Featured Photo, October 15

by Sangha News editor | Oct 14, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Programs, Zen Practice

City Center Abiding Abbot Ed Sattizahn took in an early morning courtyard view between activities in the one-day sitting on October 4. This first sitting of the fall signaled that the abbot’s first practice period at Zen Center was well under way. In addition to...

A Stove Story

by Sangha News editor | Oct 8, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Zen Practice

Photo Essay

Flowering the Altars: Volunteers Needed

by Sangha News editor | Oct 7, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Volunteering

City Center is looking for volunteers to help create flower arrangements for the temple. Flowers, together with light, incense, food and sweet tea, are traditional offerings on Buddhist altars. Volunteers will learn arrangement forms with Dawna Foreman, who leads the...

A Fall Message from Central Abbess Eijun Linda Cutts

by Sangha News editor | Sep 30, 2014 | Features, Governance, News, Zen Practice

Dear Sangha Members, As I am about to leave for Tassajara for the Fall Practice Period, I wanted to let you know some things that are on my mind both at San Francisco Zen Center and in the wider world we share and create together. It has now been a year since we...

Shine One Corner of the World—Membership Matters!

by Sangha News editor | Sep 30, 2014 | Giving, News

October Drive