“I found my path by continuing to cultivate the tender growing edge of my practice.”
Nancy Petrin on Becoming a Lay Teacher
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Upcoming Abbatial Transitions
Abbot Ed Sattizahn announces changes coming up in March 2023 in the Abbatial Leadership at San Francisco Zen Center.
Fifty Years of Zen and Farming at Green Dragon Temple
“Surrounded by the green hills, gardens, fields, and the sparkling ocean beyond, today we mark the founding of Soryuji/Green Dragon Temple.”
SFZC Leadership Statement on Tassajara Closure
In the middle of this constantly shifting, impermanent world, may you and all living beings everywhere be happy, peaceful, and free from suffering.
Branching Streams Flow Together
The Conference theme, Healing Relationships, reflected the opportunity to connect after two challenging years.
Tassajara’s Gate Opens for the Guest Season!
May the healing energy of this valley, and the transformative power of practice, nourish and sustain all of us, and all who enter this gate.
Preparations for Fire Season at Tassajara
“Hopefully, one day good fire can be reintroduced to the land here, coordinated with local cultural burning practices; these small burns are a start.”
Bilingual Jukai Ceremony at City Center 2/25
El jukai se celebró en inglés y español, por lo que fue accesible tanto para los iniciados como para la asamblea.
SFZC and Farley’s Coffee
Farley’s connection to the San Francisco Zen Center is through its original owner, Roger Hillyard.