San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

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.

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

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.

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.