Lay Initiation Ceremony at City Center

Congratulations to the initiates who received the precepts at City Center this September.

I Had a Good Teacher: An Interview with Les Kayes’ Student and Editor, Giuseppe Prisco

“His words come directly from lived experience; they’re genuine. Each talk is an invitation to practice.”

Celebrating 55 Years of the Tassajara Bread Book: An Interview with Edward Espe Brown

“Working to bake bread can renew our spirit, and with this work we renew the world, our friends and neighbors.”

Gendō Lucy Xiao Receives Dharma Transmission

Congratulations to Gendō Lucy Xiao who received Dharma Transmission from Senior Dharma Teacher Ryūshin Paul Haller at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.

On Forgiveness

On Forgiveness

In this letter to the sangha, Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman writes about forgiveness and repair in his own life, and how SFZC is working with former Abbot Richard Baker to reconcile a difficult past and move forward together.

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