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Special Live Video Streams: Stepping Down & Mountain Seat Ceremonies

by Web Editor | Jan 31, 2012 | Features, Governance, Zen Practice

On February 11 and 12, San Francisco Zen Center will honor Ryushin Paul Haller as he steps down from his position as City Center Abbot and Kiku Christina Lehnherr as she steps up to become City Center Abbess. While everyone in our wider sangha is welcome to attend,...

Glow at the Extremest Verge: An Evening with Mark Doty

by Web Editor | Jul 18, 2012 | Arts & Culture

This event will be Video Live Streamed Sat, July 21, 7:30pm 300 Page Street, San Francisco In celebrating our five decades of cultural and spiritual engagement, we are pleased to present acclaimed poet and memoirist Mark Doty. Mark will read from his “big, risky,...

Featured Photo Mar 27

by Web Editor | Mar 27, 2013 | Arts & Culture

Suzuki Roshi and Mitsu Suzuki Sensei. On Sunday, April 7, San Francisco Zen Center will host a very special gathering to honor Mitsu Suzuki Sensei, the wife of Suzuki Roshi, haiku poet, teacher of the Japanese tea ceremony for many of us, teacher, friend, and mother...