by Sangha News editor | Sep 7, 2016 | News, Zen Practice
The evening of Friday, September 2, 2016, a group of friends, family and fellow-practitioners gathered in the Buddha Hall at City Center to witness three sincere and beautiful Zen students formally take the Bodhisattva vows and don Buddha’s Robe for the first...
by Sangha News editor | Sep 5, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Zen Practice
Djinn Gallagher wonders if her phone is lulling her into a false sense of security. Did you have a much-loved beaten-up teddy bear when you were a little kid? A very raggedy Raggedy Ann doll or a favorite piece of frayed fabric that you carried everywhere? Most of us...
by Sangha News editor | Aug 29, 2016 | For Lee Lipp, In Memoriam
Remembering Lee Lipp I remember meeting Lee Lipp in the early 2000’s when some of us practitioners of color and our white allies created a few “Diversity as Practice” events both at San Francisco Zen Center and in the East Bay. These memories also reminded me of how...
by Sangha News editor | Aug 24, 2016 | Features, News, Zen Practice
Dancing Mountains Zen Sangha has as its main aim the support of a number of local sanghas scattered throughout the UK. Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi has been visiting the UK for around 25 years, initially at the invitation of Maurice Ash, a philanthropist with a deep...
by Sangha News editor | Aug 24, 2016 | Features, News, Zen Practice
The Tassajara Guest Season is cancelled due to the smoky conditions in the valley and the ongoing threat of the fire coming to Tassajara. Dear Sangha, As many of you know, we decided to cancel the Tassajara Guest Season due to the smoky conditions in the valley and...