From the archives Suzuki Roshi will be remembered in living color during the upcoming workshop Presenting Shunryu Suzuki Roshi’s Teachings, August...
Sitting with Knitting at Green Gulch Farm: About Reirin Gumbel and Crafts as Spiritual Practice
Reirin Gumbel is a Zen priest who happens to also be an expert knitter and spinner of yarn—but these are parts of herself she weaves together quite...
Gay Pride Parade 2013: Photo Gallery
Photos by Ravi Chandra
The Presence and Way of a Zen Master: Shunryu Suzuki Roshi’s Teachings
Article by Kogan Sheldon, Programs Assistant
A Plunge into Zen Koans: An interview with Zoketsu Norman Fischer
Norman Fischer is very approachable, more like your friendly neighbor than the former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center, nationally known writer,...
Still Sitting, with Fire: Commemorating the 5th Anniversary of the Basin Complex Fire
by Kanzan David Zimmerman, Program Director at San Francisco Zen Center Five years ago this month, we came close to losing Tassajara Zen Mountain...
The Deep Point of Continuous Practice: An interview with Darcy Lyon
Right away I noticed, when interviewing Darcy Lyon, her expressiveness and warmth. She has an off-hand way of revealing progress towards elusive...
Listening to the Heart of the World: An Interview with Albert Flynn DeSilver
Writing is one of our most powerful points of attention as human beings, and when we focus our attention toward the realms of the possible, our...
Go Ahead, Feed the Sculpture: A Soulful and Interactive Art Exhibit at City Center
Paintings and Interactive Sculpture by Delfina Piretti