Schedule & Location

Schedule

Every Thursday from 7:00pm-8:30pm.

We recommend newcomers visit on 🟡 Sangha Night or 🟥 BIPOC Affinity Night

Upcoming Meetings

Date Meeting Format Notes
Thurs Sept 18 🟥 BIPOC Affinity Night  
Thurs Sept 25 🟡 Sangha Night  
     
Thurs Oct 2 🔷 Buddha Night  
Thurs Oct 9 🟡 Sangha Night  
Thurs Oct 16 🟥 BIPOC Affinity Night  
Thurs Oct 23 🟡 Sangha Night  
Thurs Oct 30 🟩 Dharma Night Deadname Ceremony
     
Thurs Nov 6 🔷 Buddha Night  
Thurs Nov 13 🟡 Sangha Night  
Thurs Nov 20 🟥 BIPOC Affinity Night  
Thurs Nov 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.

🟥 BIPOC Affinity Night

🟥 3rd Thursdays of each month. If you identify as BIPOC, please join us for programming around intersectionality, BIPOC, and Trans identity.

If you identify as white, please attend any other Thursday 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 Thursday 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

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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.