by Sangha News editor | Oct 4, 2016 | Arts & Culture, News, Programs
Sickness, Old Age, and Death — A Conversation features Lucy Kalanithi (When Breath Becomes Air), Grace Dammann (States of Grace), and Lennon Flowers (The Dinner Party). The evening’s discussion will be held at Grace Cathedral on Wednesday, November 2, from 7 — 9...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 4, 2016 | Arts & Culture, News
We are excited to invite you into the newly renovated City Center bookstore at 300 Page Street. Thanks to sangha volunteers and the residential community, the bookstore looks and feels welcoming and beautiful. Arlene Lueck, a longtime resident of Green Gulch Farm and...
by Sangha News editor | Sep 21, 2016 | News, Zen Practice
Last Saturday, September 17, we celebrated 16 new bodhisattvas taking the precepts and entering Buddha’s way – nine students at City Center, and seven at Green Gulch Farm. It was a joy to witness such optimistic and enthusiastic practitioners filling the...
by Sangha News editor | Sep 21, 2016 | Governance, News
A letter from Central Abbess Eijun Linda Cutts, SFZC President Susan O’Connell, and Board Chair Larry Bye. Dear Sangha Members, We want to tell you about some changes to the process of selecting members to serve on the San Francisco Zen Center Board of...
by Sangha News editor | Sep 21, 2016 | News, Programs, Volunteering, Zen Practice
Young people call on us to be our best selves, teaching us to slow down and see the beauty in simple things, writes Meikyo Chelsea True, coordinator of the newly re-envisioned Children’s Program at Green Gulch Farm, now renamed the Youth & Family Program. We...