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Online Zendo - Meditation, Dharma Talks, and Ceremonies
Zazen (Meditation) Instruction: Recorded Sessions
Thursday Online Drop-in Practice Sessions with SFZC Practice Leaders
Sunday Online Drop-in Practice Sessions with Abbess Fu Schroeder
Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings
Tea & Mindfulness

With Emily Linders, Kika Hellein and Jody Beavers 
Sunday, August 2, 10:00 am—4:00 pm, Green Gulch Farm
 
Saturday One-Day Sitting

With Sessei Meg McNeil (Levie)
Saturday, August 15, 9 am–6 pm, Green Gulch Farm

Please register by Wednesday, August 5, by 4 pm PT.
 
All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen

With Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Senior Everyday Zen Dharma teachers
Saturday, August 8, 9:00 am–5:00 pm, Green Gulch Farm

Please register by 12:00 pm PT on August 7
 
NOT POEMS! A free monthly Poetry Night at SFZC

With Christopher Gallagher and Kevin Starbard
Friday August 7, 7:30–9 pm, City Center
 
Saturday One-Day Sitting

With Gengyoku Tim Wicks
Saturday, August 15, 5:40 am–6 pm, City Center
Beginners' Half-Day Sitting

Sunday, August 23, 9 am–1 pm, City Center
Featured Online Offerings
The Shamanic Bones of Zen: A Three Part Series

Wuth Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho
Sunday, August 2—Sunday, August 16, 11 am—1 pm PT, Online
 
Transforming Karma

With Jisho Lisa Beth Hoffman
Two Tuesdays, August 4–11, 5:30 pm–7:30 pm PT, Online.
 
Suzuki Roshi’s Koan Commentaries with Abbot Jiryu

With Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
Four Mondays, August 10—31, 5–6:15 pm PT 
 

Calendar

 

Monday, Jul 27, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 7/27
Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Tassajara SFZC Family Sangha Retreat at Tassajara, ZMC 7/28–8/2 – Waitlist Only
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 7/28
Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026
Start Time Location Event
06:40 AM City Center Full Moon Ceremony, CC 7/29
12:00 PM City Center City Center Summer Resident's Retreat, CC 7/29–7/31
07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm: No Dharma Talk (Temple Closed) 7/29
Thursday, Jul 30, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Green Gulch Farm Joyful Ease, Your Own True Body, GGF 7/30–8/2 – Waitlist Only
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, not meeting 7/30
07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 7/30 – Canceled
Friday, Jul 31, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 7/31
Saturday, Aug 1, 2026
Start Time Location Event
08:50 AM City Center Saturday Sangha, 8/1
09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Introductory Half-Day Sitting, GGF 8/1
10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Dharma Talk: Jan Willis, Livestream/Onsite 8/1
Sunday, Aug 2, 2026
Start Time Location Event
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Tea & Mindfulness, GGF 8/2
10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Dharma Talk: Jan Willis, Livestream/Onsite 8/2
11:00 AM Online The Shamanic Bones of Zen: A Three Part Series, Online 8/2–8/16
05:00 PM Online Sunday Sangha with Senior Dharma Teacher Fu Schroeder, 8/2
Monday, Aug 3, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 8/3
Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Tassajara The Path to Wholeness, ZMC 8/4–8/9
05:30 PM Online Transforming Karma, Online 8/4–8/11
07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 8/4
Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026
Start Time Location Event
04:00 PM Green Gulch Farm Courageous Heart, Calm Mind: Living Intentionally Through Zen & Yoga, GGF 8/5–8/9 – Waitlist Only
07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Dharma Talk: Rev. Hokyo Yoshin Lorenzo Garbo, Livestream/Onsite 8/5
Thursday, Aug 6, 2026
Start Time Location Event
06:40 AM City Center Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration Service, CC 8/6
05:30 PM Online Thursday Drop-in Practice Session, Online 8/6
07:00 PM City Center Informal Zazen & Speciality Tea, CC 8/6
07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, Buddha Night (Silent Meditation), CC 8/6
Friday, Aug 7, 2026
Start Time Location Event
07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online 8/7
07:30 PM City Center NOT POEMS! A free monthly Poetry Night at SFZC, CC 8/7
Saturday, Aug 8, 2026
Start Time Location Event
08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 8/8