“Being present at a birth is inspiring. Being present at a death can also open us to vastness and love.”
Pamela Weiss on Cultivating a Mind of Great Faith
Pamela is drawn to the “Hsin Hsin Ming” because it helps illuminate how we can live an undivided life.
Young Urban Zen Members Explore Residence at City Center
As SFZC slowly reopens to the wider public, becoming a guest student is one way to experience Living the Temple Life.
The Ten Oxherding Pictures: An Interview with Kyoshin Wendy Lewis
By Cat Li Stevenson Kyoshin Wendy Lewis has been practicing at San Francisco Zen Center since 1987, including living for six years at Tassajara. She...
HeartMind: An Interview with Artist Suiko Betsy McCall
By Cat Li Stevenson Sangha News interviewed artist, founder, and Abbess of the Art Monastery, Suiko Betsy McCall. Suiko and Green Gulch Farm Abiding...
Saturday Sangha Study Group is Online
The Saturday Sangha has been an important and vital part of City Center's practice life for the past twenty years. Before the Covid-19 pandemic...
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...
A Livestream Call with Abbot Ed
Have you donated to our Emergency Fund or are thinking about it but have questions about SFZC's financial picture? Many people have asked for more...
Outreach Book Sale – Donation Guidelines and May 2019 Sale Dates
Friday, May 10, through Saturday, May 18. In the main hallway at City Center/Beginner's Mind Temple, 300 Page Street in San Francisco. City Center's...