On Wednesday evening, September 9th, please join us for a discussion of our abbot emeritus Les Kaye's latest book I Had a Good Teacher. It was named by SpiritualityandPractice.com as one of the Best Spiritual Books of 2025. Umar Q will lead a discussion of Chapter 6 titled Monastic Practice in Everyday Life.
On Wednesday evening, September 16th, Misha Shungen Koun Merrill will give an in-person dharma talk at the Kannon Do Meditation Center. Misha's talk will be followed by time for questions and discussion.
On Saturday morning, September 19th, Heather Shōren Iarusso, director of Branching Streams and a teacher at San Francisco Zen Center, will give an in-person dharma talk followed by a discussion. Heather lives at City Center and is the Branching Streams director, providing guidance and support for SFZC affiliate sanghas.
On Wednesday evening, September 23rd, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, teacher at Everyday Zen Foundation, will give an in-person dharma talk followed by a discussion. Sokaku Kathie Fischer began practicing Zen in 1971 with Sojun Mel Weitsman at the Berkeley Zen Center.
Please join us on Saturday, September 26th for an evening of ancient tradition and mindful movement under the light of the full moon. There are two parts to the evening and you may join for one or both events.
On Wednesday evening, September 30th Ando Jaune Evans, a priest and senior teacher in the Bay Area Everyday Zen lineage of Zoketsu Norman Fischer, will give a dharma talk followed by a discussion.
Please join us for a Board meeting to be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 3rd. Everyone is welcome. The meeting will be in a hybrid format (in-person and online).
Kannon Do will host a one-day sitting on Saturday, October 10th. It is led by Ando Jaune Evans, priest and senior teacher at Everyday Zen Foundation.
On Saturday morning of October 24th, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Kannon Do's current guiding teacher, founder, and director of Everyday Zen Foundation, will give an in-person dharma talk followed by a discussion. Zoketsu Norman Fischer was ordained by Zentatsu Richard Baker in 1980 and received shiho (Dharma transmission) from Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1988.
Please join us for a Board meeting to be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 7th. Everyone is welcome. The meeting will be in a hybrid format (in-person and online).
