Djinn Gallagher wonders if her phone is lulling her into a false sense of security. Did you have a much-loved beaten-up teddy bear when you were a...
Unplug and Recharge: How to Be a Grown-Up with a Digital Security Blanket
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Arts & Culture
The Background to Philip Whalen’s Jizo Poem
Last week, David Schneider came to City Center to read from his new book about a former City Center resident, Beat poet Philip Whalen. Here is a...
The Way of Tea at City Center
Sensei Meiya Wender has studied the Way of Tea for many years, including a year at the Urasenke Midorikai program in Kyoto, and teaches Tea in...
Jane Hirshfield Brings Her Poetry to the Dharma Lamp Circle
The Dharma Lamp Circle, a group of SFZC legacy givers, enjoyed an evening of poetry and connection featuring a reading by Jane Hirshfield, and a...
Waking Up Again and Again, Until You Really Wake Up
Long-time practitioner and SFZC board member Dennis McNally reckons that, beneath the surface hilarity, Bill Murray's brilliant Groundhog Day is...
Bob Pizzi: ‘Into the Light: For the Benefit of All Beings’
Bob Pizzi is showing his photographs of Nepal at City Center during the month of April. Here he describes the beauty and vibrancy of Nepal and its...
‘Don’t Be a Jerk’, with Brad Warner, April 8
In his new book, Don’t Be a Jerk, radical writer Brad Warner offers an update of Dogen's Shobogenzo, "a very long, very old book." He'll be...
A Poem in Response to Suzuki Roshi
Award-winning poet Brynn Saito, intrigued by the teachings of Zen Center founder Shunryu Suzuki, shares with us her poem in response to the master's...
Book Sale to Benefit Zen Center Outreach Programs
The Zen Center outreach programs for prisoners, the homeless, indigent families, etc. are largely funded by our twice annual book sales. The...