Leadership Transition at Berkeley Zen Center

Sojun Mel Weitsman was invited to start the Berkeley Zendo in 1967 by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. He’s served as the head teacher and Abbot since that time, bringing forth and nurturing the active and flourishing urban center and community that is Berkeley Zen Center....
Remembering Yvonne Rand

Remembering Yvonne Rand

  Yvonne RandJikai Myo-ōn / Ocean of Compassion, Luminous SoundSeptember 23, 1935 – August 19, 2020 no wind, yet the windbellskeep on ringing—Kokan Shiren By Jisho Warner Yvonne Rand (née Boye), a member of the first generation of American Zen teachers, died on...