05/03/2025, Yogetsu Akasaka, dharma talk at City Center. Yogetsu Akasaka discusses ikigai, a Japanese concept that refers to having a purpose in life.

Finding Your True Self

The purpose of San Francisco Zen Center is to make accessible and embody the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha as expressed in the Soto Zen tradition established by Dogen Zenji in 13th-century Japan and conveyed to us by Suzuki Roshi and other Buddhist teachers. Our practice flows from the insight that all beings are Buddha, and that sitting in meditation is itself the realization of Buddha nature, or enlightenment.