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Silver Dragons Monthly Gathering on Aging, Death and Dying (Online)

With Kodo Conover

October 22, 2025
Online Only

Zoom Only   Join other Silver Dragons (people 60 and older) to deeply explore Aging, Death, and Dying through a Buddhist Lens. We will meet monthly over zoom for the rest of 2025 with preselected topics and both large and small group facilitated discussions. In her Dharma Talk “Diving into Impermanence,” Chozen Roshi taught: Impermanence […]

New Member Tea

October 25, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple

Calling New Members~ The ZCO membership committee joyfully invites you to join us at our New Member Tea! New member tea is open to ZCO members who joined in the 2024/2025 calendar year. Come connect, make new friends, tour the temple, learn about ways to practice and the organization as a whole. It's a great […]

Inner Critic Workshop

With Jogen Salzberg, Sensei

November 1, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple

This retreat will bring together parts work modality (i.e. IFS, Voice Dialogue) with Buddhist meditation practices to amplify understanding, empathy and dis-identification from parts, specifically the inner critic and perfectionist, that hinder our unfolding. Sessions will be a mix of silent and guided sitting meditation and group facilitations where participants directly explore parts of themselves such as those listed above. […]

City Refuge Retreat

With Larry Fuho Trussell

November 6 - 8, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple

Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple will be offering an extended opportunity for retreat practice in the city. This three-day non-residential retreat will include many of the elements you’ll find in sesshin.

Doing The Work of Byron Katie

With Linda Chōon Frischmeyer

November 14 - 15, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple

“Of all the diseases, all the ailments that afflict humanity, there is one common denominator: the conditioned mind. Our unconditioned minds are deeply interconnected." --Chakung Jigme Wangdrak "The Work is about internal cause and effect. It is not about the external world.” – Byron Katie Please attend Friday evening and Saturday. This in-person workshop at […]

Silver Dragons Monthly Gathering on Aging, Death and Dying (Online)

With Kodo Conover

November 19, 2025
Online Only

Zoom Only   Join other Silver Dragons (people 60 and older) to deeply explore Aging, Death, and Dying through a Buddhist Lens. We will meet monthly over zoom for the rest of 2025 with preselected topics and both large and small group facilitated discussions. In her Dharma Talk “Diving into Impermanence,” Chozen Roshi taught: Impermanence […]

Autumn Zazenkai: A One Day Meditation Retreat

With Laura Jomon Martin

November 22, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple
A Zazenkai is a day of Zen practice in the city. Join us for a silent day of meditation (seated and walking), chanting, mindful eating, temple care-taking, and a dharma talk. We close the day with a ceremony to renewing our intention to live an ethical life.

Way Seeking Mind with Chozen Roshi - Part 3 at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple

November 30, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple

 HEART OF WISDOM ZEN TEMPLE A Way Seeking Mind talk is a way to tell our life story from the perspective of our spiritual life path and its maturation. It is an offering to our community as the teller examines and shares their history from the perspective of opportunity and the cultivation of life vows. […]

Silver Dragons Monthly Gathering on Aging, Death and Dying (Online)

With Kodo Conover

December 17, 2025
Online Only

Zoom Only   Join other Silver Dragons (people 60 and older) to deeply explore Aging, Death, and Dying through a Buddhist Lens. We will meet monthly over zoom for the rest of 2025 with preselected topics and both large and small group facilitated discussions. In her Dharma Talk “Diving into Impermanence,” Chozen Roshi taught: Impermanence […]