by Sangha News editor | Oct 16, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Zen Practice
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi sitting zazen (meditation) in the original zendo at Tassajara, 1969. Photo by Alan Marlowe.
by Sangha News editor | Mar 23, 2016 | Arts & Culture, News, Zen Practice
Award-winning poet Brynn Saito, intrigued by the teachings of Zen Center founder Shunryu Suzuki, shares with us her poem in response to the master’s teaching. “Sometimes a flash will come through a dark sky…The sky is never surprised when all of a...
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 | 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...