by Web Editor | Jan 9, 2013 | Programs, Zen Practice
What Former Participants Experienced As Establishing the Path of Practice 2016 is about to get underway, four of the program’s former students stepped up to share their experience with us. Here’s what they had to say about their experience in the program:...
by Sangha News editor | Jun 8, 2016 | Features, News, Volunteering, Zen Practice
We marched with our brothers and sisters in the dharma in the Pride Parade for Racial and Economic Justice on Sunday, June 26, 2016 to show our love and support. Larry Yang, this year’s Community Grand Marshall and a teacher at East Bay Meditation Center and...
by Sangha News editor | May 25, 2016 | Features, Giving, News
In commemoration of Hiroshima Day, August 6, we invite you to join us in creating 1,000 origami cranes, long associated with the desire for world peace. At City Center, Green Gulch and Tassajara, anyone who is interested is welcome to help, folding one or many. If you...
by Sangha News editor | May 25, 2016 | Arts & Culture, News, Programs
Sensei Meiya Wender has studied the Way of Tea for many years, including a year at the Urasenke Midorikai program in Kyoto, and teaches Tea in Sowing the Moon Teahouse at Green Gulch. We are fortunate that she is also now offering classes in the art of tea at City...
by Sangha News editor | May 11, 2016 | Features, News, Programs, Zen Practice
The Contemplative Caregiver Course uses the teachings of mindfulness and turning towards what’s difficult to cultivate a Zen approach to aging, sickness, and dying. Here, some of the participants in the course express their deepening understanding of service....