by Sangha News editor | Oct 21, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Programs
There’s a collective urgency now, which I hope is enough to inspire sitting and action. The above quote captures the tone from a presentation on October 3 by City Center resident Milo Burn after his return from the People’s Climate March in New York on September...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 8, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Zen Practice
Photo Essay
by Sangha News editor | Oct 14, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Programs, Zen Practice
City Center Abiding Abbot Ed Sattizahn took in an early morning courtyard view between activities in the one-day sitting on October 4. This first sitting of the fall signaled that the abbot’s first practice period at Zen Center was well under way. In addition to...
by Sangha News editor | Apr 1, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Features, Programs
The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. —John Berger Photographs by Shundo David Haye Can our openness allow us a fresh regard for what is right in front of us? This is the essential question asked by poet and former SFZC...
by Sangha News editor | May 27, 2014 | Features, Programs, Zen Practice
This morning I noticed that impatience, accompanied by inner critic thoughts, must have entered my house while I was sleeping last night. Not being awake to these visiting thoughts, I found myself entangled and fighting with them this morning as if thoughts had...
