On Wednesday evening , December 13th, Dan Gudgel, a priest and Director of Online Content for San Francisco Zen Center, will give an in-person dharma talk at the Kannon Do Meditation Center.  Dan’s talk will be followed by time for questions and discussion.

Dan Gudgel has been practicing in the Soto Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki since 2006, when he was introduced to the Mountain Source Sangha in Marin County, CA. After many years of neighborhood, householder practice with the teachers and members of Mountain Source, Dan entered residential practice with San Francisco Zen Center in 2019, first at Green Gulch Farm and then Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. In December, 2019, Dan was ordained as a priest by Shinko Rick Slone. During three years at Tassajara, Dan practised primarily in the kitchen, first as a crew member and fukuten, and then tenzo (kitchen manager) during 2022. Informed by both residential, monastic Zen and parish church Zen, Dan’s current practice is focused around activating the teachings in everyday life and imbuing everyday life with the spirit of ceremony.

Those who would like to join online can do so via Zoom:

Clicking this link will enable you to join the meeting without entering a password:

https://zoom.us/j/6067111411?pwd=aWtVNWdSZ2RIRkdQUEM5eHV5Wkhkdz09

Or you may join by entering in the meeting id and password manually:

Meeting ID: 606 711 1411
Passcode: 100088
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During the discussion please mute yourself if you are in a noisy area, and remember to unmute yourself if you are speaking. The discussion will be recorded.

Kannon Do Wednesday Night Online Meditation Schedule (via Zoom)

7:10 pm to 7:50 – Zazen Meditation (Please go on mute if in a noisy area)
7:50 pm to 8:00 pm – Service (We will be connecting with the Zendo)
7:55 pm to 9:00 pm – Dharma talk and Q&A