by Sangha News editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Features, News
Dear Sangha, I’d like to share a brief update on Blanche. She is still living at AgeSong, after deciding not to relocate to another assisted living community in San Francisco. She has become comfortable with the surroundings at AgeSong, as well as with their staff....
by Sangha News editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, Giving, News, Zen Practice
Artist Susan Spencer tells the intimate story of her 20 years of practice, how she met her late teacher Darlene Cohen, and why she has decided to make a gift to SFZC in her will. In 1995 I was living in Minneapolis. As an Episcopalian I was encouraged by how the...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Features, News, Shuso, Zen Practice
This morning, Wednesday, January 27, Shindo Gita Gayatri accepted the invitation to be the shuso (head student) for the Winter 2016 practice period led by her teacher, Ryushin Paul Haller, at City Center. The benji (shuso’s attendant) will be Juan Angel. Here...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 20, 2016 | Features, News, Zen Practice
“So many of you expressed your love for and remembrances of Mitsu Suzuki upon hearing of her death on January 9, 2016 that I wanted to tell you about the beautiful ceremonies that were held for her in Japan, which I attended,” writes Central Abbess Eijun...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 9, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Zen Practice
We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Suzuki Roshi’s widow, Mitsu ‘Okusan’ Suzuki, early Saturday January 9, 2015. The three temples rang the densho 108 times that morning, and each temple held a memorial service to honor her passing and...
