March 25, 2014
Featured Photo, March 26

Photo by Genine Lentine, outside City Center during sesshin, 2008

IMG_69_outdoorkinhin_genine_x450Such a greeting is always typical at Zen Center, but especially at this time of the year, during sesshin at all three temples. A sesshin is a silent meditation retreat, usually over a period of several days at the end of a practice period. This week both City Center and Tassajara are immersed in sesshin, and Green Gulch enters sesshin next week.

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.