A2Z Weekly Meditation Group (Online)
Mar
25
6:00 PM18:00

A2Z Weekly Meditation Group (Online)

Monday night meditation gathering, welcome to all!

The A2Z Sangha meets every Monday evening (except on noted holidays and other dates that Rev. Liên can’t be there to facilitate). This is a space for meditation, and some moments to connect, and dharma teachings from Rev. It is welcome to everyone who is interested, regardless of your experience with meditation.

DATE
Mondays
6:00am-7:30pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
Always ONLINE on Zoom *** ALSO in-person on 1st and 3rd Mondays every month.

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A2Z Practice Day: 1-day Meditation Retreat (Hybrid)
Apr
27
9:00 AM09:00

A2Z Practice Day: 1-day Meditation Retreat (Hybrid)

Join us for a day of silent meditations alternating sitting with movement and walking, offered in-person and online

Rev. Liên will offer guidance through the Five Hindrances. An optional Q&A period will be available towards the end of the day. Great for those who struggle with sensual desire, aversion & ill-will, sloth & torpor, anxiety & worry, or skeptical doubt.

DATE
Saturday, April 27, 2024
9:00am-5:00pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
1252 Valencia Street, Suite A, San Francisco, CA 94612. (about 2 blocks from the 24th Street Bart Station). Unfortunately, our space is not wheelchair accessible at this time ~20 steps up.

Online: Register and complete your Noble Giving to receive Zoom link

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Village Zendo POC Sitting Group - Dharma Talk (Online)
May
4
7:30 AM07:30

Village Zendo POC Sitting Group - Dharma Talk (Online)

Join Rev. Liên and Village Zendo POC sitting group for meditation and a dharma talk

The Village Zendo People of Color Sitting Group aims to embody the three tenets by being a sanctuary for People of Color to study, support and discuss how in a system (society) of oppression and racial bias we can create a community where we recognize our interdependence.

DATE
Saturday, May 4, 2024
7:30am - 9:00am PST / 10:30am -12:00pm EST

LOCATION
Online, Zoom (Contact info@villagezendo.org for information on how to join).

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all about love: celebrating bell hooks (online workshop with Spirit Rock)
May
11
9:30 AM09:30

all about love: celebrating bell hooks (online workshop with Spirit Rock)

Online 1-day workshop:

all about love: celebrating bell hooks

“I want to know about the meaning of love beyond the realm of fantasy --- beyond what we imagine can happen. I want to know love’s truths as we live them.”

And, having and holding love and loving feelings can be challenging, especially if we've had challenging conditioning and experiences in our lives. Join us in a 1-day workshop exploring how love can be when expressed in conjunction with the qualities of the Four Divine States, or Brahma Viharas.

DATE
Saturday, May 11, 2024
9:30am-3:30pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
Online

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Carefulness: Realizing Attention & Awareness (In-person)
May
19
to May 26

Carefulness: Realizing Attention & Awareness (In-person)

5-day retreat and gathering for A2Z Sangha with Rev. Liên Shutt

We are offering our first IN PERSON retreat, scheduled for May 19th - May 26th at Dhamma Dena Retreat Center in Joshua Tree, California. This silent Insight-Zen hybrid style retreat will combine the direct attentions of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness with the open non-conceptual practices of As-Is. Our practice together will support focusing on attention and awareness. The What, Where, When, Which, and How of knowing will be put “to the cushion,” bringing the teachings alive in experiential and opening ways. 

DATE
Sunday, May 20th 2024 - Sunday, May 26th 2024

*The first & last days are travel days. As it’s the first in-person retreat of A2Z, we’ll celebrate being together with a day of sangha-interactions on Monday, May 20.

LOCATION
Dhamma Dena Retreat Center - Joshua Tree, CA

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Gay Buddhist Fellowship Dharma Talk (In-person)
Jun
23
10:30 AM10:30

Gay Buddhist Fellowship Dharma Talk (In-person)

Join Rev at the San Francisco Gay Buddhist Fellowship in person for a dharma talk.

BF welcomes people of all races, backgrounds, and gender and sexual identities: BIPOC, men, women, LGB, Trans People, differing educational and economic backgrounds, and differently abled.  

DATE
Sunday, June 23rd 2023
10:30am-12:00pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
We gather at the San Francisco Buddhist Center at 37 Bartlett Street in San Francisco’s Mission District. 

Bartlett Street is between Mission & Valencia. Look for the red door near 21st Street.

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Home is Here, Refuge is Now: An Asian American Gathering (in-person)
Jul
13
10:00 AM10:00

Home is Here, Refuge is Now: An Asian American Gathering (in-person)

This daylong gathering offers an opportunity for people of Asian heritage to deepen their relationship to the Dharma in a supportive community.

Anyone of Asian heritage (including Central, East, North, South, Southeast, and West Asian heritage) is warmly welcome to join.

Inspired by Rev. Liên’s book Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path and Chenxing’s book Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists, our daylong will weave together a range of teachings and practices. This day will be led by Rev. Liên Shutt, LCSW and Chenxing Han.

DATE
Saturday, July 13, 2024
10:00am-4:00pm

LOCATION
Spirit Rock Meditation Center - Community Meditation Center
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Woodacre, CA 94973

Image from SpiritRock.org

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Spirit Rock Rainbow Sangha - Meditation and Dharma Talk (Online)
Jul
17
6:00 PM18:00

Spirit Rock Rainbow Sangha - Meditation and Dharma Talk (Online)

Rev Liên will lead meditation and give a dharma talk at the Spirit Rock Rainbow Sangha.

The Rainbow Sangha is a weekly gathering of self-identified practitioners within marginalized gender and sexuality groups such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and gender non-conforming. Together, we’ll explore the Dharma in ways that welcome our lived experiences and build community that honors our diverse voices. Open to all self-identified LGBTQIA+

DATE
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
6:00pm - 7:30pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
Online, Zoom. Contact registration@spiritrock.org for details.

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EBMC Alphabet Sangha (Online)
Jul
30
7:00 PM19:00

EBMC Alphabet Sangha (Online)

Sit and dharma talk for LGBTQIA+ folx

A weekly meditation group at East Bay Meditation Center for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary, Two-Spirit, Queer, Intersex, Same-Gender Loving, Questioning (LGBTQIA+) and all of the other letters of the queer alphabet communities.

DATE
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
7:00pm-8:30pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
Online

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Village Zendo POC Sitting Group - Dharma Talk (Online) (Copy)
Aug
3
7:30 AM07:30

Village Zendo POC Sitting Group - Dharma Talk (Online) (Copy)

Join Rev. Liên and Village Zendo POC sitting group for meditation and a dharma talk

The Village Zendo People of Color Sitting Group aims to embody the three tenets by being a sanctuary for People of Color to study, support and discuss how in a system (society) of oppression and racial bias we can create a community where we recognize our interdependence.

DATE
Saturday, August 3, 2024
7:30am - 9:00am PST / 10:30am -12:00pm EST

LOCATION
Online, Zoom (Contact info@villagezendo.org for information on how to join).

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EBMC Alphabet Sangha (Sit and Dharma Talk) - Online
Oct
8
7:00 PM19:00

EBMC Alphabet Sangha (Sit and Dharma Talk) - Online

Sit and dharma talk for LGBTQIA+ folx

A weekly meditation group at East Bay Meditation Center for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary, Two-Spirit, Queer, Intersex, Same-Gender Loving, Questioning (LGBTQIA+) and all of the other letters of the queer alphabet communities.

DATE
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
7:00pm-8:30pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
Online

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The Three Aspects of Resilience: A 3 Week Class with Garrison Institute (Online)
Oct
15
4:00 PM16:00

The Three Aspects of Resilience: A 3 Week Class with Garrison Institute (Online)

A 3 week course investigating the Three Aspects of Resilience, with Rev. Liên Shutt

This 3 week series will involve meditation, dharma talks and practices led by Rev. Liên Shutt. More info coming soon.

DATE
3 Tuesdays, October 15, October 22, October 29
4:00pm-6:00pm Pacific Time / 7:00pm - 9:00pm Eastern Time

LOCATION
Online, more info soon

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A2Z Weekly Meditation Group (Hybrid)
Mar
18
6:00 PM18:00

A2Z Weekly Meditation Group (Hybrid)

Monday night meditation gathering, welcome to all!

The A2Z Sangha meets every Monday evening (except on noted holidays and other dates that Rev. Liên can’t be there to facilitate). This is a space for meditation, and some moments to connect, and dharma teachings from Rev. It is welcome to everyone who is interested, regardless of your experience with meditation.

DATE
Mondays
6:00am-7:30pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
Always ONLINE on Zoom *** ALSO in-person on 1st and 3rd Mondays every month.

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May We Gather 2024 Pilgrimage (livestream and in-person)
Mar
16
12:00 PM12:00

May We Gather 2024 Pilgrimage (livestream and in-person)

A National Buddhist Pilgrimage for Asian American Ancestors

Rev Liên will be a speaker at the 2024 May We Gather pilgrimage event. Registration is not required to tune-in to the livestream. See the May We Gather for updates, more information and details on registering at no cost if you plan on attending the in-person pilgrimage.

DATE
Saturday, March 16, 2024
12pm-5pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
El Campanil Theatre
602 W 2nd Street
Antioch, California

Image from MayWeGather.org (illustrator Rob Sato)

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A2Z Weekly Meditation Group (Online)
Mar
11
6:00 PM18:00

A2Z Weekly Meditation Group (Online)

Monday night meditation gathering, welcome to all!

The A2Z Sangha meets every Monday evening (except on noted holidays and other dates that Rev. Liên can’t be there to facilitate). This is a space for meditation, and some moments to connect, and dharma teachings from Rev. It is welcome to everyone who is interested, regardless of your experience with meditation.

DATE
Mondays
6:00am-7:30pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
Always ONLINE on Zoom *** ALSO in-person on 1st and 3rd Mondays every month.

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A2Z Weekly Meditation Group (Hybrid)
Mar
4
6:00 PM18:00

A2Z Weekly Meditation Group (Hybrid)

Monday night meditation gathering, welcome to all!

The A2Z Sangha meets every Monday evening (except on noted holidays and other dates that Rev. Liên can’t be there to facilitate). This is a space for meditation, and some moments to connect, and dharma teachings from Rev. It is welcome to everyone who is interested, regardless of your experience with meditation.

DATE
Mondays
6:00am-7:30pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
Always ONLINE on Zoom *** ALSO in-person on 1st and 3rd Mondays every month.

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Spirit Rock BIPOC Voices (Online)
Mar
3
9:00 AM09:00

Spirit Rock BIPOC Voices (Online)

Weekly Sunday BIPOC Sangha

The Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Sangha is a weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners that provides a safe place to meditate and explore the Dharma. Reverend Liên will lead the sit and give a talk. Open to all self-identified BIPOC.

DATE
Sunday, March 3, 2024
9:00am-10:30am Pacific Time

LOCATION
ONLINE on Zoom

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KPFA Talk-It-Out Radio Interview: Tune In!
Feb
23
3:00 PM15:00

KPFA Talk-It-Out Radio Interview: Tune In!

Listen to Rev. Liên’s guest spot on KPFA Talk-It-Out Radio

Rev. Liên will be talking with Fresh Lev White about her new book “Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Pathfor Talk-It-Out’s fundrive.

DATE
Friday, February 23, 2024
3:00pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
KPFA 94.1 FM.

Also from KPFA’s website: “KPFA is also heard on KPFB 89.3FM in Berkeley, KFCF 88.1FM in Fresno, K248BR 97.5 FM in Santa Cruz, and KU Satellite intergalactically.” If you can’t tune in, you can listen to the recording on the Talk-It-Out website.

Image from Talk-It-Out Radio.

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East Bay Meditation Center POC Sangha (Online)
Feb
22
7:00 PM19:00

East Bay Meditation Center POC Sangha (Online)

Weekly Thursday BIPOC Sangha

The People of Color Sangha is a group of people of color waking up and getting free! Sangha is the Pali and Sanskrit word for assembly and community, and is used to describe a group of people who come together to practice meditation and mindfulness together.

DATE
Thursday, February 22, 2024
7:00pm-8:30pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
ONLINE on Zoom

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Embracing Change: Zen and the Art of Creating a Life You Want (In-person)
Feb
19
9:30 AM09:30

Embracing Change: Zen and the Art of Creating a Life You Want (In-person)

A daylong workshop

Join Rev. Liên for a daylong workshop in which we'll explore how to incorporate both meditative practices and behavior-change skills in order to find stability and centeredness, supporting you to be fully present and aware for whatever comes your way.

DATE
Saturday, February 24, 2024
9:30am-3:30pm Pacific Time

LOCATION
308 Page Street, SFZC City Center

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Lunar New Year A2Z Sangha Night (Online)
Feb
12
6:00 PM18:00

Lunar New Year A2Z Sangha Night (Online)

We will be honoring the Year of the Wood Dragon at Access to Zen’s Sangha Night on Monday, February 12th from 6:00 - 7:30pm PST via Zoom.

The year of the Wood Dragon represents creativity, vitality, introspection and more. We offer a bow to a luminous new year for each of you.

We will be carving out special space to share aspirations of our practice, hopes for the new year and to bow towards one another. All are welcome.

To join, please take a look at the A2Z Meditation Group page for more details on how to access the Zoom link.


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1-DAY RETREAT: Meditation Training Practice Day (HYBRID)
Feb
4
9:00 AM09:00

1-DAY RETREAT: Meditation Training Practice Day (HYBRID)

February 4th, 9:00am - 3:00pm PST

A one-day silent retreat geared to all who have completed any of the Meditation Training in Four Short Weeks 1.0 or Meditation Training 2.0: Mindfulness & Working with the 5 Hindrances, classes offered by Rev. Liên or a comparable meditation program.

While geared towards graduates of Meditation Training in Four Short Weeks, all who have a sitting practice are welcome. 

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Meditation Training: Establishing a Meditation Practice in 4 Short Weeks
Jan
17
6:00 PM18:00

Meditation Training: Establishing a Meditation Practice in 4 Short Weeks

ONLINE with SF Zen Center

4 Wednesdays:   Jan. 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2024 6-7:30pm Pacific Time

Want to learn how to meditate? Or have you tried at different times but just can’t quite figure out how to make it work for you?

Meditation Training Practice Day: 1-day RETREAT to put what you learned into practice! Hybrid. Full Info HERE

Meditation Training 2.0, the next in the series, info & registration HERE

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12-week Class Series: The Dharma of Being Antiracist ONLINE
Jan
16
5:30 PM17:30

12-week Class Series: The Dharma of Being Antiracist ONLINE

Tuesdays: Feb. 6 - April 23, 2024, 5:30-7:30pm PT

ONLINE

Inquiring into, understanding, and responding to the causes & conditions that have brought about our collective suffering of racism, this course will offer a variety of instructional/guided meditations, reflective writings, and mindfulness practices along with interactive exercises to support grounding, settledness, & wise action. Connecting to how you have agency/power (in yourself & with your communities) in the midst of racial conditioning is the best “medicine” for these times. We’ll practice skills for staying in discomfort & resilience through cultivating an open-hearted intimacy with suffering, invoking anti-racism to have impact in the world.

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Nov
2
5:30 PM17:30

A Lotus Rising from Mud: A Path for Anti-Asian Restoration (Online)

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A Lotus Rising from Mud: A Path for Anti-Asian Restoration

ONLINE: 12 weeks Practice Intensive

Thursdays, Feb. 1 - April 18, 2024 5:30-7:30 pm Pacific Time

Open to all who self-identify as Asian in North America. Biracial, multiracial, and adoptees are especially invited

How can we attend to the impacts of racism? How and where can we connect to individual and collective agency to free ourselves from imputed or internalized conditioning? How can we explore and celebrate the commonalities and variations in our experiences as Asians in North America?

This 3-month intensive study and practice program seeks to provide a restorative container based on the Engaged 4 Noble Truths:

1. Harm and Harming is present. 

2. Understanding fully the causes & conditions for harm & harming.

3. Individual & collective agency for ending harm is possible.

4. The Eightfold Path empowers wholeness.

Course structure of weekly meetings alternate between class sessions (of teachings, meditations, and reflective or mindful practices) and small-group sessions to build intimacy for in-depth discussions and reflections around the various layered and complex themes associated with our social location as Asians in North America’s racial landscapes and dialogues. (Themes such as invisibilization, exoticization, perpetual foreigner, shy as shameful, etc.)

Please Note: This is an intensive Dharma study and practice course so there will be about 2 hours of reading or homework/home-practice each week. As with any intensive practice, engagement with and execution of the curriculum are crucial to foster any shifts or transformations. We celebrate your willingness and courage to join in this deep work! Having a consistent & regular Buddhist, mindfulness-based or other spiritual practice is highly encouraged

Noble-Giving Scale for the Program:

The teachings are given unconditionally to be accessible to all. To support this Dharma event & A2Z, we offer this sangha-determined giving model:

Sliding-scale: (with income -match guide). NOTE: Rev. Liên livelihood is by teaching so this giving-scale is based on a practice of mutuality. Please give accordingly.

  • Pay-it-Forward: $360 (more than $75K)

  • Standard: $300 (between $50 -$75K)

  • Limited Income: $240 (less than $50K)

  • Benefactor: Self-determined amount more than the 3 stated above — Especially to support another’s participation in this Program or other A2Z events.

  • No one turned away for lack of funds based on your overall economic-class-access. Remember that Rev. Liên livelihood is completely dependent on your offering. — Also, to foster class-equity practice, everyone in the Program will be sharing to the whole group your Noble-Giving pledged at the first meeting on Feb. 1

THANK YOU! Venmo giving to: @SuddenLeap-A2Z (Tel. 4 digits: 2585) or PayPal giving to:  SuddenLeap.A2Z@gmail.com or use the “Donate” button on the main page of this website

REGISTER BY January 26, 2024

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