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...
The Way of Tea at City Center
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Arts & Culture
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...
‘How to Enter the Monastery’, a poem by Jisan Tova Green
"The monastery needs/ the road", writes Zen teacher and poet Jisan Tova Green, who spent many years at Tassajara, where the fourteen-mile entry road...
‘Without a Compass’: Art Show by Susan Imperial
"My inspiration springs from my feral imagination," says Susan Imperial, whose work is on show at City Center during the month of March. Everyone is...