by Sangha News editor | Oct 28, 2020 | News
Election Day Half-Day Sitting With Jisan Tova Green The Online Zendo will be open from 1:30 to 5:30pm PT on Tuesday, November 3rd for those who would like a quiet place to sit with others. Everyone is welcome to participate for part or all of the time. There will be...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 26, 2020 | Features
During my first month as a farm apprentice at Green Gulch I had a bad dream. I dreamt that I had gone home for the weekend and that my boyfriend had been with his ex-girlfriend. When I woke up I was really upset. Later that morning I was sitting at breakfast with some...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 26, 2020 | Features
I started going to San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) in 2017. As with some of the best things that you discover in life, I found SFZC through word of mouth. I was looking for a spiritual home in San Francisco and a place to practice meditation that would be peaceful and...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 19, 2020 | Features
Let me go back to the very beginning before Green Gulch Farm was established. When the Golden Gate National Recreation Area was finalized, George Wheelwright made land available to San Francisco Zen Center. Some of the members of the Zen community were looking over...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 19, 2020 | Features
I’m originally from Argentina and I practiced Soto Zen for many years in the Deshimaru lineage there. Back then I already knew about SFZC and had read Suzuki Roshi’s book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. I remember thinking at the time how “far...
