by Sangha News editor | Jan 19, 2017 | Features, Zen Practice
Ryushin Paul Haller is offering three opportunities this winter and spring to develop and deepen your practice at City Center. I. The first offering is the Winter 2017 Practice Period starting January 25. The theme is The Zen Way: Principles and Practices of Zen; this...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 18, 2017 | Arts & Culture
Along a hiking trail at Tassajara, summer 2016. Photo by Shundo David Haye.
by Sangha News editor | Jan 18, 2017 | Features, News, Zen Practice
Dear Friends, Returning from the fall practice period, the 98th at Tassajara, a time of zazen, solitude, study—and very little media—into the swirl and intensity of 2017, I encountered the many challenges that are before us, face-to-face. This coming weekend I, along...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 17, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Features
Reception: Friday, February 17, 7:30 – 9 pm In the Art Lounge at San Francisco Zen Center/City Center, 300 Page Street at Laguna John Muir Elementary School is in the Hayes Valley/Lower Haight neighborhoods and serves 260 students. The dedicated teachers and...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 11, 2017 | Arts & Culture, News, Zen Practice
There was a Jukai/Lay Initiation Ceremony at City Center on January 7, 2017. Photos by Sandy Lamerson. Receiving the precepts were Timothy Sandoe – Ryo Zan Kei Shin/Flowing Mountain Joyous Truth; Vanya Bekrenev – Kei Shin Zen Do/Respecting Truth Zen Way;...