The Great Creativity in Being Bodhisattvas

by Sangha News editor | May 20, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Features, Programs, Zen Practice

by Chris Fortin and Jaune Evans Life—its essence/suchness—is creative. It is endless and vast creative possibility. Just looking around, we can see the life force in its amazing dance of diverse forms and expressions. Bodhisattvas are an intimate embodiment of this...

Featured Photo, May 21

by Sangha News editor | May 20, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Programs, Zen Practice

Tassajara, 2002

San Francisco Pride Parade 2014 – June 29

by Sangha News editor | May 20, 2014 | Arts & Culture, News, Volunteering

Sunday, June 29, 9 am – 5 pm The San Francisco Zen Center sangha will be marching in the Pride Parade for the seventh consecutive year, manifesting the harmony of difference and equality. You are warmly welcomed to join in this joyous celebration. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:...

Zen Center Participates in Bike to Worship, May 31

by Sangha News editor | May 13, 2014 | News

May is Bike Month in San Francisco. Thursday, May 8th, saw the 20th annual Bike to Work Day, and this year the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and the San Francisco Interfaith Council have teamed up to create Bike to Worship Week, to promote cycling to your place of...

Working Bicycles Needed at Green Gulch Farm—and More

by Sangha News editor | May 13, 2014 | Farm & Garden, Giving, Volunteering

A list of current needs for donated items on the farm at Green Gulch, by Farm Manager Qayyum Johnson Working Bicycles Green Gulch Farm is looking for working mountain bikes of all sizes (we have a diverse-sized crew this season) for use getting from the compost yard...