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Funeral Service for Zenkei Blanche Hartman on July 10
Blanche Hartman / Shunbo Zenkei Spring Full Moon, Inconceivable Joy May 8, 1926 – May 13, 2016 FUNERAL CEREMONY Sunday, July 10, 2016, at 10 am...
The Dharma of Peace, the Mountain of Silence: Practicing Zen in Medellín, Colombia
A community of practitioners in Medellín, Colombia, is working for peace and reconciliation in a deeply troubled country. Here they describe their...
End and Beginning Stitched Together: A Poem for Blanche
End and Beginning Stitched Together Alone, in the City Center sewing room Sitting on a high stool seeking natural light Blanche and I I draw my last...
Shosan Victoria Austin on Zenkei Blanche Hartman: An Obituary from Tricycle
In an article published in Tricycle magazine, Shosan Victoria Austin says that Zenkei "Inconceivable Joy" Blanche Hartman lived up to her name...
Eyes of Compassion for the Victims of Orlando
Adapted from City Center Tanto David Zimmerman’s opening remarks at a memorial service on June 13, 2016, for the victims of the Orlando shooting....
Zenkei Blanche Hartman’s Funeral: Video
Ceremonial Procession Inkin: Myoju Erin Merk Ashes: Sojun Mel Weitsman Portrait: Seiren Barbara Kohn Memorial Plaque (Ihai): Kosho McCall Staff:...
A Poem for Zenkei by Jane Hirshfied
Spell To Be Said Upon Departure What was come here to do having finished, shelves of the water lie flat. Copper the leaves of the doorsill, yellow...
The Background to Philip Whalen’s Jizo Poem
Last week, David Schneider came to City Center to read from his new book about a former City Center resident, Beat poet Philip Whalen. Here is a...









