by Sangha News editor | Jan 12, 2018 | News, Zen Practice
Suzuki Roshi’s Way is flourishing. San Francisco Zen Center’s “Branching Streams” Network of Affiliate Sanghas is now comprised of 75 Dharma centers, ranging in size from meeting-once-a-week small sitting groups to established centers with...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 13, 2017 | Features, News
October 12, 2017 Dear Friends, This week the sun has been a dull red ball, the air dense with smoke, and we feel a pervasive concern for all those impacted by the fires in Napa and Sonoma. The web of connection is broad; there are so many to hold in our hearts. News...
by Sangha News editor | Aug 30, 2017 | Giving, News
Saturday, September 30, noon – 5:00 pm Starting Location: Gold Mountain Monastery, 800 Sacramento Street Ending Location: San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street – arriving at 3:30 pm: please consider volunteering to host the group at City Center On...
by Sangha News editor | Aug 22, 2017 | Features, Zen Practice
By Central Abbess Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts Amidst the political and social challenges of our times, when public expressions of racism, bigotry, anti-semitism, and hatred and violence are rising, I wanted to make very clear that San Francisco Zen Center, in our...
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...