Shows
San Francisco Zen CenterA Larger Bowl06/21/2025, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at Tassajara.2025-06-2426 min
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma TalksA Larger Bowl06/21/2025, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at Tassajara.2025-06-2226 minSan Francisco Zen CenterThe Womb of Emptiness and the Paramitas12/10/2024, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at Tassajara.2025-01-1230 minSan Francisco Zen CenterPrajna Paramita - A History Of The Feminine In Our Liturgy08/30/2024, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at Tassajara.2024-09-1340 minSan Francisco Zen CenterLike the Front and Back Foot in Walking06/07/2023, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center. Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, in this talk from Beginner's mind temple, investigates how communal relationships are affected by and can perpetuate or interrupt shame, envy and disappointment. Featuring excerpts from Shunryu Suzuki's own translation of the Sandokai (Harmony of Difference and Equality).2023-06-2729 minSan Francisco Zen CenterThe Unspoken-for Moment04/05/2023, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center.
Catherine Spaeth asks 'What is the difference between having someone's attention and holding someone's attention?' This dharma talk, from Beginner's Mind Temple, explores how, from the early Buddhist teachings to Zen, appropriate attention cultivates our beholdenness.2023-05-1124 minSan Francisco Zen CenterThe Yoga of Inquiry08/03/2022, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center. What is the role of inquiry in our practice? Inquiry has many different functions and is an expression of how we relate to the world. It is essential to our Zen practice. How does inquiry bring us closer to Buddha Nature, and how is it an expression of it?2022-08-0930 minSan Francisco Zen CenterBinding the Self Without a Rope: Equanimity04/27/2022, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center.
This talk explores how in the tradition of Soto Zen awakening, equanimity and vow relate to each other in practice-realization.2022-06-0130 min