August 5, 2019
Featured Photo August 8

City Center dokusan room; figurine of the sixth of the oxherding pictures – Riding the Ox Home. Photo by Chris Shelton.

6. Riding the Bull Home

Mounting the bull, slowly
I return homeward.
The voice of my flute intones
through the evening.
Measuring with hand-beats
the pulsating harmony,
I direct the endless rhythm.
Whoever hears this melody
will join me.

—Commentary by the 12th century monk Guo-an Shi-yuan

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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.