“When you try to do something, itself it is enlightenment. It is expression of our true nature.”
Calmness: Awakening the Archive, Tape 3
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Arts & Culture
Revitalizing Is Beneficial to Life: Meet Sally Chang, Qigong and Taiji Teacher
The word Qigong combines ‘Qi,’ the vital energy that exists in all living things, and ‘gong,’ the development of skill through work and persistence.
Awakening the Archive: The Exciting Discovery of 29 Lost Suzuki Roshi Lectures
SFZC and Engage Wisdom are pleased to offer these previously unavailable talks; completion of the project will coincide with SFZC’s 60th anniversary.
Beginner’s Mind: Awakening the Archive, Tape 1
“Even though you read Zen literature you have to keep this beginner’s mind. You have to read it with fresh mind.”
Wisdom Seeks for Wisdom: Awakening the Archive, Tape 2
“You don’t do anything, but let our true nature work by itself. This is Zen practice.”
An Artist Between Two Countries: An Interview with Engetsu Genki Lefevre
Engetsu is a Brazilian Zen student and artist who lived at SFZC for many years. In 2020, she returned to Brazil to visit family and friends.
“Dear Vaccine” – Creating Community with Poetry
The Global Community Vaccine Poem project “invites all to share their voices to promote Covid-19 vaccination through the imaginative language of poetry.”
Medicine and the Dharma
Joshua Sandeman, a former SFZC resident, is a Nurse Practitioner based in Salem, Oregon. “Medicine puts me face-to-face with all manner of human suffering and it can be a challenge to take care of feelings of burnout, detachment, and despair.”
Writing Is How I Live, an interview with Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Zenju started writing as an eight-year-old. In her twenties Zenju was writing short stories and she submitted one to a journal edited by Pearl Cleage. It was published and that was the first time she earned money as a writer.