Oyendo el Dharma en Español

by Sangha News editor | Mar 19, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Features, Programs, Zen Practice

Una entrevista con la Reverenda Konin Melissa Cardenas  Por Lee Lipp, Coordinadora de Conciencia de Cultura e Inclusividad (read English version) Konin Cardenas es, entre muchas cosas, una maestra de Zen y una Latina de primera generación. En el Centro Zen de San...

Meditation in Japanese Rinzai Zen

by Sangha News editor | Oct 27, 2016 | Features, Zen Practice

A meditation workshop with Rev. Dr. Masaki Matsubara in the City Center Buddha Hall Saturday, November 19, 1 – 3 pm Cultivation of mindfulness involves Awareness of the mind and senses Dissolving the usual structures of ego Relationship in space to people and...

When you are you, Zen is Zen: A conversation with Edward Espe Brown

by Sangha News editor | Nov 26, 2013 | Features, Programs, Zen Practice

by Catherine Gammon

Taking the Bodhisattva Path

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...

Great Spirit Sangha Confirms its First Shuso

by Sangha News editor | Jul 13, 2016 | News, Shuso, Zen Practice

Great Spirit Sangha completed its spring 2016 practice period on May 1, with the Shuso Ceremony of Kirk Phillips (Ten Zan Kai Do). Great Spirit Sangha was named in honor of Darlene Cohen (Su Rei Ken Po, which translates as Great Spirit, Manifesting Dharma). Darlene...