November 5, 2013
Featured Photo, November 6

Photos by Shundo David Haye

Last Thursday, October 31, City Center hosted children, parents and staff from Clara House (a transitional housing facility for families) for a Halloween costume dinner, followed by trick-or-treating within Zen Center residences. Below are some images from the adorably spooky evening. Follow this link for more about SFZC outreach activities.

The evening also featured a somewhat more serious event, though no less costumed, to mark the occasion: Zen Center’s annual Sejiki Ceremony. Read a firsthand account of the ceremony from first-timer Sachico Ohanks: The Night We Summoned the Deceased.

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On Forgiveness

In this letter to the sangha, Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman writes about forgiveness and repair in his own life, and how SFZC is working with former Abbot Richard Baker to reconcile a difficult past and move forward together.