by Sangha News editor | Sep 22, 2014 | Giving, News
With select excerpts below from a fuller obituary, we honor Rudy Hurwich for his long relationship with San Francisco Zen Center. He had maintained a personal relationship with Abbot Rinso Ed Sattizahn at Zen Center since 1979, during Ed’s term as SFZC...
by Sangha News editor | Sep 22, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Giving, News, Programs
We offer our sincere thanks to all the people who participated in last week’s book sale. Through your generosity, we raised $1917. This money will be distributed among our various outreach programs, helping to provide books for prisoners, food for homeless men...
by Sangha News editor | Sep 22, 2014 | Governance, News
The Zen Center Board met Wednesday, September 17, 2014, in the dining room at City Center. The board approved a resolution authorizing a committee to pursue negotiations with the Bridge Housing Corporation for a development relationship that would lead to the eventual...
by Sangha News editor | Sep 9, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Programs
Soon we’ll be wishing a farewell to summer for another year, but there’s always the warmth of sangha, as demonstrated by this girls’ group from the previous Coming of Age Program. Applicants are now being accepted for the next yearlong program, which...
by Sangha News editor | Sep 9, 2014 | Programs, Zen Practice
Many of us find ourselves stuck in painful experiences in our lives for days, months and even years. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel’s workshop Living through Strong Emotions is an invitation to learn how to use these experiences as a foundation to generate joy and...