Visit branchingstreams.sfzc.org. Zen Center’s Branching Streams network is branching out in a new way. A website was launched earlier this month...
New Website Launched as Hub for Branching Streams Affiliates
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Zen Practice
Traveler-Photographer Shares Monumentally Sacred Sites in “On the Road . . . to Away-Seeking Mind”
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The Spirit of Zen: Keiryu Liên Shutt on Wise Effort and Non-Doing
The following reflection by Keiryu Liên Shutt was extracted from a talk she gave in 2008 titled “What I Love about Zen.” This rakusu was given to me...
The Environment Is a Field of Practice: A Swarm of Recent Events at Green Gulch Farm
I feel absolutely committed to the often-awkward work of agitating for greater awareness of the severe crisis our species has wrought upon the...
Rain Brings Deep Refreshment
by Shinchi Linda Galijan, Tassajara Director The storms of the past few days brought over 5 inches of very welcome rain, bringing us to a total of...
SFZC Cosponsors SFSU Conference on Mindfulness and Compassion
How can contemplative practices and rigorous scientific studies best inform each other for a greater common good? Internationally recognized...
Featured Photo, January 21
This snapshot from the spring of 2011 captures Urban Temple Dharma Teacher Ryushin Paul Haller appreciating the beginner's mind of his grandson,...
Introducing Akazienzendo Berlin: A Home in the Middle of Impermanence
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Sharing an Open Letter from Zen Teachers on Abuse
A disciple of Buddha does not misuse sexuality. —from the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts This vow of deep intention is a guiding principle for living...