In honor of voting season, Eli Brown-Stevenson turned around the table and asked the group which topics they’d like him to focus on.
Be Kind to Your Practice
Eli weaves together traditional Zen teachings from Suzuki Roshi with modern sources like Pixar's Inside Out.
Practices for Well-being
Eli Brown-Stevenson leads a YUZ meeting on Practices for Well-being.
The Fourth Precept - I vow not to lie
Eli Brown-Stevenson hosts a discussion about the 4th precept, often translated as “I vow not to lie“.
Practice with Pandemic & the First Precept
Eli Brown-Stevenson hosts a discussion about practice during the pandemic. While the evening focuses on this theme, it also ties in the first precept, I vow not to kill (also framed as I vow to support life), which is the first grave precept in the Bodhisattva Precept Series.
New Year's Dharma from a Toddler
Eli Brown-Stevenson shares about the Dharma of raising a child as it pertains to the New Year. He is the father of San Francisco Zen Center's youngest resident, three-year-old Maya.
Where are you from?
This week Eli explores the question "Where are you from?", which can have many answers and refer to many things. Taking where we are rooted as the living soil of practice, this talk explores how we can bring our whole being to it.
Boundaries #2
Eli Brown-Stevenson investigates boundaries through the process of saying "yes" and saying "no."
Right use of Power #5: Boundaries
Guest speaker Eli Brown-Stevenson discusses boundaries.