An Appropriate Response to Adversity: A Reflection by Keiryu Liên Shutt

by Sangha News editor | Sep 30, 2014 | Programs, Zen Practice

When faced with how to respond to events in our lives—perhaps in a local way such as homelessness right outside our doors, or world events such as the Ebola crisis or a Ferguson-type situation—we may be trying to decide what to do. Can anyone really tell each of us...

What Is Happiness to You?

by Sangha News editor | Sep 30, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Programs

A Survey

Cloud Hall Raffle Drawing Selects Winners and Raises Funds

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

Following a full summer of ticket sales and heightened anticipation, the final winners were drawn last Sunday for the raffles to benefit Green Gulch’s renovation of Cloud Hall (see a photographic chronicle of the progress on the Renovation and Restoration blog)....

Board Election 2014: List of Candidates and Electronic Voting

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

Submitted by Gretchen Rau, Governance Committee Chair The San Francisco Zen Center Board of Directors presents the following list of nominees for three-year board terms, commencing January 1, 2015: Albert Kutchins Brian McCaffrey (second term) Margie O’Driscoll Jisan...

Book Review for Zen and the White Whale: A Buddhist Rendering of Moby-Dick, by Daniel Herman

by Sangha News editor | Sep 23, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Features, Programs, Zen Practice

by Catherine Gammon