I feel absolutely committed to the often-awkward work of agitating for greater awareness of the severe crisis our species has wrought upon the...
The Environment Is a Field of Practice: A Swarm of Recent Events at Green Gulch Farm
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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
Practicing with Issues of Misconduct, Conflict and Reconciliation at San Francisco Zen Center
A Message to the SFZC Sangha
Zen Student Reports on Climate March and Develops Environmentally Focused Events at SFZC
There’s a collective urgency now, which I hope is enough to inspire sitting and action. The above quote captures the tone from a presentation on...