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San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

San Francisco Zen Center

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00:50:46

I Don’t Know, And I Know

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/09/13

Given by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler at Green Gulch Farm on September 13th, 2026 Jiryu Rutschman-Byler discusses and appreciates Suzuki Roshi’s teaching that: “We should understand ourselves in two ways: as a particular person and as someone who has no name, no body, and no mind.”

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00:37:59

Being Where You Are: Dogen and Huaishen

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/09/09

Given by Henzan Roger Hillyard at City Center on September 9th, 2026 Roger Hillyard explores how we need not travel from teacher to teacher or temple to temple to receive the dharma, we must be present where we are.

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00:47:03

Women Wielding Liberating Power

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/09/05

Given by Paula Arai at City Center on September 5th, 2026 Dr. Paula Arai explores the question that drives her book Of Mud & Lotuses: Dreaming the Lives of Buddhist Women: How do we wield liberating power in a context with oppressive institutions, teachings, and practices?

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00:59:43

Changsha and Radiant Light

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/08/30

Given by Kokyo Henkel at Green Gulch Farm on August 30th, 2026 Kokyo Henkel explores three classic Zen sayings by Ninth Century Chinese Zen Ancestor Changsha: the entire world is the radiant light of our true self; that we need to take a step forward from the top of a hundred-foot pole; and that when an earthworm is cut in two the buddha-nature can't be divided.

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00:51:05

Kindness and Oneness

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/08/23

Given by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler at Green Gulch Farm on August 23rd, 2026 Jiryu Rutschman-Byler reflects on Suzuki Roshi’s encouragement to “not lose these points: how to be kind to others and how to be one with others,” and offers practices and stories to support these inter-related practices.

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00:45:11

Spiritual Friendship & Dharma Friends

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/08/19

Given by Odo Ellen Simpson at City Center on August 19th, 2026 Odo Ellen Simpson explores the nature of spiritual friendship in the context of Buddhist life is a support to our practice and a joyous component of our lives together.

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00:41:47

The Gift of Attention

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/08/13

Given by Dan Zigmond at City Center on August 13th, 2026 Dan Zigmond explores attention itself as a form of generosity: dana, the first of the Buddhist perfections and, as he puts it, the ground floor of the whole path.

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00:52:37

Cleaning Our Environment/Cleaning Our Mind

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/08/09

Given by Kika Susan Hellein at Green Gulch Farm on August 9th, 2026 Kika Hellein discusses the relationship between interior and external realities.

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00:59:30

Heart-Teachings of a No-Good, Lazy Monk

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/08/02

Given by Jan Willis at Green Gulch Farm on August 2nd, 2026 Dr. Jan Willis discusses the life of eighth-century poet and philosopher, Shantideva, and what it can teach us about genuine bodhisattva practice.

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00:58:34

Attention: Practice to Benefit the World

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/07/26

Given by Eijun Linda Cutts at Green Gulch Farm on July 26th, 2026 Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts explores how caring with wholehearted attention to what is before us and within us realizes the practice of expressing the True Reality of All Things.

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00:53:09

Turning the Light Around to Illuminate the Light

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/07/25

Given by Tenzen David Zimmerman at City Center on July 25th, 2026 Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman offers three analogies related to light as supportive practices for zazen, noting that in Zen, light serves as a powerful analogy for awareness.

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00:44:43

Joy and Responsibility in Zen

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/07/22

Given by Doshin Dan Gudgel at City Center on July 22nd, 2026 Doshin Dan Gudgel explores joy as a fuel for practice and shares a practice for connecting with joy during daily meditation.

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00:50:07

Nothing Wasted

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/07/19

Given by So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson at Green Gulch Farm on July 19th, 2026 So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson explores a practice that rejects nothing, wastes nothing, and reveals how transformation begins when everything belongs through stories from Green Gulch Farm, Zen teachings, and an ecological view of dependent arising.

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00:28:59

We Are Buddhas and Ancestors

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/07/18

Given by Odo Ellen Simpson at City Center on July 18th, 2026 Odo Ellen Simpson explores the depth and complexity of Soto Zen ancestor practice in the context of monastic and lay life with consideration of cultural and family trauma perspectives.

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00:55:16

When A Buddha Breaks

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/07/12

Given by Tenzen David Zimmerman at Green Gulch Farm on July 12th, 2026 Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman speaks to the loss felt by the fire that destroyed the Tassajara Zendo in March 2026, and particularly the damage to the 1800-year-old Gandharan Buddha stone statue that had been on the altar (with slide accompaniment).

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00:37:07

Honoring My Teacher

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/07/11

Given by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho at City Center on July 11th, 2026 Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho shares the experience of being a student and learning from a Zen teacher. What is needed? Are you prepared to have a teacher? What happens when you’re from different cultures?

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00:41:57

Returning and the Settled Self

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/07/08

Given by Horin Nancy Petrin at City Center on July 8th, 2026 Horin Nancy Petrin reflects on the ‘settled self’ inspired by Suzuki Roshi’s lecture ‘Be Kind with Yourself” from the collection “Not Always So.”

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00:58:22

To Shine One Corner

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/07/05

Given by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler at Green Gulch Farm on July 5th, 2026 AbbotJiryu Rutschman-Byler shares some of Suzuki Roshi’s views on WWII, America and Japanese nationalism, and shares a story of Suzuki Roshi’s practice of “shining one corner” during the war.

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00:40:03

Taste The Truth

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/07/01

Given by Shundo David Haye at City Center on July 1st, 2026 Shundo David Haye reflects on the role and value of practice in imbuing us with inner integrity, in this age of social media and AI.

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00:58:05

The Dharma of Demi-Girls

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks ·

2026/06/28

Given by Shoren Heather Iarusso at Green Gulch Farm on June 28th, 2026 Shōren Heather Iarusso explores the intersection of Buddhism, gender fluidity and the PRIDE movement using a rainbow as a metaphor.

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