Shosan Victoria Austin on Meditation Postures Designed for the Female Body

by Sangha News editor | Aug 12, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Features, Programs, Zen Practice

The main point of meditation is the same for all humans: to rest in the ultimate, and to experience the connection between ultimate and conditioned existence, in the present moment. To do this, we sit in an upright, aligned way, one with the universe by nature of...

Branching Streams Visiting Teacher Reports Back from Brooklyn Zen Center

by Sangha News editor | Aug 12, 2015 | News, Programs, Zen Practice

In this post from the Branching Streams website, City Center teacher Kanzan David Zimmerman reflects on his three-month fellowship stay at Brooklyn Zen Center in New York, which just came to a close. The Visiting Teacher Fellowship Program, launched this spring with...

Flower Delivery for Buddha

by Sangha News editor | Aug 12, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Farm & Garden, Volunteering

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Informational Meeting for Awakening through Service (Class)

by Sangha News editor | Aug 11, 2015 | News, Programs, Volunteering, Zen Practice

Saturday, August 22 After lecture (around 11 am – 12 pm) Meet with co-facilitators Kathryn Stark and Jeffrey Schneider to find out more about the Awakening through Service program, to ask questions and to see if it might be a good fit for you. There is no need...

Sangha: A Mirror for Buddhas

by Sangha News editor | Aug 5, 2015 | Features, Zen Practice

A short teaching extracted from last week’s dharma talk at City Center by Anshin Rosalie Curtis There’s a famous line in the Lotus Sutra that says: “Only a buddha together with a buddha can fathom the reality of all existence.” It means that we can’t possibly do...