Cynthia Schrager is the editor of Norman Fischer’s new book, When You Greet Me I Bow: Notes and Reflections from a Life in Zen. A member of Everyday Zen, Cynthia has been a student of Norman’s since 2010.
Closed Captioning: Benefits and Limitations
Recently, Closed Captioning was enabled for all San Francisco Zen Center’s programs, classes, Dharma talks, and meetings, that is, anything presented via Zoom.
Pamela Ayo Yetunde and the Buddhist Justice Reporter Project
By Tova Green Pamela Ayo Yetunde, a Community Dharma Leader, Zen practitioner, chaplain, and author, was living in St. Paul when George Floyd was...
Work and Practice at Tassajara this Summer and Fall
During the last several months, the residential community at Tassajara has been very small. Yet the residents have maintained a daily schedule, and...
Branching Streams Flow On
A line in the Sandokai (Harmony of Difference and Equality) of Sekito Kisen (700 – 790), one of Suzuki Roshi’s favorite poems, reads”the branching streams flow on in the dark.”
Receiving the Precepts in the Spring
On April 21, at Green Gulch Farm, three initiates received the precepts and Dharma names from Tenshin Reb Anderson.
Dario Girolami Organizes Buddhist Chaplains in Europe
One of the activities that has engaged Dario Girolami, Abbot of Centro Zen l’Arco in Rome, during this year of the pandemic has been developing an organization for Buddhist chaplains in Europe.
Priest Ordination in a Time of Pandemic
On March 21, a clear, cool Sunday morning, two residents of Green Dragon Temple (Green Gulch Farm) were ordained as priests by three preceptors: Abiding Abbess Fu Schroeder, Eijun Linda Cutts, the teacher for Kristin Diggs, and Tenshin Reb Anderson, the teacher for Valerian Hauffe.
Intimate Discussions: An Interview with Sokaku Kathie Fischer
Kathie Fischer and her husband, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, will be co-leading an online intensive Intimate Discussions: On Dogen's Zuimonki (March...