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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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TEMPLE CLOSURE Oct 31st through November 3rd 2025

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/10/27

Please have a safe and enjoyable Halloween if you celebrate it, but the Castro center is rather festive especially when it will be combined with the final street market for the Castro Neighborhood in 2025. Abbot & Priest and Students will need some extra morning hours to catch up on sleep after a neighborhood party. … Continue reading "TEMPLE CLOSURE Oct 31st through November 3rd 2025"

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Sat. 18 October 2025 – Rev. Fugan, Gene Bush

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/10/18

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 "Sat. 18 October 2025 – Rev. Fugan, Gene Bush"

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2025 Winter Light Retreat Extended...

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/10/10

Save the date – Arrange the time off from daily home, work and busy worldly market life: December 5th into December 7th For 2025, we hope to offer a three-day retreat and need your attendance to make it happen. We will have zoom presence. We are finalizing the schedule and offerings that will be included. We will communicate … Continue reading "2025 Winter Light Retreat Extended Schedule/Sittings – Dec 5-7"

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Sept 20th visit from Valley Streams Sangha

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/09/24

It was a great pleasure to welcome the Valley Streams Sangha from the Sacramento area who commuted to San Francisco to join or Saturday program. Thank you for the visit and connection with the wider Soto Zen community of Northern California. Valley Streams can be learned more about here.

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Recent drop in visitors –

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/09/18

From Abbot Rev Myo: “I returned from my morning walk. It turned out they were from variety of educational institutions around Japan, all of them interested in LGBTQ+ life and issues. I gave them a brief tour and answered their questions etc.” A nice surprise visit.

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30 August 2025 – Guest Speaker Rev. Daigan Gather

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/08/27

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 "30 August 2025 – Guest Speaker Rev. Daigan Gather"

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Guest Speaker – 16 August – Rev. Hokyo Lorenzo Garbo

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/08/13

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 colleg`e 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 – 16 August – Rev. Hokyo Lorenzo Garbo"

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9 August 2025 – Rev. Koshin, Steven Tierney

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/08/05

Steven Tierney (Kai Po Koshin) is a Dharma transmitted teacher in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi. Steven is the guiding teacher at Oceans Compassion Zen Community, Meditation in Recovery Sangha at SFZC and the SFLGBTQA+ Sangha. He also practices with Hartford Street Zen Center and Great Spirit Sangha, and Sellwood Soto Zen. Steven believes that … Continue reading "9 August 2025 – Rev. Koshin, Steven Tierney"

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Even as the summer beckons, the mind benefits from...

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/07/11

By Shikan Max Irukara summer springs like flowers pushing up amongst the dirtsunny days come raining down adrift a sea of cloudswo weilest du?

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temple closed July 4-5, happy independence day!

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/07/01

please have a safe and enjoyable July 4th Independence day. In honor of this national holiday we will be closed Friday and Saturday for rest and recognition.

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Happy & Safe Pride Weekend ahead and June month!

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/06/25

We wanted to once again say the history of the LGBTQ+ community is at the core of Issan-ji Temple/HSZC it was what founded our temple, then Maitri Hospice and is deeply woven into the majority of the lives of those who have practiced here, lead, passed into the beyond inside our walls, cared for the … Continue reading "Happy & Safe Pride Weekend ahead and June month!"

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Pride Month 2025

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/06/11

With special intentions of love, peace and harmony for all beings on this planet in a time still where globally LGBTQ+ peoples are not still yet equal citizens and are treated with negativity, hate and delusion. Hatred due to misguided societies who often misquote or add intolerance to their religious teachings, to minimize or hurt … Continue reading "Pride Month 2025"

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7 June, speaker will be Rev. Koshin, Steven Tierney

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/06/05

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Happy Birthday

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2025/05/25

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24 May – 花祭り(Hana-matsuri) – Buddha’s Birthday with...

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/05/19

Please join our community of support for recognition of Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha’s 2588th birthday! “I am chief of the world,Eldest am I in the world,Foremost am I in the worldThis is the last birth.There is now no more coming to be.” We wanted to remind and encourage the usual sitting meditation and walking periods … Continue reading "24 May – 花祭り(Hana-matsuri) – Buddha’s Birthday with suggested and reminded extended sitting and walking meditation periods (full usual Saturday

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17 May 2025 – Guest Speaker Rev. Daigan Gather

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/05/15

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Guest Speaker – 10 May – Rev. Hokyo Lorenzo Garbo

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/05/07

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 – 10 May – Rev. Hokyo Lorenzo Garbo"

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3rd of May 2025 – Founders Memorial – Rev. Issan Dorsey

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/05/01

We will thank our dear founder of our temple, little Zen community and space and remember him for those who knew him. after the talk on Saturday. Please join us!

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26 April- Speaker: Rev. Koshin, Steven Tierney

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/04/23

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 April- Speaker: Rev. Koshin, Steven Tierney"

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19 April 2025 Guest Speaker, Rev. So’on Jim Hare...

Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji temple ·

2025/04/13

Rev So’on is a Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teacher of the *Valley Streams Sangha – In Sacramento, California. At Valley Streams he serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by … Continue reading "19 April 2025 Guest Speaker, Rev. So’on Jim Hare @10:30am"

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