by Sangha News editor | Feb 10, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, Giving, News
It’s the 39th annual Tassajara No Race, and we’re looking for a design to put on this year’s T-shirt. Send us your drawing, and if it’s chosen, it will be unveiled to great acclaim on the day of the No Race. A Concise History of No Race...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 1, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Zen Practice
The Abbatial Leadership of San Francisco Zen Center will host a memorial service for Mitsu Suzuki Sensei, poet, beloved tea teacher, and wife of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, in the Buddha Hall at City Center, at 3pm on Saturday, February 27. The event will also be Live...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 10, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, News
David Bowie’s intuitive grasp of the truth of constant change launched him from an almost-monk into a shape-shifting master of musical ceremony, writes Zen priest and writer Roberta Werdinger as she investigates the way of the Bowie-sattva It is a familiar...
by Sangha News editor | Nov 18, 2015 | News, Programs, Zen Practice
San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) is seeking a program coordinator who will be responsible for coordinating the planning and daily operations of SFZC program offerings including workshops, retreats and lectures at all three of our practice centers: City Center, Green...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 3, 2016 | Features, News, Zen Practice
At the traditional Zen Center leaving ceremony, the monk is described as returning to the marketplace with gift-bestowing hands. After fifteen years of residential zen training, Shundo David Haye finds himself outside the temple gate and wondering how exactly he can...