San Francisco Zen Center residents joined other volunteers to offer Thanksgiving dinner to unhoused men and women with Tenderloin Tessie.
Forgotten the Value of Religion: Awakening the Archive, Tape 5
“This kind of ‘I’ is called inmost ‘I,’ or ultimate ‘I.’ It cannot be the subject of study, or philosophy, or science, or psychology.”
Winter Shelter Dinners – Volunteers Needed
Volunteer to help prepare hot meals for the San Francisco Interfaith Council’s Winter Shelter program.
Study Yourself: Awakening the Archive, Tape 4
“When you forget yourself … you take the true activity of the big existence. When we realize this, there is no problem whatsoever in this world.”
Gift Bags for Clara House Donation Request
We are not able to invite the Clara House families to the temple this year, but each family will receive a gift bag including a $50 gift certificate.
Young Urban Zen Members Explore Residence at City Center
As SFZC slowly reopens to the wider public, becoming a guest student is one way to experience Living the Temple Life.
Calmness: Awakening the Archive, Tape 3
“When you try to do something, itself it is enlightenment. It is expression of our true nature.”
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.
A Practice-Infused Life
Leslie couldn’t imagine her life without Zen practice. “Although I’m no longer training formally, practice infuses my life.”