by Sangha News editor | May 11, 2020 | Features, News
The monks at Tassajara have written a letter to the boundless sangha: friends, supporters, guests, former residents, fellow practitioners, all sentient beings. The letter will be published in four parts over the next several days. It is inspired by the prompt...
by Sangha News editor | May 7, 2020 | Farm & Garden, Features, Giving, News
If you are inspired by Jack’s experience at Green Gulch Farm, you may want to sign up for one of our many Guest Student and Apprenticeship opportunities at GGF as well as City Center and Tassajara (summer months). Stays can be as short as 5 days; longer...
by Sangha News editor | May 6, 2020 | Farm & Garden, Features, News
The Green Gulch 2020 farm season is now well under way. Every Wednesday morning, the community walks down to the fields after zazen for communal hoeing. Last week, various work crews joined the farmers to get the third planting of the new season into the ground....
by Sangha News editor | May 1, 2020 | Features, Giving, News, Volunteering
In the midst of this global pandemic, many of us are asking ourselves, “How can I be of service?” Jeffrey Schneider, Coordinator of the Zen Center Outreach Program talks to us about how he is turning that question. For the past ten years, City Center...
by Sangha News editor | Apr 29, 2020 | News
For decades, the San Francisco Zen Center has performed a weekly Well-Being Ceremony, chanting for the health and safety of loved ones suffering from physical and psychological distress. This past Saturday, the ceremony moved online to Zoom and included a prayer for...
