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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...
Life Is Hard: Zoketsu Norman Fischer on the Necessity of Love and Compassion
"One of the worst feelings is to feel utterly alone," says former SFZC abbot Zoketsu Norman Fischer, "but it’s impossible to ever be alone." In the...
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by Soren Leaver
Branching Streams of Northern California: Introducing Occidental Laguna Sangha
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In Celebration of Summer Solstice
As is tradition, summer solstice is observed with a ceremony at Tassajara Zen Heart-Mind Temple. Zenshin Greg Fain, Head of Practice, delivered...
Volunteers Needed to Keep the Zendo Open Monday Mornings through the Summer
As a result of a recent change, Monday mornings at City Center now through Labor Day will reflect the interim schedule (no formal zazen and service,...
Sangha Is Crucial to Our Way
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Thinking of Charleston
With great sadness we hold in our hearts the victims of last week’s violent attack in Charleston and all who are affected by this tragedy. Standing...