Congratulations to Kanshin Allison Tait, the City Center shuso. Photos by Shundo David Haye.
Featured Photo: December 14
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Zen Practice
Introduction to Zen Meditation 禅修入门: New Class Series Taught in Mandarin Chinese
by Rev. Gendo Lucy Xiao (玄道) Recently I gave meditation instruction at SFZC's City Center. When I asked the newcomers what brought them to...
Featured Photo October 19
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi sitting zazen (meditation) in the original zendo at Tassajara, 1969. Photo by Alan Marlowe.
Featured Photo 2 September 28
Congratulations! At City Center on September 23, 2017, nine people received lay initiation. Photos by Deborah Svoboda. Teachers and initiates: Rinso...
Featured Photo 1 September 28
Congratulations! At Green Gulch Farm on September 17, 2017, Kogen Dito-Keith (Kogen Anshin / Radiant Presence-Body of Peace) received priest...
Sanctuary and Action
By Central Abbess Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts Amidst the political and social challenges of our times, when public expressions of racism, bigotry,...
Featured Photo July 20
On June 18,Still Breathing Zen Meditation Center's first jukai ceremony took place at the Berkeley Zen Center. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, guiding...
Reflections on the March—Practice for Climate April 29
Thanks largely to the organizing work of San Francisco Zen Center members and friends, on April 29 more than one hundred practitioners from Green...
Lay Initiation Ceremony – Jukai at City Center
On Saturday, April 29, eight people received the precepts in a Lay Initiation Ceremony. Congratulations to everyone! Photo by Florian Brody.