by Sangha News editor | Oct 19, 2020 | Features
How did I first come to San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC)? It’s kind of a funny story. I was going through a lot since my mother had passed away. I was suffering quite a bit. I knew my spiritual path had started whether I liked it or not. I was going to a...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 14, 2020 | News
Sojun Mel Weitsman was invited to start the Berkeley Zendo in 1967 by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. He’s served as the head teacher and Abbot since that time, bringing forth and nurturing the active and flourishing urban center and community that is Berkeley Zen Center....
by Sangha News editor | Oct 12, 2020 | Features
Engetsu Lefevre first came to SFZC’s City Center in 2013. After several years of Zen practice in her native Brazil, she was looking for a Zen center for long-term residential practice in the US. “I took the night bus from LA to San Francisco, and arrived...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 12, 2020 | Features
Carla Walter already had a dedicated spiritual practice when she visited Tassajara for the first time in 2018, and she “had no intention of becoming a Zen practitioner.” She tells the story of how she changed her mind and became increasingly involved with...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 3, 2020 | For Yvonne Rand, In Memoriam
Yvonne RandJikai Myo-ōn / Ocean of Compassion, Luminous SoundSeptember 23, 1935 – August 19, 2020 no wind, yet the windbellskeep on ringing—Kokan Shiren By Jisho Warner Yvonne Rand (née Boye), a member of the first generation of American Zen teachers, died on...
