by Web Editor | Sep 16, 2014 | Features, News
September 15, 2014 Right now, Tassajara is very quiet. It’s just after 9 am on Monday morning. Guest season ended yesterday; we said goodbye to the last of our guests by mid-afternoon. We chanted the Heart Sutra and closed the front gate, signaling the transition to...
by Web Editor | Sep 5, 2014 | Features, News, Programs, Zen Practice
Most times the most precious parts of ourselves are dwarfed by a preoccupation with mundane, functional tasks that fill our days and thoughts. I’m talking about kindness, love and joy—our humanity. But when we hit a wall, we sometimes stop and invert the paradigm,...
by Web Editor | Jul 30, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Zen Practice
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by Web Editor | Jul 3, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Features, News
(photos by David Silva) This past June, one of the creations to come out of the Meditation, Mindfulness and Songwriting retreat, led by Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Janet Gilmore, Al Staehely and Seido Jamie Howell, was an evening musical performance. Jimmie Dale Gilmore,...
by Web Editor | Jul 2, 2014 | Features, News, Zen Practice
by Sachico Ohanks, SFZC Program Communications Coordinator Listening to Sojun Mel Weitsman recall his experience as Suzuki Roshi’s student is the closest I will ever get to meeting Suzuki Roshi himself. And, perhaps had I met him in person, I might have been one of...
