This new course brings forth the Zen Buddhist lens, complemented by contemporary mindfulness practices.
Zen Meets Depression and Anxiety
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Centering Our Hearts for the Work of the Day: A Conversation with Tess Taylor
This book is about the importance of poems, of gardens, of these small, nutrient-rich places in a fragile world.
Dharma Transmission Ceremony at Tassajara
Djinn Gallagher and Tim Kroll completed Dharma transmission at Tassajara in September 2023.
SFZC Elders Look Forward to the Move to Enso Village
Beginning in fall 2023 and continuing in four distinct waves over the next two years, twenty-seven SFZC elders will move to Enso Village.
SFZC Dharma App: Zen at Your Fingertips
The SFZC Dharma App gives easy access for mobile devices to the SFZC online media library of over 4,300 audio and video recordings.
Priest Ordination at City Center
On Saturday, September 23, three Zen students received priest ordination in a ceremony at SFZC’s City Center. Congratulations to all!
Fresh and Young: An Interview with Kaz Tanahashi on his Ninetieth Birthday
At 90, Kaz has a heightened awareness of the imminence of death. He is collaborating with his daughter on a film, “Can We Appreciate Death?”
Jukai Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm August 23
Congratulations to the initiates who received the precepts from Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler in a Jukai Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm on August 23.
Book Reading with Alan Lessik at City Center
Alan will be reading from his second novel, Make the Dark Night Shine … the novel is a love letter from a father to the daughter he never met.