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00:45:34

Can I Take Back My Vows? — Navigating Uncertainty,...

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/06/08

06/08/2024, Mushim Patricia Ikeda, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, San Francisco Zen Center, Muslim Ikeda examines the question, How can Zen practice be of benefit to more people during what many are calling "unprecedented times"? In mid-2024 the news is filled with political divisiveness, threats of fascism, ongoing genocides, and, as the polar ice caps continue to melt, Mexico City is facing a possible "Day Zero" when millions of people will have no

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00:36:28

Things Are Not What They Seem, Nor Are They Otherwise

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/06/06

06/05/2024, Kim Kōgen Dai-Hō Hart, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, San Francisco Zen Center, Kim considers how we are often hindered by our habitual responses, conditioning and fundamental misunderstanding of the substantiality of the phenomenal world. Here, she reflects on how, through Zen practice, we can access freedom through exploring the two aspects of non-dual reality, which can broaden our understanding, but more importantly set us free to meet

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00:55:09

On Keizan and his ‘Notes on What to Be Aware of in...

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/06/01

06/01/2024, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple’s monthly one-day sitting, (this time held at Haight Street Art Center) Abbot David shares highlights of his recent trip to Japan to participate in a memorial ceremony and tour in honor of Keizan Jokin, considered the second of Soto Zen’s two founders (along with Dogen Zenji). After providing some historical background on Keizan, he then introduces the opening sections of Keizan’s ‘Zazen

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00:34:32

Gardens of Awakening — Mitsue Nagase and Kazuaki...

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/05/30

05/29/2024, Kazuaki Tanahashi, Mitsue Nagase, dharma talk at City Center. In this discussion, held in the conference center at Beginner's Mind Temple, Mitsue Nagase and Kaz Tanahashi discuss their new book “Gardens of Awakening: A Guide to the Aesthetics, History, and Spirituality of Kyoto's Zen Landscapes.” Selected photographs were exhibited on site to share the experience of "meeting" a Zen garden in its fleeting moments.

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00:52:58

Zen and Vajrayana

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/05/25

05/18/2024, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Kokyo celebrates the spirit of non-sectarianism within Buddha-Dharma, and explores the similarities and differences between Zen and Vajrayana practices, through the teaching of the nine vehicles of the Tibetan Nyingma School.

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00:35:01

You Have No Enemies

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/05/16

05/15/2024, Dan Gudgel, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Dōshin Dan Gudgel investigates how using the word and idea of ‘enemy’ affects our every day experience. Dan examines our national, military idea of ‘enemies,’ as well as how modern culture in the U.S. is increasingly using the word and concept of ‘enemy’ more broadly, and harmfully. With linguistic, dharma and personal examples, Dan points to how we are limiting our responses and closing our hearts to

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00:35:05

Dragons Love Ceremonies

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/05/12

05/12/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk was presented by Thiemo on Mothers Day at the end of an introductory Sesshin (meditation retreat) at Green Dragon Temple.The Investigation of - “the true dragon” (Reality / Thusness) - in Sesshin is likened to the ancient story of the blind men investigating an Elephant. The speaker suggests that Forms and Ceremonies offer a path to wholeheartedly and intimately connect to the “dragon”. As babies we were in accord

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00:33:33

The Stranger in the Mirror: Reincarnation and Rebirth

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/05/11

05/11/2024, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple’s monthly one-day sitting, (this time held at Haight Street Art Center) Gengyoko Tim Wicks discusses reincarnation and rebirth, and the relationship that karma has on both of these ancient concepts. In the talk, Tim emphasizes the primacy of rebirth in Mahayana Buddhism.

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00:29:58

Practicing With Expectations

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/05/09

05/08/2024, Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Eli Brown-Stevenson describes how to find practical application of Buddhist teachings by bringing inquiry and curiosity to the expectations we hold in formal practice as well as the practice of life. The talk contains practical wisdom, Suzuki Roshi teachings, koans and a guided exercise to personally experience how letting go of expectations can alter perception and reality.

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00:46:57

Alive or Dead

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/05/05

05/05/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Offering a talk on the day of a funeral service for Caroline Meister, Jiryu observes that in the subtle, tender mind that is truly open and present in not-knowing, we cannot even say "alive or dead".

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00:23:30

Taking Refuge

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/05/04

05/04/2024, Jisho Lisa Beth Hoffman, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Jisho Lisa Beth Hoffman explores the meaning of refuge and the experience of doing so through teacher, teaching and community - Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Sharing herexperiences with Heart teacher Surei Darlene Cohen and mentor Ninsen Lee Lipp, this talk is personal, engaging and encouraging.

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00:56:17

Building the Spiritual Community of the Future

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/05/02

05/01/2024, panel discussion at City Center. In this discussion, held in place of the regular Wednesday night dharma talk at Beginner's Mind Temple, Eli Brown-Stevenson leads a discussion featuring Community Village co-founders Caleb Tenenbaum, Nina Raddy, and Richard Bae; and, representing San Francisco Zen Center, resident priest Sozan Michael McCord. Community Village is an emerging peer-led, co-created, pan-Buddhist meditation community primarily focused on younger meditators. San Francisco Zen

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00:40:51

Everyday Mind Is The Way

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/04/28

04/28/2024, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk Zoketsu discusses case 19 of Mumonkan, Nanchuan’s Everyday Mind. Our practice is very plain and ordinary, and yet, the plain and ordinary world is also vast and wide, and when we practice zazen regularly we can begin to live in it with that appreciation. To end his talk Zoketsu quotes at length from a commentary to this story by his late teacher Sojun Weitsman, from his new posthumous book Seeing One Thing

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00:35:11

Sekito Kisen's Difference and Equality

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/04/27

04/27/2024, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis discusses the Zen text "Harmony of Difference and Equality". Written in the 8th century in China, the "Harmony of Difference and Equality" holds significant importance in Zen history. It is chanted daily in many Zen temples and at the memorial ceremonies of founding teachers. The tone of the poem is an examination of the interactivity of the relative and absolute truths

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00:28:34

Intimacy and the Shape of our Practice

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/04/25

04/24/2024, Kodo Conlin, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Kodo Conlin discusses this rich topic. Here, we resolve the distance between speaker and listener to turn the questions, "What is the shape of our practice?" and "How do we stay intimate with Dharma?" Also, haiku by Mitsu Suzuki one day after the 110th anniversary of her birth.

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00:56:55

Resting: A Spiritual Practice

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/04/20

In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Kiku Christina Lehnherr discusses the dharma implications and importance of rest. By being with and clearly seeing the true nature of our bodies and experience, we can allow the fundamental calm of the world to show us what true rest is. Modern culture in the United States has no pause button, but true rest is necessary for healing and growth. As Christina says, “Rest is not a luxury. Rest is an absolute necessity if we want to stay and be and deepen

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00:33:47

Doing the Work

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/04/18

04/17/2024, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Anshi Zachary Smith digs into the well-known Case 17 of the Blue Cliff Record. Here, we discover that there are unexpected and experientially accurate ways to interpret the original text of Hsiang Lin’s response beyond the usual, “Sitting for a long time becomes toilsome.” We explore some of these and talk about what, if anything, the “toil” or work of Zazen might be, both in the course of a

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00:40:41

Embodied Presence

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/04/14

04/14/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this talk, Jiryu suggests that by reflecting on the potential of Artificial Intelligence in Buddhism, in the form, for example, of the Suzuki Roshi chatbot, we can be led to renew our commitment to embodied presence, which is the real purpose and effort of Zen practice, and the real source of Bodhisattvas’ wisdom and compassion.

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00:36:10

Flame of Great Strength

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/04/13

04/13/2024, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Zen forms work both in clear and hidden ways. In this interactive lecture, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Shosan Victoria Austin discusses the ancient chants, called dharanis, which sound like magic spells. At a deeper level, they function as rituals that hold teachings. Chanted with faith and energy, they build safe internal space — physically through posture, physiologically through sound, and mentally through key words of wisdom

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00:41:38

Elevating Women's Voices

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2024/04/11

04/10/2024, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Jisan Tova Green speaks of her recent visit to Montana de Silencio, a Suzuki Roshi lineage Zen Center in Medellin, Colombia, where the late Blanche Hartman's name is mentioned daily as "our first woman ancestor in America." Tova's presence as a woman teacher was encouraging to women in the sangha, as there are few women Zen teachers in South America. Tova also draws from “The Gathering” — a

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