by Sangha News editor | Feb 24, 2015 | Arts & Culture, News
March is the only month that contains a date that is a full sentence (March 4th). It also a month that marks movement toward spring: daylight savings time begins again (spring forward). With all this energy of moving toward the future in the air, it is a good time to...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 20, 2015 | News
Tassajara is seeking to fill the Jamesburg Caretaker Assist position, starting in April. The Jamesburg Assist supports Tassajara by interfacing with the outer world in a variety of ways. During the fall and winter months, this primarily involves driving into Monterey...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 18, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Features, Programs, Zen Practice
The following reflection by Keiryu Liên Shutt was extracted from a talk she gave in 2008 titled “What I Love about Zen.” This rakusu was given to me by Sekkei Harada Roshi in Japan. And on the back, he wrote this—and he did write this for all his monks and nuns...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 18, 2015 | Farm & Garden, Features, News, Programs, Volunteering, Zen Practice
I feel absolutely committed to the often-awkward work of agitating for greater awareness of the severe crisis our species has wrought upon the planet, much the same as I am committed to acknowledging my own mistakes and confusions. —Qayyum Johnson Several recent...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 18, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Farm & Garden, News, Programs
Text and photos from Michael Joshin Thiele The idea for a honeybee sanctuary at Green Gulch Farm emerged out of concern for the survival of bees and the health of the global biosphere. The vision of organizers is to develop new approaches to apiculture and the study...