David Zimmerman

Abiding Abbot, Beginners\' Mind Temple / City Center at San Francisco Zen Center

Role: Central Abbot at San Francisco Zen Center
Location: San Francisco, CA, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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Experience

Central Abbot
San Francisco Zen Center
Mar 2023 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Education

University of Colorado Boulder
Bachelor, Humanities
1982 — 1988

Skills

Event Management
Public Relations
Mindfulness
Buddhism
Community Outreach
Program Development
Teaching
Strategic Planning
Facilitation
Non-Profits
Public Speaking
Leadership
Mental Health
Psychotherapy
Program Management
Fundraising
Psychology
Workshop Facilitation
Meditation
Nonprofit Organizations
Social Media
Social Entrepreneurship
Leadership Development
Volunteer Management
Training
Event Planning
Editing
Zen
Social Networking
Nonprofits

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Current company

San Francisco Zen Center

Religious Institutions · 118 employees · San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco Zen Center was established in 1962 by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (19••••71) and his American students. Suzuki Roshi is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic, Zen Mind, Beginner\'s Mind. 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. Today, San Francisco Zen Center is one of the largest Buddhist sanghas outside Asia. It has three practice places: City Center, in the vibrant heart of San Francisco; Green Gulch Farm, whose organic fields meet the ocean in Marin County; and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center—the first Zen training monastery in the West—in the Ventana Wilderness inland from Big Sur. These three complementary practice centers offer daily meditation, regular monastic retreats and practice periods, classes, lectures, and workshops. Zen Center is a practice place for a diverse population of students, visitors, lay people, priests, and monks guided by teachers who follow in Suzuki Roshi\'s style of warm hand and heart to warm hand and heart. All are welcome. Zen Center programs also reach out to the community, helping prisoners, the homeless, and those in recovery; protecting the environment; and working for peace. See our outreach program for details. Suzuki Roshi\'s disciples and students of his disciples now lead dharma groups around the country.

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Experience

Central Abbot

Education

University of Colorado Boulder

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