On Saturday, January 4, five initiates received the precepts in a Jukai/Initiation Ceremony with preceptors Central Abbot Ed Sattizahn, Shosan...
Featured Photo: January 16
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Featured Photo December 20
Congratulations to Tim O'Connor Fraser, Gyoku To I Toku / Jade Lantern Solemn Virtue, the Fall 2019 City Center shuso. The shuso ceremony, after...
Featured Photo September 26
Congratulations to three newly ordained priests! On Saturday, September 14, Dillon Balmaceda, Myles Cowherd, and Eli Brown-Stevenson received priest...
Thank You from Kannon Do
To Greg Fain and the residents at Tassajara, and the organizers of the guest practice program, Steve, Siobhan, and Minoria, On behalf of Kannon Do,...
Featured Photo January 10
Congratulations to Berk Kiyici who received jukai/lay initiation from Jisan Tova Green in a ceremony on Saturday, January 5, at City Center. His...
Konjin Gaelyn Godwin New Director of Soto Zen Buddhism International Center
On October 1, Konjin Gaelyn Godwin Roshi was appointed the new Director of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center. She is both the first woman...
Featured Photo November 29
Congratulations! On Sunday, November 18, at Green Gulch Farm, Jack Thomas received the precepts from Central Abbess Eijun Linda Cutts. His name is...
Book Event with Les Kaye and Teresa Bouza: A Sense of Something Greater
Dharma Talk and Book Signing — A Sense of Something Greater: Zen and the Search for Balance in Silicon Valley Saturday, February 2, 10 am - noon...
Featured Photo October 4
Congratulations to Terri Kota and Christian Piñón, who received the precepts in a lay initiation ceremony/jukai on September 15, 2018, at City...