Visit branchingstreams.sfzc.org. Zen Center’s Branching Streams network is branching out in a new way. A website was launched earlier this month...
The Spirit of Zen: Keiryu Liên Shutt on Wise Effort and Non-Doing
The following reflection by Keiryu Liên Shutt was extracted from a talk she gave in 2008 titled “What I Love about Zen.” This rakusu was given to me...
The Environment Is a Field of Practice: A Swarm of Recent Events at Green Gulch Farm
I feel absolutely committed to the often-awkward work of agitating for greater awareness of the severe crisis our species has wrought upon the...
Introducing Akazienzendo Berlin: A Home in the Middle of Impermanence
Branching Streams sangha profile
Ceremony Opens a New Hall at Green Gulch As Renovation Project Nears an End
It’s a new year, and time to celebrate new and improved facilities, the fruits of last year’s labor. After nine months of renovating existing...
Like Waves Rippling Out from Stillness: An Introduction to Ocean Gate Zen Center, Santa Cruz
A Branching Streams sangha profile by Steve Palmisano Ocean Gate Zen Center is located on the central coast of California in the small beach town of...
Bridging Monastic and Urban Practice: The Online Practice Period
by Lydia Linker
Clear Water Zendo Turns 15: Introducing the Vallejo Zen Center
A Branching Streams profile
Wearing Buddha’s Robe: The Rakusu
Words from the Wearers