Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings Green Gulch Farm Fall 2025 Practice Period: Practicing Suzuki Roshi's Way Led by Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-BylerWednesday, October 15–Tuesday, December 16, Green Gulch FarmApplication deadline is Wednesday, September 3. Saturday One-Day Sitting Led by Shosan Victoria AustinSaturday, September 6, 5:40 am–6 pm, City CenterPlease register by Wednesday, September 3, by noon PT. Living from Integrity and Compassion With Patricia Sullivan and Thiemo BlankThursday, September 4–Sunday, September 7, Green Gulch Farm All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen With Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Everyday Zen Dharma teachersSaturday, September 6, 9 am–5 pm, Green Gulch FarmPlease register by Friday, September 5, by 12 pm PT. Open Reality: Meeting the Polycrisis Together With All Beings With Shodo Spring and Qayyum JohnsonSaturday, September 6, 2–4 pm PT, Online City Center Fall 2025 Practice Period The Heart of the Zen Way, Residential Participation Led by Ryushin Paul HallerOctober 1–December 6, Residential ParticipationApplication deadline is Sunday, September 7. Featured Online Offerings The Experience of Samadhi: A Dialogue Across Traditions With Richard Shankman and Kodo ConlinSaturday, August 23, 2–4 pm PT, Online Zen and Vajrayana: Direct Paths in Dialogue – Part II With Chris Jay and Kokyo HenkelSaturday, August 30, 9–11 am PT, Online Faith in Mind: Exploring the Xin Xin Ming With Sokaku Kathie Fischer and Zoketsu Norman FischerFour Thursdays, September 4–25, 7:30–9 pm PT, Online Calendar Event Type - Any -CeremoniesClasses & Extended CoursesDharma TalksFamily & Children's EventsGreen Gulch Farm, Garden & WatershedPractice GroupsPractice PeriodsSitting Meditation & SesshinsSpecial Events & ExhibitsTea EventsWorkshops and Retreats Practice Center - Any -City CenterGreen Gulch FarmOnlineTassajara Friday, Aug 22, 2025 Start Time Location Event 07:00 AM Online Monthly BIPOC Affinity Group, CC 8/22 07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 8/22 Saturday, Aug 23, 2025 Start Time Location Event 08:40 AM City Center Urban Gate Sangha, 8/23 10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Myles Cowherd, Livestream/Onsite 8/23 02:00 PM Online The Experience of Samadhi: A Dialogue Across Traditions, Online 8/23 Sunday, Aug 24, 2025 Start Time Location Event 09:00 AM City Center Beginners' Half-Day Sitting, CC 8/24 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Marc Lesser, Livestream/Onsite 8/24 Monday, Aug 25, 2025 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 8/25 Tuesday, Aug 26, 2025 Start Time Location Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Step Into Your Life: A Zen Inspired Retreat, ZMC 8/26–8/31 04:00 PM Tassajara Tassajara Sangha Week, ZMC 8/26–8/31 – Waitlist Only 07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 8/26 Wednesday, Aug 27, 2025 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, Livestream/Onsite 8/27 Thursday, Aug 28, 2025 Start Time Location Event 05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 8/28 07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, CC 8/28 07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 8/28 Friday, Aug 29, 2025 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 8/29 Saturday, Aug 30, 2025 Start Time Location Event 08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 8/30 08:40 AM City Center Urban Gate Sangha, 8/30 09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Saturday One-Day Sitting, GGF 8/30 – Waitlist Only 09:00 AM Online Zen and Vajrayana: Direct Paths in Dialogue – Part II, Online 8/30 10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Kristin Diggs, Livestream/Onsite 8/30 11:20 AM City Center Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 8/30 Sunday, Aug 31, 2025 Start Time Location Event 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, Livestream/Onsite 8/31 Monday, Sep 1, 2025 Start Time Location Event 09:00 AM City Center Labor Day Holiday, CC 9/1 07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 9/1 Tuesday, Sep 2, 2025 Start Time Location Event 07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 9/2 Wednesday, Sep 3, 2025 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: Zenki Mary Mocine, Shosan Victoria Austin and Gengyoko Tim Wicks, Livestream/Onsite 9/3 Thursday, Sep 4, 2025 Start Time Location Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Satori and Salutations: Opening to the Heart of Zen and Yoga, ZMC 9/4–9/7 – Waitlist Only 04:00 PM Green Gulch Farm Living from Integrity and Compassion, GGF 9/4–9/7 05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 9/4 More Events