by Sangha News editor | Dec 14, 2016 | Features, Zen Practice
New Year’s Events at our two public temples. New Year’s Eve at Green Gulch Saturday, December 31 Begins at 8 pm The evening program begins at 8 pm with meditation. We will alternate sitting and standing meditation until midnight, pausing during the evening...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 13, 2016 | Arts & Culture
City Center courtyard maple leaf by Clare Hollander. Celebrating the rain and the end of autumn. The hanging raindrops Have not dried from the needles Of the fir forest Before the evening mist Of Autumn rises. — The Monk Jakuren (12th c. Japan; trans. by Kenneth...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 13, 2016 | Giving, News
“This sangha held me, accepted me, and taught and learned with me, and the dharma began to awaken in my bones.” Across the country and around the world, people like Ann Marie find that their meditation and Zen practice permeates their lives and goes on to...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 8, 2016 | Arts & Culture
Mountain Home by Greg Fain. A view of the Ventana Wilderness on the way into Tassajara. This photo reminds us of our gratitude that the summer fire in 2016 didn’t reach our monastery at Tassajara, and that the Fall 2016 Practice Period was able to begin only...
by Web Editor | Dec 8, 2016 | Features, News
Wendy Johnson answers a compelling call for clergy to gather in prayer and solidarity with the Standing Rock Water Protectors. Last week, following months of protesting by the Standing Rock Water Protectors in North Dakota, the US Army Corps of Engineers concluded...
