We are half-way through our August Membership Drive and are pleased to welcome over 33 new members to the San Francisco Zen Center community. During...
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SFZC Summer Membership Drive
Join Today! This month is our annual Membership Drive and during the next few weeks we will explore the many types of connections at San Francisco...
Featured Photo August 9 Jukai / Lay Initiation at City Center
Jukai / Lay Ordination at City Center on Friday, July 20, 2018. Congratulations to those receiving the precepts! Photo by Shundo David Haye.
Remembering Jordan Thorn
Shokan Jordan Thorn January 13, 1953 – June 10, 2018 With great sorrow, we announce the passing away of Shokan Jordan Thorn. Jordan was a constant...
Featured Photo July 19
July raspberries at Green Gulch Farm. Photo by Clare Hollander.
Shokan Jordan Thorn’s Funeral
Zoketsu Norman Fischer will officiate for Shokan Jordan Thorn's funeral on Sunday, August 5 at 10 am. The ceremony will be held in the Buddha Hall...
Join Us for Zazen in the Online Zendo
Every weekday morning from 6:30 to 7:00 (PST), members of the SFZC's Online Sangha engage in the fundamental practice of zazen, wholehearted...
TassNow: Remaining August Availability
In the Mountains on a Summer Day, by Li Bai (trans. Arthur Waley, 1919). Gently I stir a white feather fan, With open shirt sitting in a green wood....
Vietnamese Nuns Visit Tassajara
Inspiring Presence of Ni Su Thuan Tue and Vietnamese Truc Lam Zen by Keiryu Liên Shutt In mid-June, I was fortunate to be able to bring Ni Su Thuan...