
Book Sale to Support Zen Center’s Prison Outreach Programs
June 30 – July 7
Twice a year Zen Center holds a book sale, the profits of which are used to send Buddhist books to prisoners.

Featured Photo May 30
A Buddha statue from China, several centuries old, that was donated to Zen Center.

Benjis: Your Poems, Please!
Dear Fellow Benjis of Yore,
Still have your scribbled poetry stuck in a drawer somewhere? Why not let it live a little beyond that one shuso ceremony? Read more

“The Work Will Speak My Mind”: An Interview with Al Farrow
Al Farrow designed and constructed the bell that will be used in the ZC50 event Resounding Compassion: A Concert for Peace. The concert is on June 4 at the SF Conservatory of Music.

GGF Garden Needs Five-Gallon Containers
The Green Gulch Farm garden is in need of five-gallon plastic pots/containers for potting up plants.

Zen Joinery Apprenticeship Program
Oakland & Tassajara
July 21, 2012 – April 20, 2013
The Zen Joinery Apprenticeship program (ZJA) offers the opportunity to train in the art of Japanese joinery with master craftsman Paul Discoe. Read more

Featured Photo May 23
This photo was taken at Green Gulch Farm on May 5 for 350.org, an organization that promotes awareness of climate change and environmental issues. Read more

GGF at Farmers’ Market from May 26
Green Gulch Farm will return to the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market on Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday, May 26, 2012. Read more

June Art Exhibit at City Center
Marcia Lieberman, photographs and paintings, June 1-30, 2012
Artist talk and print sale:
Thursday, June 28, 7 – 8:30 pm Read more

Zen Retreat with Eijun Linda Cutts in Mexico
Non-residential Weekend Retreat
Like a lotus in muddy water
Thus we bow to Buddha Read more