by Sangha News editor | Jul 11, 2017 | Arts & Culture
A group at Sokoji in 1964. Photo by Joan B. Mayer. Mel Weitsman is to the left of Richard Baker who is sitting behind Suzuki Roshi. Sojun Mel Weitsman gave a public Dharma talk at City Center on July 1 in which he talked, in part, about the beginnings of San Francisco...
by Sangha News editor | Jul 17, 2017 | Arts & Culture, News, Zen Practice
On June 18,Still Breathing Zen Meditation Center’s first jukai ceremony took place at the Berkeley Zen Center. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, guiding teacher, was the preceptor with the assistance of Shosan Victoria Austin of San Francisco Zen Center and Chimyo Atkinson...
by Sangha News editor | Aug 3, 2017 | Arts & Culture
In 1967, Suzuki Roshi gesturing a “little bit” as he and Bob Watkins moved stones at Tassajara. Photo by James Hatch.
by Sangha News editor | Sep 25, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Zen Practice
Congratulations! At Green Gulch Farm on September 17, 2017, Kogen Dito-Keith (Kogen Anshin / Radiant Presence-Body of Peace) received priest ordination from Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts. Photos by Shundo David Haye. Kogen will be moving to Green Gulch Farm from Tassajara...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 4, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Features, Giving
Dawn from the rooftop of San Francisco Zen Center’s Beginner’s Mind Temple in San Francisco. Photograph by Shundo David Haye and “Right Speech” calligraphy by Gendo Lucy Xiao. At San Francisco Zen Center, we aspire to create a world where...