Sangha News speaks with Nancy Petrin (Horin Raika, Dharma Forest/ Bringing Harmony), recently appointed as tanto (head of practice) at Beginner's...
Interview with New Tanto Nancy Petrin
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Emergency Fund Update: Thank You!
Eleven weeks ago, we reached out to San Francisco Zen Center's community of friends, practitioners, and supporters asking for their help. It was a...
Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind Turns 50
"When Shunryu Suzuki first saw a published copy of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, he looked it over for a minute and commented, "Good book, I didn't...
Meditation in Recovery Turns 20
On the last Monday of June in 2000, Meditation in Recovery met for the first time in the City Center Buddha Hall. At the time it was an experiment...
Sheltering in Practice
By Steph Blank Pandemic Response Part I Sheltering in Practice (with Children) During the first few days of Shelter in Place Practice at Green...
Black Lives Matter Protest at Green Gulch Farm
Green Gulch Farm held a memorial service on 5/31 for the innumerable lives lost to police violence and hung a Black Lives Matter banner on their...
Black Lives Matter Banner
On Sunday, residents at Beginner's Mind Temple painted a Black Lives Matter banner and put it up across the front of the entryway of 300 Page...
Giver, Receiver and Gift: Offerings from Green Gulch Farm
During these days of imposed restriction, it is easy and natural to lament the loss of the easy freedoms that, just a few months ago, we took as...
Shadows and Pandemic Practice
By Brenda Proudfoot The day we learned we would no longer practice zazen together in the zendo but instead would each practice in our individual...