by Sangha News editor | Jun 23, 2015 | News, Zen Practice
With great sadness we hold in our hearts the victims of last week’s violent attack in Charleston and all who are affected by this tragedy. Standing with the Emanuel AME Church as a faith community, we continue to grieve the unnecessary loss of life, particularly...
by Sangha News editor | Jun 23, 2015 | News
June 25, 1972 – June 16, 2015 San Francisco Zen Center has been grieving the loss of Sioen Roux, who passed away suddenly at Tassajara last week. Sioen had been a resident at both City Center and Tassajara. Having worked last summer at Tassajara, he spent the...
by Sangha News editor | Jun 24, 2015 | Arts & Culture, News
Zenkei Blanche Hartman, “Inconceivable Joy,” a senior dharma teacher and abbess emeritus of San Francisco Zen Center, has been in failing health since a fall in mid-March. After two weeks of intractable pain, she was diagnosed with a broken femur, and...
by Sangha News editor | Jun 24, 2015 | News, Programs
San Francisco Zen Center is a collection of three practice centers offering Zen meditation, training and programs in San Francisco, Marin and Carmel Valley. We have an immediate opening at our San Francisco center for a full-time facilitator of our reservations and...
by Sangha News editor | Jun 24, 2015 | Volunteering, Zen Practice
As a result of a recent change, Monday mornings at City Center now through Labor Day will reflect the interim schedule (no formal zazen and service, though the zendo will be open during the usual times by volunteers); the Monday afternoon schedule remains as usual...