by Sangha News editor | Dec 8, 2014 | News
SFZC alumnus Frances Anne Thompson passed away November 28 in San Francisco. Fran was an early student of Suzuki Roshi, the second tenzo (head of kitchen) at Tassajara, and the illustrator of the first Tassajara Bread Book. She maintained her connection with Zen...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 14, 2015 | Features, Zen Practice
A Branching Streams sangha profile by Steve Palmisano Ocean Gate Zen Center is located on the central coast of California in the small beach town of Capitola, adjacent to Santa Cruz. Our name reminds us that the Buddha Way is an endeavor as expansive and deep as the...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 6, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Features, Zen Practice
A Branching Streams profile
by Sangha News editor | Jan 7, 2015 | News
This last week, not one but two Zen Center families welcomed the new year with healthy new babies. Stephanie and Thiemo Blank, longtime residents at Green Gulch Farm, were the lucky parents of the first baby of the year in Marin County: a baby girl named Lucia. She...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 16, 2014 | Arts & Culture, News
The new documentary States of Grace hits Bay Area theaters to coincide with the installation of a movable median barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge in early January. Dr. Grace Dammann’s life was forever changed when a driver crashed head on into her car during a...