by Sangha News editor | Jul 18, 2018 | For Shokan Jordan Thorn, In Memoriam
Shokan Jordan Thorn January 13, 1953 – June 10, 2018 With great sorrow, we announce the passing away of Shokan Jordan Thorn. Jordan was a constant warm presence at San Francisco Zen Center, welcoming and caring for students, staff and employees, visitors and Board...
by Sangha News editor | Jul 16, 2018 | Arts & Culture
July raspberries at Green Gulch Farm. Photo by Clare Hollander.
by Sangha News editor | Jul 15, 2018 | For Shokan Jordan Thorn, In Memoriam
Zoketsu Norman Fischer will officiate for Shokan Jordan Thorn’s funeral on Sunday, August 5 at 10 am. The ceremony will be held in the Buddha Hall at San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 For practical queries, call the Front Office...
by Sangha News editor | Jul 9, 2018 | News, Zen Practice
Every weekday morning from 6:30 to 7:00 (PST), members of the SFZC’s Online Sangha engage in the fundamental practice of zazen, wholehearted sitting. You are warmly invited to join in this silent meditation hall, enjoying the wordless encouragement of other...
by reservations | Jul 5, 2018 | News
In the Mountains on a Summer Day, by Li Bai (trans. Arthur Waley, 1919). Gently I stir a white feather fan, With open shirt sitting in a green wood. I take off my cap and hang it on a jutting stone; A wind from the pine-trees trickles on my bare head. Here are some...
