Temple

ZCO Board Meeting

September 14, 2025
Heart of Wisdom (in person) and Online (Zoom)
Board meetings are open, and members of the community are invited to attend. Board meetings are a place to find out what’s happening and how ZCO functions. Typical topics include finances, reports on what's going on at the monastery and temple, committee reports, and the community's strategic plans. Meetings are held in-person and via Zoom.

Equinox Zazenkai: A One Day Meditation Retreat

With Ed Gensho Welsh

September 20, 2025
Heart Of Wisdom Zen Temple
This is a silent day of Zen Buddhist meditation practice together, seated and active. The schedule includes meditation (zazen), chanting, caring for the garden and grounds, and Dharma talk.

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

With Kodo Conover

September 24, 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 […]

Service to the Temple

October 4, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple
Working together is part of our spiritual practice, and allows us to honor and care for the sacred space that Heart of Wisdom provides in our city. Please join with community for this morning of practice and work together.

Investigating Zen Practice: A One-Day Workshop

With Kodo Conover and Ed Gensho Welsh

October 11, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple

Experience an Introduction to Zen Practice through the Ten Directions. This one-day in-person workshop at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple is for beginners or those who want to dive deeper into Zen practice. Learn how to practice using ancient methods that are applicable in today’s world: Meditation and sitting with stability Mindfulness practice off the […]

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

October 31 - 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.

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 […]