“I found my path by continuing to cultivate the tender growing edge of my practice.”
Becoming a Land Steward: An Interview with Sukey Parmelee
Sukey loves the land at Green Gulch Farm and feels lucky to have known this piece of land for so long—how it changes, and how it changes her.
Shosan Ceremony: Awakening the Archive, Tape 23
“Dharma is the thing to which every one of us have been striving for, and will strive for. It is not only you, but all the patriarch and sages.”
Jukai Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm 6/5
Jiryu Rutschman-Byler offered the precepts to two people in a jukai/lay initiation ceremony at Green Gulch Farm on June 5.
Bodhidharma: Awakening the Archive, Tape 22
“[T]he first principle is, you know, the principle which is—which you cannot talk about. And which we transmit … from master to master.”
Upcoming Abbatial Transitions
Abbot Ed Sattizahn announces changes coming up in March 2023 in the Abbatial Leadership at San Francisco Zen Center.
Talks
Abbot Steve spoke on Wednesday, October 2, at Green Gulch Farm, shortly after learning of his diagnosis. Follow the link below to our main site to...
Photos of David Coady
If you have a photo of David you'd like to submit, please email it to the editor of The Great Leap. Thank you!
San Francisco Zen Center Honors Pride Month
On June 26, after a several year hiatus, San Francisco Zen Center will again have a contingent in the LGBTQIA+ Pride Parade. We invite readers of...







