by Sangha News editor | Jul 22, 2015 | For Zenkei Blanche Hartman, In Memoriam
This is our work. Just to be here, ready to meet whatever is next without expectation or prejudice or preconceptions. Just ‘What is it? What is this, I wonder?’ So please, cultivate your beginner’s mind. Be willing not to be an expert. Be willing not to...
by Sangha News editor | Jul 22, 2015 | Features, Programs, Zen Practice
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by Sangha News editor | Jul 21, 2015 | Giving, News, Zen Practice
Recently San Francisco Zen Center received a significant bequest from a couple in Monterey, California, who were inspired to remember Zen Center in their will primarily because of their relationship with Katherine Thanas. Sobun Katherine Thanas was a Zen Center priest...
by Sangha News editor | Jul 8, 2015 | Features, Programs, Zen Practice
“One of the worst feelings is to feel utterly alone,” says former SFZC abbot Zoketsu Norman Fischer, “but it’s impossible to ever be alone.” In the brief excerpt below transcribed from video, Norman tells us why love and compassion are simply...