Vanessa and her daughter Cora share what it’s like to live, practice, and integrate into daily life at City Center.
An Invitation to Join the Tassajara Summer 2026 Community
Join Tassajara’s 2026 Summer Practice Program and rediscover simplicity, mindfulness, and shared practice.
Holiday Gifts for Compass Clara House Children
Join City Center’s tradition of bringing joy to Clara House children with gift cards.
Illuminating the Path of Family Practice at SFZC
“We valued family practice as a mechanism for social change, where the family, in all of its myriad forms, is a location of liberation.”
Lay Initiation Ceremony at City Center
Congratulations to the initiates who received the precepts at City Center this September.
I Had a Good Teacher: An Interview with Les Kayes’ Student and Editor, Giuseppe Prisco
“His words come directly from lived experience; they’re genuine. Each talk is an invitation to practice.”
Celebrating 55 Years of the Tassajara Bread Book: An Interview with Edward Espe Brown
“Working to bake bread can renew our spirit, and with this work we renew the world, our friends and neighbors.”
Gendō Lucy Xiao Receives Dharma Transmission
Congratulations to Gendō Lucy Xiao who received Dharma Transmission from Senior Dharma Teacher Ryūshin Paul Haller at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.
Priest Ordination Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm – September 28
Congratulations to Cam Esaryk who received priest ordination from Abiding Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler at Green Gulch Farm this September.










