by Sangha News editor | Mar 23, 2016 | Features, News, Volunteering
San Francisco Zen Center volunteers came together in the City Center kitchen on three Sundays this year to cook dinner for the San Francisco Interfaith Council’s Winter Shelter Program. Participating with the San Francisco Interfaith Council, Zen Center...
by Sangha News editor | Mar 23, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Zen Practice
In his new book, Don’t Be a Jerk, radical writer Brad Warner offers an update of Dogen’s Shobogenzo, “a very long, very old book.” He’ll be discussing Don’t Be a Jerk at City Center on April 8; in the meantime, he explains why he thinks...
by Sangha News editor | Mar 23, 2016 | Arts & Culture, News, Zen Practice
Award-winning poet Brynn Saito, intrigued by the teachings of Zen Center founder Shunryu Suzuki, shares with us her poem in response to the master’s teaching. “Sometimes a flash will come through a dark sky…The sky is never surprised when all of a...
by Sangha News editor | Mar 18, 2016 | News
Tassajara monks Lauren and Kogen Dito-Keith are delighted to announce the birth of baby Calliope. Born on Saturday, March 12, at 1:11am, and named after the muse of epic poetry, Calliope Gail Dito-Keith is 7.1 lbs and 19in long, and “perfect in every way”,...
by Sangha News editor | Mar 10, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Giving, News
The Zen Center outreach programs for prisoners, the homeless, indigent families, etc. are largely funded by our twice annual book sales. The upcoming book sale is the week of Saturday, April 2 – Saturday, April 9, 2016 at City Center. During this week we will be...