San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

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Buddhism #16

Dharma Talks given at San Francisco Zen Center

The Art of Just This
Apr 3, 2025 – 00:32:40
Nothing in the Entire Universe Is Hidden
Mar 29, 2025 – 00:40:54
Be a Caretaker
Mar 28, 2025 – 00:34:00
What is the Shape of My Mind?
Mar 22, 2025 – 00:41:53
Rolling Up Your Sleeves
Mar 20, 2025 – 00:30:24
We Are Always Cooking
Mar 15, 2025 – 00:39:03
Dogen in the Western Zen Kitchen
Mar 8, 2025 – 00:51:26
Dogen’s Kitchen
Mar 6, 2025 – 00:27:39
You’re the Cook
Mar 1, 2025 – 00:52:13
Renewed Space, Timeless Practice
Feb 22, 2025 – 00:39:35
Mind, Memory and the Fire
Feb 20, 2025 – 00:30:51
The Path of Priest Ordination
Feb 16, 2025 – 00:42:25
Online Zen Is Real Zen
Feb 8, 2025 – 00:44:15
Real Kindness
Feb 2, 2025 – 00:41:37
Black History Month
Feb 1, 2025 – 00:45:03
Embracing Our Connectedness
Jan 18, 2025 – 00:36:56
Rice and Big Ideas
Jan 15, 2025 – 00:30:24
Way-Seeking Mind: Responding to the Cries of the World with Skillful Compassion
Jan 11, 2025 – 00:44:14
Whole-Hearted, Open-Hearted
Jan 9, 2025 – 00:22:26
Renewal
Jan 4, 2025 – 00:44:20
Harmony, Respect, Purity, Tranquillity
Dec 28, 2024 – 00:43:06
Solstice: In the Darkness There is Light
Dec 21, 2024 – 00:49:36
The River of Transmission
Dec 19, 2024 – 00:29:07
In This Dark Time, Cherish All Beings, Including Yourself
Dec 14, 2024 – 00:35:06
The Womb of Emptiness and the Paramitas
Dec 10, 2024 – 00:30:18
Everything Is Connected
Dec 7, 2024 – 00:37:43
Zen at Work: Using Zen Principles in the Modern Work Day
Nov 30, 2024 – 00:48:27
THANKS – GIVING
Nov 24, 2024 – 00:53:37
Enjoying the Source
Nov 23, 2024 – 00:41:36
Finding Freedom
Nov 21, 2024 – 00:28:10
Eternal Peace
Nov 17, 2024 – 00:49:23
The Creative Expedient of Liberating Narrative
Nov 16, 2024 – 00:37:03
Beyond Control, Embracing Flow
Nov 14, 2024 – 00:25:49
Field Far Beyond Form and Emptiness
Nov 10, 2024 – 00:26:32
Welcome Everything
Nov 9, 2024 – 00:33:41
The Temple Is Where You Are
Nov 7, 2024 – 00:20:42
Meeting What Scares You in Four Immeasurable Ways
Nov 3, 2024 – 00:38:45
Beginner’s Mind: Zen and Tibetan Buddhist Practice Understandings
Nov 2, 2024 – 00:36:17
Feeding Our Hungry Ghosts
Oct 31, 2024 – 00:24:59
Just Stop At Feelings
Oct 27, 2024 – 00:45:57
The Great Storm
Oct 26, 2024 – 00:40:29
Welcoming All
Oct 24, 2024 – 00:34:05
Heroic Bodhisattva Goes To Practice Period
Oct 20, 2024 – 00:45:06
Wu-tsu's Buffalo Passes Through the Window
Oct 19, 2024 – 00:23:45
You Are Zen Center
Oct 13, 2024 – 00:36:19
We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
Oct 12, 2024 – 00:47:26
Words, Bridges, and the Buddha
Oct 10, 2024 – 00:30:36
Use Your Gift-Bestowing Hands
Oct 6, 2024 – 00:35:42
Zen Practices for Anger
Oct 5, 2024 – 00:35:27
Acknowledging Karma and Taking Refuge in Buddha
Oct 3, 2024 – 00:36:09

Recent Reviews

char88809864

The mark is way over there

Let Zazen drop away the veil of DEI. It’s nonesense.
Know Your Ps and Qs

Rich, generous, compelling

These talks offer me a great reminder of why I practice zen and how it helps me be better I. Touch with my humanity.
borningreen

From Mexico

I come home again and again, am reminded to touch ground, kiss earth, sit upright with the threefold Dharma realm of Suzuki Roshi: GreenTasSisco. Thank you for the Dharma.
Sksan

Paul Haller is consistently good

Reb Anderson is interesting if you can take his style. My favorite zen teachers so far on podcasts are Norman Fischer on the everyday zen site (he's the best I think) Genjo Marinello on the Choboji Seattle zen site, Gil Fronsdal - a vipassana teacher who's also a zen priest. There's a few talks by Robert Aitken on the Sydney Zen site that are awesome.
Amersw

Wonderful

As there are so few books on tape about Zen, I find this very helpful and enjoyable when I want to listen rather than read. I very much appreciate this podcast. Many bows!
Jessewgibbs

Wonderful way to stay connected with the teachings at SFZC!

Keep up with dharma talks from all three locations!
Karma Jampa Chotzo

Dogen Zen class 2

2013 Ryus Jack Heller is outstanding!! The way he lays out this information builds on each other and gives a thorough understanding of the process as it unflolds through practice. I am much impressed.
Chris_Norcal

So so

Not as skillful or interesting as the Rochester Zen Centers' teshos/talks.
jbglapaz

Dharma Talks

Thank you very much. These are jewels and nourish my practice deeply. Please continue to have the person offering the Dharma talk to repeat all of the questions which folks present at the end. In gratitude, J
SimsCamp

Unless they improve the audio quality...

I have to give this two stars. They got some gems of dharma talks here but really, the audio quality is hit or miss, mostly miss.
Ordinary Wonder

A Great Way to "Shine One Corner of The World"

This podcast is a GREAT way to learn, first hand, from some of the best teachers of "American" Zen. With their emphasis on compassionate action and insight... It doesn't get much better than this. For thos who don't know about the Center, The San Francisco Zen Center was established in 1962 by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (1904-1971) and his American students. Suzuki Roshi is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind." These podcasts make accessible the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha as expressed in the Soto Zen tradition established by Dogen Zenji in 13th-century Japan and conveyed to us by Suzuki Roshi and other Buddhist teachers. These podcasts help us discover and realize that all beings are Buddha, and that sitting in meditation is itself the realization of Buddha nature, or enlightenment.