San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.