Congratulations and thanks to Nancy Petrin for serving as shuso for the Fall 2014 Practice Period at City Center, led by City Center Abiding Abbot...
Our Teachers and Students Need Your Continued Support
Many of us regard San Francisco Zen Center as a place of refuge and replenishment. We take refuge in this community, in our shared practice, and in...
Wearing Buddha’s Robe: The Rakusu
Words from the Wearers
Featured Photo, October 15
City Center Abiding Abbot Ed Sattizahn took in an early morning courtyard view between activities in the one-day sitting on October 4. This first...
A Stove Story
Photo Essay
A Fall Message from Central Abbess Eijun Linda Cutts
Dear Sangha Members, As I am about to leave for Tassajara for the Fall Practice Period, I wanted to let you know some things that are on my mind...
An Appropriate Response to Adversity: A Reflection by Keiryu Liên Shutt
When faced with how to respond to events in our lives—perhaps in a local way such as homelessness right outside our doors, or world events such as...
Book Review for Zen and the White Whale: A Buddhist Rendering of Moby-Dick, by Daniel Herman
by Catherine Gammon
Yin and Zen for Coming to Stillness
by Lisa Jansen