by Sangha News editor | Dec 13, 2016 | Arts & Culture
City Center courtyard maple leaf by Clare Hollander. Celebrating the rain and the end of autumn. The hanging raindrops Have not dried from the needles Of the fir forest Before the evening mist Of Autumn rises. — The Monk Jakuren (12th c. Japan; trans. by Kenneth...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 13, 2016 | Giving, News
“This sangha held me, accepted me, and taught and learned with me, and the dharma began to awaken in my bones.” Across the country and around the world, people like Ann Marie find that their meditation and Zen practice permeates their lives and goes on to...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 8, 2016 | Arts & Culture
Mountain Home by Greg Fain. A view of the Ventana Wilderness on the way into Tassajara. This photo reminds us of our gratitude that the summer fire in 2016 didn’t reach our monastery at Tassajara, and that the Fall 2016 Practice Period was able to begin only...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 6, 2016 | Features, Giving
“There was a sense, not unlike in our present times, that something deeply consequential was being set in motion.” These days it has become increasingly important to find ways to not only deepen our own meditation and mindfulness practice, but also to find...
by Sangha News editor | Nov 17, 2016 | Arts & Culture
Sunset by Shundo David Haye.
