San Francisco Zen Meditation
David Weinstein, Roshi
David Weinstein, Roshi, is lead teacher at PZI’s Oakland Zendo, the San Jose Sitting Group, and the Wind-in-Grass sangha in Potrero Hill where he teaches the third Wednesday of each month. He is also a visiting teacher at the Springs Mountain Sangha in Colorado Springs. David lives in Oakland with his wife, where he is a psychotherapist specializing in addiction and spirituality. His teaching emphasizes ways of discovering true Zen practice in the midst of ordinary life. He is especially interested helping people cultivate an appreciation of koan practice as a way of recognizing our lives as works of art.
David was recently profiled in the San Francisco Examiner in Zen Koan Mediation in Oakland
Some of David's most recent dharma talks
David was recently profiled in the San Francisco Examiner in Zen Koan Mediation in Oakland
Some of David's most recent dharma talks
John Tarrant, Roshi
John Tarrant, Roshi, is Director and Senior Faculty for Pacific Zen Institute , Senior Teacher for the Saltwater Sangha in Santa Cruz CA, Senior Teacher for Desert Lotus Zen Sangha in Phoenix, AZ. He has a PhD in psychology and is the author of Bring Me The Rhinoceros & Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life, and The Light Inside the Dark: Zen, Soul & the Spiritual Life. He also teaches at Integrative Medicine within Duke University Medical School. John’s life work is centered on the transformation of consciousness and he is one of the foremost koan teachers in the United States.
John Tarrant's Website John Tarrant's Blog
Q&A blog: Q&A blog on Shambhala SunSpace
John Tarrant's Website John Tarrant's Blog
Q&A blog: Q&A blog on Shambhala SunSpace