
Wake Up @ San Francisco Zen Center
On April 11, in place of the usual Wednesday evening Dharma talk, Zen Center will be hosting lay and monastic students of Thich Nhat Hanh who are touring the West Coast from San Diego to the Bay Area as part of the Wake Up movement. Read more

Alumni Retreat at Tassajara in April
Space is still available for our retreat, April 26-29, so please join us. Read more

Legendary Zen Poets to Read at SF Zen Center
Zen Monster: a journal of poetry, art, criticism and political commentary launches its third issue.
Friday, April 13, 7:30pm at SF Zen Center, 300 Page Street at Laguna.

Featured Photo March 21
Suzuki Roshi with a student (and an “unusual” stone) at Tassajara, circa 1967.

Berlin Zen Practice Center
After training at Zen Center for many years and receiving Lay Entrustment from Dairyu Michael Wenger, Bernd Bender is returning to Germany to establish a Zen practice group in Berlin. Read more

The Well Fed Woman
Rachel W. Cole, a certified life coach (CPCC) with a Master’s in Holistic Health Education, and Ikushin Dana Velden, a student of former abbot Ryushin Paul Haller, will team up this June to lead The Well Fed Woman, a four-day retreat at Tassajara. Read more

April Art Exhibit at City Center
Angela Tirrell – Luminous Reflection, April 2012
Opening reception: Friday, April 6, 6:30 – 9 pm