May 29, 2012
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?

Help us gather a collection for the SFZC archive and for possible inclusion in the upcoming Zen Center 50 Wind Bell issue (space permitting).

Please include as much of the following as you can:

  • Poem
  • Practice Period Season/Date
  • Practice Center
  • Name of Benji/Shuso/Practice Period Leader

And send, at your earliest convenience, to: alumnieditor@sfzc.org

Thank you!

Features, For Mary Watson

Remembering Mary Watson

I want to invite us to be with Mary's spirit, because she really embodied compassion. When Blanche gave her the precepts, she gave her the name, Eyes of Compassion, Nurturing Teacher, and that's what Mary was.