by Sangha News editor | Jul 12, 2011 | For Mitsuzen Lou Hartman, In Memoriam
Watch live streaming video from sfzc at livestream.com View an unedited recording of the live video stream of Lou’s funeral held on March 13, 2011 in the Buddha Hall at Beginner’s Mind Temple, City Center. Our apologies for the quality of the audio, which...
by Sangha News editor | Apr 5, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Features, Zen Practice
Written by Keith Baker In 1986, Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED) left me profoundly deaf for several months. Over the following year, half my hearing returned, leaving me severely hard-of-hearing. Not much was known about AIED back then, and not much more is known...
by Sangha News editor | Mar 4, 2011 | For Mitsuzen Lou Hartman, In Memoriam
The funeral for Lou Hartman, Shuun Mitsuzen, will be held at San Francisco Zen Center’s City Center on Sunday, March 13, at 2 pm. Sojun Mel Weitsman, current abbot of Berkeley Zen Center and former co-abbot of San Francisco Zen Center, will officiate. Parking...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 29, 2011 | For Mitsuzen Lou Hartman, In Memoriam
City Center Ino, Shundo David Haye, describes Lou’s Witnessed Cremation Ceremony: A contingent of us went over the bridge after lunch to Emeryville for Lou’s cremation. I had packed up the traveling ceremonial kit box, and brought a few other things as...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 28, 2011 | For Surei Darlene Cohen, In Memoriam
From Susan Ji-on Postal, Darlene Cohen’s first Dharma heir, a reflective essay written during the last week of Darlene’s life: Her Dharma name, Surei, means Great Spirit. Her Birthday, Halloween, invokes the whole spirit world. Together they capture...