by Sangha News editor | Mar 24, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Features, News
By Tova Green For Paula Pietranera, a resident of San Francisco Zen Center, the pandemic began just as an exhibit of her paper folding art pieces and her sumi-e paintings was about to open at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco. The exhibit was installed as the...
by Sangha News editor | Mar 22, 2021 | Farm & Garden, Features, News
Since 1994 Green Gulch Farm has welcomed those with an interest in both Zen practice and organic farming to live and work there as farm and garden apprentices. Some of the participants have remained in the community (for example, City Center Tanto/Head of Practice...
by Sangha News editor | Mar 16, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Features, News
by Tova Green Sowing the Moon Teahouse at Green Gulch Farm has resumed monthly Sunday afternoon tea gatherings through Zoom. For two decades, prior to Covid-19, Meiya Wender and her tea students had hosted Sunday teas in this teahouse built in the traditional Japanese...
by Sangha News editor | Mar 10, 2021 | News
Statement from San Francisco Zen Center Leadership, in collaboration with the Central DEIA Committee and CAIC With deep sorrow and grave concern, we acknowledge and bear witness to the alarming surge of hate crimes against Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI)...
by Sangha News editor | Mar 10, 2021 | Features, News
By Tova Green In the early weeks of 2020, Young Urban Zen (or YUZ), a practice group geared towards people aged 20-40, was filling the City Center Buddha Hall on Tuesday evenings with 90 to 110 participants each week. Many gathered in a cafe afterwards to continue...
