by Sangha News editor | Jun 24, 2015 | Volunteering, Zen Practice
As a result of a recent change, Monday mornings at City Center now through Labor Day will reflect the interim schedule (no formal zazen and service, though the zendo will be open during the usual times by volunteers); the Monday afternoon schedule remains as usual...
by Sangha News editor | Jun 24, 2015 | Features, Programs, Zen Practice
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by Sangha News editor | Jun 24, 2015 | Arts & Culture, News
Zenkei Blanche Hartman, “Inconceivable Joy,” a senior dharma teacher and abbess emeritus of San Francisco Zen Center, has been in failing health since a fall in mid-March. After two weeks of intractable pain, she was diagnosed with a broken femur, and...
by Sangha News editor | Jun 23, 2015 | For Zenkei Blanche Hartman, In Memoriam
Every morning at Tassajara when we left the zendo after breakfast, Blanche would stand to review the day with the Tanto and the Shuso. The sight was an indelible part of Tassajara life. Here she is with Maiya Wender and Ingen Breen. At the end of the Fall 2001...
by Sangha News editor | Jun 23, 2015 | News
June 25, 1972 – June 16, 2015 San Francisco Zen Center has been grieving the loss of Sioen Roux, who passed away suddenly at Tassajara last week. Sioen had been a resident at both City Center and Tassajara. Having worked last summer at Tassajara, he spent the...