The main point of meditation is the same for all humans: to rest in the ultimate, and to experience the connection between ultimate and conditioned...
Shosan Victoria Austin on Meditation Postures Designed for the Female Body
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Flower Delivery for Buddha
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Brother David Steindl-Rast and Ryushin Paul Haller: The Spirit of Practice
Brother David Steindl-Rast and Ryushin Paul Haller returned to Tassajara last week to lead their annual retreat titled The Spirit of Practice:...
SFZC Central Abbess Reports Back from International Conference on Buddhist Women
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Branching Streams of Northern California: Introducing Occidental Laguna Sangha
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Call for Volunteers for Pico Iyer Events, July 24-25
UPDATED: Volunteers are invited to help Zen Center with registration, ushering, and book sales, especially for the Saturday workshop below—in...
Boundless Life: Staying in Touch with Blanche Hartman
Zenkei Blanche Hartman, "Inconceivable Joy," a senior dharma teacher and abbess emeritus of San Francisco Zen Center, has been in failing health...
The Zen Poetry of Aging: Three Brief Teachings
Zen poets for centuries have addressed the experience of aging in ways that may resonate with and clarify our own experience of it. Below are three...