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Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji

A Sōtō Zen temple for the LGBTQ+ community, friends and allies in San Francisco"s Castro neighborhood

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STUDY HOUR IS BACK on Thursdays! Starting – Jan 9, 2025

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/01/07

Please join us to continue our exploration of Dōgen ZenJi’s Shōbōgenzō – THIS THURSDAY. To be included on the weekly invite and reminder with Zoom details, please email: info@hszc.org We hope to see you there online or in person at Issan-Ji Temple!

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Welcoming 2025

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/01/02

We hope this year brings you great happiness and prosperity. We will resume our regular schedule now past some of the holidays schedule changes, and welcome you back or encourage you to join us as a beginner or new to our temple community!

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happy holiday season, temple closures

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/12/22

for those who celebrate a holiday this time of year we wish you a loving and gentle season. Please note hszc/issanji temple will be closed these dates alinging roughly with national holidays: December: 24th through 28th 2024January 1st & 2nd 2025 we hope to see you after and around these dates.

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Guest Speaker – December 21, Rev Daigan Gaither

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/12/16

Rev. Daigan Gaither began Buddhist practice in 1995 in the Vipassana (Insight) tradition, and then began to study Zen in 2003 with Ryushin Paul Haller Roshi. He received Lay Ordination in 2006 where he was given the name Daigan or “Great Vow”, and received Priest Ordination in July 2011. Daigan speaks internationally on a variety of … Continue reading "Guest Speaker – December 21, Rev Daigan Gaither"

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Advanced “heads up” on closure dates ahead & winter...

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/12/06

We hope for those who celebrate a holiday over the next months that you have a wonderful season with joy, equanimity and love. A reminder that Dec 8th is the east Asia Bodhi day or Rohatsu observed date (Enlightenment and becoming Buddha) to celebrate. And in honor of the holidays that tend to also influence … Continue reading "Advanced “heads up” on closure dates ahead & winter holidays"

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Our apology and welcome to holiday season/end of 2024

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/12/03

We apologize but unfortunately due to lack of resources and significant hit from illness/injury of a core essential resource we will not have the winter light retreat for 2024. Please find some extra time and effort to engage and enrich your practice and join us for the usual routine schedule. Wishing you all health and … Continue reading "Our apology and welcome to holiday season/end of 2024"

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November 2024 temple closures dates/times

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/11/16

Please note we will be closed the following days in November: November 20 evening session (6pm PT)November 27, 28, 29 & 30th. ~~~ Happy Thanksgiving~~~ beginning schedule again Dec 3rd (Tuesday AM schedule) And please note: We are starting to seek input on interest and those who know or believe they will want to join … Continue reading "November 2024 temple closures dates/times"

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Guest Speaker (and a request of you) – 16 Nov –Rev....

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/11/11

Fugan Eugene (Gene) Bush began formal Zen practice in 1982 and received Dharma transmission from the late Rev. Katherine Thanas in 2010. Gene serves as one of the Practice Leaders of Santa Cruz Zen Center. He also became a teacher for the Arcata Zen Group in 2013, with occasional forays to Hartford Street Zen Center … Continue reading "Guest Speaker (and a request of you) – 16 Nov –Rev. Fugan Eugene (Gene) Bush"

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11 November – Zendo closure – Veteran’s day

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/11/09

Veteran’s Day: Zendō CLOSED We’ll continue our custom of observing the national holidays by closing thezendō (meditation hall) all day Monday, 11 November. Our regular schedule ofzazen (seated meditation) will resume Tuesday morning, 12 November, at 6:30a.m. Please have an enjoyable holiday, everyone!

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Guest Speaker (and a request of you) – 9 Nov – Rev....

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/11/04

Rev. Hokyo Lorenzo Garbo first came to Zen practice in 2001, and studied mostly as a non-resident at Green Gulch Farm while working as a college professor in Southern California. He received the bodhisattva precepts from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2006 during a sabbatical year spent in residence at Green Gulch, and became a full-time resident … Continue reading "Guest Speaker (and a request of you) – 9 Nov – Rev. Hokyo Lorenzo Garbo"

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Friday, 01 November Hallowe’en/An Samhain Closure

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/10/30

Hallowe’en/An Samhain Closure… In the spirit of the season, our zendō will be CLOSED on Friday, 01 November (Feast of All Saints). We’ll resume our regular schedule of zazen and chanting at 06:30 a.m. on Saturday. Have a safe and enjoyable Samhain (pron. SO-en), everyone!

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Sejiki-e & O-bon in Soto Zen

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/10/26

In the USA often Sejiki-e is aligned with Halloween having reference to ghosts and departed also associated with O-bon which is in Japan during the Summer. Artist – Sandra Yagi *O-bon The memorial services held at Obon have two meanings. One is to honor the Buddha and show reverence for one’s ancestors and others who … Continue reading "Sejiki-e & O-bon in Soto Zen"

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26 October 2024 – Speaker, Rev. Koshin Steven

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/10/21

Steven Tierney (Kai Po Koshin) is a Dharma transmitted teacher in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi. Steven practices with: Meditation in Recovery, Great Spirit, SFLGBTQA, and Dragons Leap Sanghas in addition to the Harford Street Zen Center. Steven believes that we can find wisdom, compassion and awakening wherever good people come together for practice, healing, … Continue reading "26 October 2024 – Speaker, Rev. Koshin Steven"

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Congratulations & Thank you all for joining us today!

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/10/19

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October 19th 2024- Jukai-shiki ceremony

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/10/09

The Jukai-shiki or”Jukai” Ceremony of Conferring the Precepts of Zen Lineage – is a public ceremony is to celebrate and formally mark a practitioner receiving the sixteen Bodhisattva precepts (3 refuges, 3 pure precepts, 10 essential precepts) and vowing to work to live their life in accordance with these precepts. Please join us for this wonderful event This event … Continue reading "October 19th 2024- Jukai-shiki ceremony"

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September to October Memorializes key Ancestors

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/09/20

In Soto Zen there are three individuals looked back on with great gratitude for passing the torch of practice and teachings we now carry forward: Dogen & Keizan Bodhidharma

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September 14 – Guest Speaker Rev. Anshi Zachary Smith

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/09/11

Rev. Anshi Daigi Zachary Smith has been practicing Zen since 1993. He took jukai in 1995, was Shuso (Head Student) in 2007, ordained as a Zen priest in 2014 and received Dharma Transmission on April 17, 2019, all with former abbot and Senior Dharma Teacher Ryushin Paul Haller. He currently directs North Mountain Zendo, a … Continue reading "September 14 – Guest Speaker Rev. Anshi Zachary Smith"

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7 September 2024 – Speaker Koshin Steven Tierney

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/09/03

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jukai thank you & temple closure

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/09/02

thank you for joining today’s precepts ceremony and please note we are closed due to the holiday until Tuesday, September 3.

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Jukai-shiki ceremony past & future

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2024/08/13

We would like to first thank all who joined and help deliver a very nice and touching ceremony recently. We also want to share there will be another Jukai Ceremony Saturday August 31st in place of the usual Dharma talk for two of the beloved Issan-Ji temple lay community (Sangha). We hope you will join … Continue reading "Jukai-shiki ceremony past & future"

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