For Zenkei Blanche Hartman
Blanche’s Memories, as Told to Her Student Mary Watson
Childhood: Blanche had one older sister, Marge (Margaret), who was four years older than she was, and Blanche looked up to her a lot. When Blanche...
Funeral Service for Zenkei Blanche Hartman on July 10
Blanche Hartman / Shunbo Zenkei Spring Full Moon, Inconceivable Joy May 8, 1926 – May 13, 2016 FUNERAL CEREMONY Sunday, July 10, 2016, at 10 am...
End and Beginning Stitched Together: A Poem for Blanche
End and Beginning Stitched Together Alone, in the City Center sewing room Sitting on a high stool seeking natural light Blanche and I I draw my last...
Shosan Victoria Austin on Zenkei Blanche Hartman: An Obituary from Tricycle
In an article published in Tricycle magazine, Shosan Victoria Austin says that Zenkei "Inconceivable Joy" Blanche Hartman lived up to her name...
Zenkei Blanche Hartman’s Funeral: Video
Ceremonial Procession Inkin: Myoju Erin Merk Ashes: Sojun Mel Weitsman Portrait: Seiren Barbara Kohn Memorial Plaque (Ihai): Kosho McCall Staff:...
A Poem for Zenkei by Jane Hirshfied
Spell To Be Said Upon Departure What was come here to do having finished, shelves of the water lie flat. Copper the leaves of the doorsill, yellow...
Zenkei Blanche Hartman: A Photo Album
Our memories of Zenkei Blanche Hartman, who died at the age of 90, are deep and numerous. Here we offer a small selection of the vast array of...
Zenkei Blanche Hartman, an Obituary
Shunbo Zenkei Blanche Hartman, Roshi, a widely respected Zen teacher, former Abbess, and Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center, died on...