San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Given by Shoren Heather Iarusso at Green Gulch Farm on June 28th, 2026
Shōren Heather Iarusso explores the intersection of Buddhism, gender fluidity and the PRIDE movement using a rainbow as a metaphor.

Given by Guo Gu at City Center on June 16th, 2026

Given by Nyokai Kristin Diggs at Green Gulch Farm on June 14th, 2026
Nyokai Kristin Diggs talks about zazen as a practice of realizing the non-separation of body and mind, and about the dynamic relationship that is the body-mind.

Given by Sozan Michael McCord at City Center on June 13th, 2026
Sozan Michael McCord teaches that when we look at the cause of suffering, we see that it is grasping and clinging or aversion and not accepting what is. We have known since the Industrial Revolution, very clearly, but now have it even more greatly elucidated in the age of artificial intelligence: if a human being equates their value to production, they are obsolete.

Given by Anshi Zachary Smith at City Center on June 10th, 2026
Anshi Zachary Smith examines the "doing nothing” of zazen, and how much it actually does.