The main point of meditation is the same for all humans: to rest in the ultimate, and to experience the connection between ultimate and conditioned...
Branching Streams Visiting Teacher Reports Back from Brooklyn Zen Center
In this post from the Branching Streams website, City Center teacher Kanzan David Zimmerman reflects on his three-month fellowship stay at Brooklyn...
Informational Meeting for Awakening through Service (Class)
Saturday, August 22 After lecture (around 11 am - 12 pm) Meet with co-facilitators Kathryn Stark and Jeffrey Schneider to find out more about the...
Sangha: A Mirror for Buddhas
A short teaching extracted from last week's dharma talk at City Center by Anshin Rosalie Curtis There’s a famous line in the Lotus Sutra that says:...
Cleaning Up the Star Route to Green Gulch—Again!
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Brother David Steindl-Rast and Ryushin Paul Haller: The Spirit of Practice
Brother David Steindl-Rast and Ryushin Paul Haller returned to Tassajara last week to lead their annual retreat titled The Spirit of Practice:...
Transmitting the Dharma through Online Courses
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SFZC Central Abbess Reports Back from International Conference on Buddhist Women
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Bequest for SFZC Honors Memory of Sobun Katherine Thanas
Recently San Francisco Zen Center received a significant bequest from a couple in Monterey, California, who were inspired to remember Zen Center in...