Great Spirit Sangha completed its spring 2016 practice period on May 1, with the Shuso Ceremony of Kirk Phillips (Ten Zan Kai Do). Great Spirit...
Great Spirit Sangha Confirms its First Shuso
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Zen Practice
‘Only Love Dispels Hate’: A Statement from Central Abbess Eijun Linda Cutts
On behalf of San Francisco Zen Center I join with all of you in grieving over the violence in the past weeks throughout the world. Massive bombings...
The Dharma of Peace, the Mountain of Silence: Practicing Zen in Medellín, Colombia
A community of practitioners in Medellín, Colombia, is working for peace and reconciliation in a deeply troubled country. Here they describe their...
The Background to Philip Whalen’s Jizo Poem
Last week, David Schneider came to City Center to read from his new book about a former City Center resident, Beat poet Philip Whalen. Here is a...
Holding the Love in Our Hearts: SF Pride 2016
We marched with our brothers and sisters in the dharma in the Pride Parade for Racial and Economic Justice on Sunday, June 26, 2016 to show our love...
The Interfaith Power and Light Conference
Central Abbess Eijun Linda Cutts is a board member of Interfaith Power and Light, a group that identifies as the religious response to global...
The Joy of Work Period at Tassajara
Tassajara work periods happen in April and September, when a band of enthusiastic volunteers descend on the valley and roll up their sleeves...
Caregiving as an Enriching Path
The Contemplative Caregiver Course uses the teachings of mindfulness and turning towards what’s difficult to cultivate a Zen approach to aging,...
When Kim Hart Became Kogen Daiho
After many years of practice, Kim Hart was ordained as a priest by her teacher Ryushin Paul Haller in the City Center Buddha Hall on Saturday, April...