by Sangha News editor | May 26, 2020 | Farm & Garden, Features, Giving, News
During these days of imposed restriction, it is easy and natural to lament the loss of the easy freedoms that, just a few months ago, we took as given: the ability to meet with friends, to go to a restaurant or bookstore, to pick up an item or two at the grocery store...
by Sangha News editor | May 20, 2020 | Features, News
By Brenda Proudfoot The day we learned we would no longer practice zazen together in the zendo but instead would each practice in our individual rooms using Zoom, the tears came. My heart broke a little that day. Practicing zazen in the beautiful zendo here was...
by Sangha News editor | May 14, 2020 | Features, News
The following poem was read by Senior Teacher Ryushin Paul Haller at the end of the first-ever live-streamed Dharma talk from Tassajara. It is a compilation of the prompt ‘What I want you know … ‘ which he had given to the Tassajara monks earlier, asking...
by Sangha News editor | May 14, 2020 | Features, News
The monks at Tassajara have written a letter to the boundless sangha: friends, supporters, guests, former residents, fellow practitioners, all sentient beings. The letter is published in four parts. See parts I, II, III, IV and Coda. PART IV: What I Want You To Know...
by Sangha News editor | May 12, 2020 | Features, News, Programs
Have you donated to our Emergency Fund or are thinking about it but have questions about SFZC’s financial picture? Many people have asked for more information on how finances work at SFZC and how their donations will help. Central Abott Ed Sattizahn will address...
