist Questions the Buddha

    Given by Sokaku Kathie Fischer at Green Gulch Farm on May 31st, 2026 Sokaku Kathie Fischer examines examines Case 32 of the Mumonkan (The Gateless Gate), likening this story to Suzuki Roshi's teaching that if you want to control your cows, give them a really large field.

    59 min.

  4. 30 mei

    Come Home, Come Home!

    Given by Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道 at City Center on May 30th, 2026 Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道 explores the dynamic interplay between our awakened nature and the ongoing cultivation of practice within the conditions of our lives, by drawing on the story and teachings of Zen Master Dongshan.

    41 min.

  5. 24 mei

    Not Taking What Is Not Given

    Given by Sozan Michael McCord at Green Gulch Farm on May 24th, 2026 Sozan Michael McCord takes a deep dive into the motivations behind acceptance and rejection, and the many ways they play out in everyday life.

    1 uur

  6. 17 mei

    Held in the Vastness

    Given by So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson at Green Gulch Farm on May 17th, 2026 So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson uses somatic meditation, the image of the hand, and Zen teachings on non-separation, to explore how we move from contraction and self-protection toward a more open participation in reality, compassion, and ordinary mind.

    1 u 2 m

  7. 10 mei

    In the Lap of the Buddha

    Given by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler at Green Gulch Farm on May 10th, 2026 Jiryu Rutschman-Byler explores and invites the practice of profound ease, which we can touch by exhaling completely enough to “let go of hundreds of years,” and which can feel like, as Suzuki Roshi teaches, being back in the lap of our mother, or of the Buddha.

    53 min.

  8. 2 mei

    Mindfulness and the Path to Liberation

    Given by Gengyoko Tim Wicks at City Center on May 2nd, 2026 The talk discusses the significance of the Platform Sutra in Zen practice, highlighting its role in the exploration of sudden versus gradual enlightenment and the inherent purity of the mind. The discussion also emphasizes the historical continuity of Zen teachings through the teacher-student lineage, notably the transmission from Bodhidharma to his disciple Huike, and the subsequent teachings encapsulated in the Platform Sutra during the Tang Dynasty. The talk underscores the importance of direct experience and mindfulness in daily activities as a means to realize liberation from suffering. Platform Sutra: Explores sudden vs. gradual enlightenment, emphasizing the inherent purity of the mind, and the unity of all things.Lankavatara Sutra: Referred to as the mind-only sutra, it discusses the manifestation of all phenomena from the mind and relates to the central Buddhist theme of transforming suffering through mindfulness.Dhammapada: An early Buddhist text illustrating the precedence and influence of the mind on lived experience and suffering.Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki: Explores the importance of having a beginner's mind, which allows for many possibilities, as opposed to an expert's mind, which is more limited.Lineage of Bodhidharma: Chronicles the teacher-student relationship which maintains the Zen tradition, beginning with Bodhidharma as the first ancestor bringing Chan (Zen) to China.Koans: Referenced to illustrate important Zen teachings, such as the dialogue between Huike and Bodhidharma about pacifying the mind.

    33 min.
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Dharma Talks given at San Francisco Zen Center

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    San Francisco Zen Center
  • Jaren actief
    2007 - 2026
  • Afleveringen
    70
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