Furniture Needed for New Student Housing
The Green Gulch Farm new Student Housing project is nearing completion. We are excited that some of our Zen students will soon be residing in this energy-efficient sustainable dormitory—the first Passive House building of its kind in California!
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Featured Photo August 31
City Center Zendo Altar by Tanya Takacs. From our 2005 photo archives.
From Where I Sit
by Scott McDougall
From the vantage point of my office, I’ve watched hundreds of people stop over the years to take a picture of the unobtrusive wooden sign that reads “Zen Center.” Read more
Dragons Leap – Location Sought
Dairyu Michael Wenger has practiced at SF Zen Center for almost 40 years and is now taking that experience and knowledge to begin his own center, with emphasis on zazen, brush painting, and compassion.
SF Zen Center Receives Federal Grant
Zen Center receives federal grant to restore salmon habitat in Green Gulch Creek
Featured Photo August 24
Olive, one of the resident cats at Tassajara, by Valerie Boquet, 2011.
“Fire Monks” News
Though Colleen Morton Busch, author of Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of Tassajara, doesn’t consider herself an expert in anything, she will be answering, on videotape for Mahalo, questions posted at this link. Read more
September Art Exhibit at City Center
Reception: Fri, Sept 2, 6-7:30pm
City Center Art Lounge, 300 Page Street, SF Read more
Paul Madonna and His Creative Practice
All Over Coffee
Fri, Sept 9, 7:30 pm
SF Zen Center, 300 Page Street





