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Transmitting the Dharma through Online Courses
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SFZC Central Abbess Reports Back from International Conference on Buddhist Women
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Bequest for SFZC Honors Memory of Sobun Katherine Thanas
Recently San Francisco Zen Center received a significant bequest from a couple in Monterey, California, who were inspired to remember Zen Center in...
TassNow: Last minute July retreat possibilities!
A few last minute retreat possibilities for July! Or stay at Tassajara in a dorm or shared housing without a retreat!
Life Is Hard: Zoketsu Norman Fischer on the Necessity of Love and Compassion
"One of the worst feelings is to feel utterly alone," says former SFZC abbot Zoketsu Norman Fischer, "but it’s impossible to ever be alone." In the...
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by Soren Leaver
Branching Streams of Northern California: Introducing Occidental Laguna Sangha
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Call for Volunteers for Pico Iyer Events, July 24-25
UPDATED: Volunteers are invited to help Zen Center with registration, ushering, and book sales, especially for the Saturday workshop below—in...