Schedule
Every Thursday from 7:00pm-8:30pm.
We recommend newcomers visit on 🟡 Sangha Night.
Upcoming Meetings
| Date | Meeting Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thurs Jan 9 | 🟡 Sangha Night | Mudita, Sympathetic Joy |
| Thurs Jan 16 | 🔷 Buddha Night | |
| Thurs Jan 23 | 🟡 Sangha Night | Koan |
| Thurs Jan 30 | 🟩 Dharma Night | Zen Ethics: The 16 Bodhisattva Precepts |
| Thurs Feb 6 | 🔷 Buddha Night | |
| Thurs Feb 13 | 🟡 Sangha Night | |
| Thurs Feb 20 | 🔷 Buddha Night | |
| Thurs Feb 27 | 🟡 Sangha Night |
🟡 Sangha Night
🟡 Sangha Night is a community building focused evening and includes 25 minutes of guided meditation, introductions, a short talk, and community discussion. If you’d like to stick around and chat, we share a snack outdoors afterwards.
Sangha Night is the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.
🔷 Buddha Night
🔷 Buddha Night is a silent meditation focused evening that include introductions and two meditation periods. There’s no talk or discussion. We share a snack outdoors afterwards.
Buddha Night is the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month.
🟩 Dharma Night
🟩 Dharma Night will be different each time it comes around. It will involve a concentrated look at a Buddhist text, a ceremony of some sort, or anything else that feels relevant.
Dharma Night is on the 5th Thursdays, which happens every couple months.
♥️ Half Day Retreat
♥️ Half Day Retreats are schuduled as the facilitators are available to host them. They occur on the weekends typically from 12-5. They include a brief period of meditation instruction, multiple periods of all silent meditation, a short talk, and a silent snack/tea break. This is an opportunity to deepen your meditation/Buddhist practice in community.
You must register in order to attend. Prior experience is not necessary.
Location
San Francisco Zen Center located at 300 Page St. We meet in the Zendo located through the entrance on Laguna St. There will be signs and friendly trans people pointing the way.