by Sangha News editor | Nov 18, 2015 | News, Programs, Zen Practice
San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) is seeking a program coordinator who will be responsible for coordinating the planning and daily operations of SFZC program offerings including workshops, retreats and lectures at all three of our practice centers: City Center, Green...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 3, 2016 | Features, News, Zen Practice
At the traditional Zen Center leaving ceremony, the monk is described as returning to the marketplace with gift-bestowing hands. After fifteen years of residential zen training, Shundo David Haye finds himself outside the temple gate and wondering how exactly he can...
by Sangha News editor | Feb 3, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Features, News, Zen Practice
Long-term practitioner Keiryu Liên Shutt was invited to show her art at City Center this month. As she looks at her life through the prism of her art, she tells us, echoing Pablo Picasso, what she found, rather than what she was looking for A Way-Seeking Mind talk...
by Sangha News editor | Jan 20, 2016 | Features, News, Zen Practice
Last week, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel and Konin Melissa Cardenas completed their dharma transmission ceremonies and officially became dharma heirs in the lineage of Suzuki-roshi. Zenju began her training with her beloved root teacher, Zenkei Blanche Hartman, and completed...
by Sangha News editor | Dec 29, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Farm & Garden, Features, Giving, Zen Practice
Enjoy these gentle Zen moments from our daily life at SFZC, from zazen to beekeeping to organic farming, accompanied by such delightful soundtracks as Rev. Tova Green performing Bach on her cello, students chanting as they prepare to eat a formal oryoki meal, and...
