Dharma Heart Zen: Living with Clarity and Compassion

Zen Practice with Hoka Chris Fortin

NEW: Article on Veteran's PATH from San Francisco Zen Center's weekly newsletter, January 2017. Taking Practice into the World – Chris Fortin and Lee Lesser “There was a sense, not unlike in our present times, that something deeply consequential was being set in motion.” read article
How do we live with clarity and compassion in this beautiful and suffering world? Zen is the everyday practice of wholehearted living. Turning and being turned in our living, awakening the heart of practice, meeting ourselves and all beings with compassion and kindness, we become true human beings. We "shine one corner of the world." (Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, from the Lotus Sutra) NEWS: "Honoring the Path of the Warrior" (now Veteran's PATH) program is featured in the February 2015 issue of Mindfulness magazine. Click here to read the article. This program was co-founded and is co-led by Chris. Below left: Araivapa Canyon Women's Retreat, October 2014. Right:Buddha statue at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii "Chris Fortin is one of the remarkable ones. A person for whom caregiving and teaching are a natural expression of her life. She has a wealth of professional skills as a seasoned therapist, years of study and dedicated practice as a Zen priest and the all important common sense that arrives with maturity. Chris has a bright and cultivated mind but she transmits her wisdom through an ever expanding, open heart." Frank Ostaseski Founder, Metta Institue Co-Founder, Zen Hospice Projec	Chris Fortin Hoka Soko Zen Teacher Sitting in the center of our lives, giving ourselves to body and breath, letting go beyond knowledge or knowing, we find a quiet confidence to not turn away from the one heart of the world. There is freedom and love here—for ourselves and all beings. My life and practice is dedicated to this wholehearted way of living. It is impossible to do this alone. Warm heart to warm heart we awaken along with everything. bio
Women's Lotus Sangha Fall Practice Period Closing Ceremony, 2016


	Jukai (Lay Initiation) Ceremony, Lotus Sangha, Dharma Heart Zen, Aug 30, 2015

	Aravaipa Canyon. Chris leads Zen retreats here twice a year. See the calendar for more information.