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An Appropriate Response to Adversity: A Reflection by Keiryu Liên Shutt

by Sangha News editor | Sep 30, 2014 | Programs, Zen Practice

When faced with how to respond to events in our lives—perhaps in a local way such as homelessness right outside our doors, or world events such as the Ebola crisis or a Ferguson-type situation—we may be trying to decide what to do. Can anyone really tell each of us...

A Fall Message from Central Abbess Eijun Linda Cutts

by Sangha News editor | Sep 30, 2014 | Features, Governance, News, Zen Practice

Dear Sangha Members, As I am about to leave for Tassajara for the Fall Practice Period, I wanted to let you know some things that are on my mind both at San Francisco Zen Center and in the wider world we share and create together. It has now been a year since we...

Flowering the Altars: Volunteers Needed

by Sangha News editor | Oct 7, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Volunteering

City Center is looking for volunteers to help create flower arrangements for the temple. Flowers, together with light, incense, food and sweet tea, are traditional offerings on Buddhist altars. Volunteers will learn arrangement forms with Dawna Foreman, who leads the...