Membership 2020: Engetsu Lefevre’s Story of Connection
Engetsu Lefevre first came to SFZC’s City Center in 2013. After several years of Zen practice in her native Brazil, she was looking for a Zen center for long-term residential practice in the US. “I took the night bus from LA to San Francisco, and arrived...Membership 2020: Carla Walter’s Story of Connection
Carla Walter already had a dedicated spiritual practice when she visited Tassajara for the first time in 2018, and she “had no intention of becoming a Zen practitioner.” She tells the story of how she changed her mind and became increasingly involved with...
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...
The Ten Oxherding Pictures: An Interview with Kyoshin Wendy Lewis
It’s about studying and knowing the teachings, and then, at various points, having the teachings and path drop away.