


Like Waves Rippling Out from Stillness: An Introduction to Ocean Gate Zen Center, Santa Cruz
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...
Clear Water Zendo Turns 15: Introducing the Vallejo Zen Center
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New Year’s Babies at Zen Center Greet 2015
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...