by Sangha News editor | Dec 23, 2014 | For Myogen Steve Stucky, In Memoriam
A traditional pairing of services will mark the one-year anniversary of the death of San Francisco Zen Center’s first central abbot, who passed away in the early hours of December 31, 2013. A half-hour morning service follows a relatively abbreviated evening...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 23, 2014 | Giving
“Of the four methods of guidance of a bodhisattva, the first teaching is giving, or dana. Dana is the first perfection—dana paramita. That gives you the feeling for the importance of generosity,” says Senior Dharma Teacher Zenkei Blanche Hartman. Blanche was the first...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 16, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Farm & Garden, News, Volunteering
Photos by Carla Koop Green Gulch Creek is flowing in its new meandering bed, as shown below. As work for the Creek Restoration Project continues, other organizations are taking part. Last Sunday during the monthly Watershed Work Party Day, this time led by STRAW...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 16, 2014 | Arts & Culture, News
The new documentary States of Grace hits Bay Area theaters to coincide with the installation of a movable median barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge in early January. Dr. Grace Dammann’s life was forever changed when a driver crashed head on into her car during a...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 9, 2014 | News, Zen Practice
Dear Sangha, I join millions of people in this country and throughout the world in my sorrow and deep outrage at the long-standing injustices—large and small—towards minority communities in our cities and suburban areas. The disintegration of trust, the fear and the...
