by Sangha News editor | Oct 12, 2016 | News, Zen Practice
During this course on the sixteen bodhisattva precepts, you will be introduced to the Bodhisattva Vow from its origins in the enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha to its expression in the precept ceremonies and daily life practices of our Zen communities today. It will...
by Sangha News editor | May 13, 2014 | Features, Programs, Volunteering, Zen Practice
Volunteer/Outreach Spotlight
by Sangha News editor | Sep 21, 2016 | News, Zen Practice
Last Saturday, September 17, we celebrated 16 new bodhisattvas taking the precepts and entering Buddha’s way – nine students at City Center, and seven at Green Gulch Farm. It was a joy to witness such optimistic and enthusiastic practitioners filling the...
by Web Editor | Sep 25, 2012 | Arts & Culture, Zen Practice
A Building That Binds Us Together
by Sangha News editor | Jul 12, 2016 | News, Zen Practice
On behalf of San Francisco Zen Center I join with all of you in grieving over the violence in the past weeks throughout the world. Massive bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Turkey, mass shootings in the United States in Florida, fatal-shootings of two Black men in...