Saturday Sangha is not simply for lay people; its value and function is far beyond that of volunteers. It will now be called Urban Gate Sangha.
Jukai Ceremony at City Center June 17
Congratulations to the initiates who received the precepts in a Jukai Ceremony at SFZC’s City Center on June 17.
A Spring Visit to Four East Coast Branching Streams Zen Centers
In May, as part of her role as Branching Streams liaison, Tova Green visited Zen Centers in Washington DC, Massachusetts, and Vermont.
The New SFZC Dharma App Is Launched!
The SFZC Dharma App gives easy access for mobile devices to the SFZC online media library of over 4,300 audio and video recordings.
Jukai Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm May 4
Congratulations to Daniel deTerrence Brooks who received the precepts from Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson.
Celebrating 100 Years of Soto Zen in the United States
The Jukai-e included zazen, study, ceremonies, and Dharma talks, bringing together teachers and students from North America and around the world.
Meet Kei Van Arnam, Bringer of Joy to the City Center Temple
Kei sees her role as important as we’re bringing back and re-enlivening City Center’s public offerings and classes as an urban temple.
Jukai Ceremony at City Center April 22
Receiving the precepts from Kyoshin Wendy Lewis was Mark Rivera and from Anshi Rosalie Curtis was Parul Bajaj.
Chimyo Atkinson on Impermanence and Liberation
“I had put myself in a box based on ideas my self-limiting mind makes—and for a moment I was exactly who I was. I felt a sense of liberation.”