March 29, 2019
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Congratulations to Winter 2019 Practice Period shusos at City Center/Beginner’s Mind Temple and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center!

Photos at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Dana Velden and photo at Tassajara by Shundo David Haye.

Kodo Conlin (benji/shuso assistant), Sozan Michael McCord (shuso), and Ryushin Paul Haller following the shuso ceremony on March 23 at Beginner’s Mind Temple

Zoketsu Norman Fischer (who led the practice period), Kanshin Allison Tait (shuso), and Central Abbot Rinso Ed Sattizahn following the April 2 shuso ceremony at Tassajara

Rinso Ed Sattizahn, Kodo Conlin, Shosan Victoria Austin, Sozan Michael McCord, Ryushin Paul Haller, and Tenzen David Zimmerman in the courtyard following the March 23 shuso ceremony

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On Forgiveness

In this letter to the sangha, Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman writes about forgiveness and repair in his own life, and how SFZC is working with former Abbot Richard Baker to reconcile a difficult past and move forward together.