
Meet Our Youngest Member and Support the Membership Drive
We have one week left of our annual Membership Drive and have welcomed 56 new members to the Zen Center community. That means we’re 44 members away from reaching our goal of enrolling 100 members in 30 days.

Meet a Member and Support the Membership Drive
We are half-way through our August Membership Drive and are pleased to welcome over 33 new members to the San Francisco Zen Center community.

SFZC Summer Membership Drive
Join Today!
This month is our annual Membership Drive and during the next few weeks we will explore the many types of connections at San Francisco Zen Center. How do we connect to admirable friends and inspiring teachings?

Become a Member of San Francisco Zen Center
“Vast intentions for universal awakening, social justice leadership, honest work, excellent teachers and program offerings and loving community practice.” —What motivates Qayyum to be a member since 2006

A Conversation on Right Speech with Abbess Fu Schroeder
Abiding Abbess of Green Gulch Farm Furyu Schroeder comments on Right Speech.
Q: What is the Buddhist precept on right speech?
Fu Schroeder: There are several of them: A disciple of Buddha does not lie, does not praise self at the expense of others, and does not slander.

Featured Photo: December 7
Dawn from the rooftop of San Francisco Zen Center’s Beginner’s Mind Temple in San Francisco.
Photograph by Shundo David Haye and “Right Speech” calligraphy by Gendo Lucy Xiao.

Year-end Greetings from the Abbatial Leadership, Teachers, and Zen Center Community
Dear Dharma Friends,
Today’s fast-paced and painfully polarized world presents special challenges for all of us committed to the Dharma practice of “right speech.” For most of us this is particularly true in the digital realm where there is a strong impulse to react immediately.

Ceramics Sale to Benefit San Francisco Zen Center’s Prison Outreach Program
Ceramics by Richard Urban
City Center, 300 Page Street, SF
November 24 – December 1

Support the San Francisco Food Bank
During the holiday season, San Francisco Zen Center will be hosting a food drive in collaboration with the San Francisco Food Bank. A large barrel in the City Center lobby is available to receive your donations of nonperishable food items (no glass containers). Donations of food will be accepted through December.

Walk to Feed the Hungry on September 30
Saturday, September 30, noon – 5:00 pm
Starting Location: Gold Mountain Monastery, 800 Sacramento Street
Ending Location: San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street – arriving at 3:30 pm: please consider volunteering to host the group at City Center