by Sangha News editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Features, News
Dear Sangha, I’d like to share a brief update on Blanche. She is still living at AgeSong, after deciding not to relocate to another assisted living community in San Francisco. She has become comfortable with the surroundings at AgeSong, as well as with their staff....
by Sangha News editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Features, News, Shuso, Zen Practice
This morning, Wednesday, January 27, Shindo Gita Gayatri accepted the invitation to be the shuso (head student) for the Winter 2016 practice period led by her teacher, Ryushin Paul Haller, at City Center. The benji (shuso’s attendant) will be Juan Angel. Here...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, Giving, News, Zen Practice
Artist Susan Spencer tells the intimate story of her 20 years of practice, how she met her late teacher Darlene Cohen, and why she has decided to make a gift to SFZC in her will. In 1995 I was living in Minneapolis. As an Episcopalian I was encouraged by how the...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 20, 2016 | Features, News, Zen Practice
Last week, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel and Konin Melissa Cardenas completed their dharma transmission ceremonies and officially became dharma heirs in the lineage of Suzuki-roshi. Zenju began her training with her beloved root teacher, Zenkei Blanche Hartman, and completed...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 20, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Zen Practice
Last week, Zen Peacemaker Bernie Glassman suffered a massive stroke and was rushed to the hospital. As this inspirational teacher recovers, his student, actor and Zen priest Michael O’Keefe, says: “I love him more than you can know.” Bernie Glassman...
