The SFZC Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Sozan Diego Miglioli as the next President of SFZC, beginning in 2021. From...
Gratitude for Huey Johnson (1933-2020)
San Francisco Zen Center, Marin County and, indeed, anyone concerned about the environment, lost a great friend and benefactor with the death of...
Green Gulch Residents Display New Banner and Offer July 4th Sitting in Support of Black Lives
By Steph Blank On July 4th, Green Gulch residents gathered again at the bell tower to bow together in silence and process to the top of the...
New Solar Panels Installed on Page Street
There has been an array of solar panels on the roof of Beginner's Mind Temple at 300 Page Street since 2005. These panels produce 40-50% of the...
ZMC Closure Statement
This week San Francisco Zen Center's leadership made the difficult but necessary decision to close Tassajara for the remainder of the Guest Season...
Emergency Fund Update: Thank You!
Eleven weeks ago, we reached out to San Francisco Zen Center's community of friends, practitioners, and supporters asking for their help. It was a...
Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind Turns 50
"When Shunryu Suzuki first saw a published copy of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, he looked it over for a minute and commented, "Good book, I didn't...
Meditation in Recovery Turns 20
On the last Monday of June in 2000, Meditation in Recovery met for the first time in the City Center Buddha Hall. At the time it was an experiment...
Sheltering in Practice
By Steph Blank Pandemic Response Part I Sheltering in Practice (with Children) During the first few days of Shelter in Place Practice at Green...