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Statement by Shunbo Zenkei Blanche Hartman on the Passing of Mitsu Suzuki

by Sangha News editor | Feb 16, 2016 | For Mitsu Suzuki Sensei, In Memoriam

Suzuki Sensei was an inspiration to me, and to all of us. After coming to the U.S., Shunryu Suzuki Roshi gave Okusan a book on tea (Chado) and suggested that she study Chado, which she did. She came to understand that he was preparing her to be a teacher in her own...
Norman Fischer Remembers Okusan

Norman Fischer Remembers Okusan

by Sangha News editor | Feb 16, 2016 | For Mitsu Suzuki Sensei, In Memoriam

In the summer of 2010, I went with a group of close students and friends on pilgrimage to Japan. We spent a week at Rinso-in, the original temple of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder of San Francisco Zen Center and of our Zen practice lineage in America. Author of the...
Design the 2016 No Race T-Shirt

Design the 2016 No Race T-Shirt

by Sangha News editor | Feb 10, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, Giving, News

It’s the 39th annual Tassajara No Race, and we’re looking for a design to put on this year’s T-shirt. Send us your drawing, and if it’s chosen, it will be unveiled to great acclaim on the day of the No Race.   A Concise History of No Race...
Ch-ch-changes: A Buddhist Take on David Bowie

Ch-ch-changes: A Buddhist Take on David Bowie

by Sangha News editor | Feb 10, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, News

David Bowie’s intuitive grasp of the truth of constant change launched him from an almost-monk into a shape-shifting master of musical ceremony, writes Zen priest and writer Roberta Werdinger as she investigates the way of the Bowie-sattva It is a familiar...
Way-Seeking Heart/Mind through Art: A Retrospective

Way-Seeking Heart/Mind through Art: A Retrospective

by Sangha News editor | Feb 3, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Zen Practice

Long-term practitioner Keiryu Liên Shutt was invited to show her art at City Center this month. As she looks at her life through the prism of her art, she tells us, echoing Pablo Picasso, what she found, rather than what she was looking for A Way-Seeking Mind talk...
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