Category: Zen Meditation
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Tassajara Summer Retreats 2026
Photo by Erin Scott San Francisco Zen Center is pleased to announce that Tassajara will be offering an inspiring array of retreats this summer! These Zen meditation and interdisciplinary arts retreats are geared towards guests who are interested in immersing in practice and nature under the guidance of some of our most established teachers.…
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Food that Brings People Together
By Claire de Chivre, City Center Tenzo (Kitchen Manager) Editor’s Note: The City Center Tenzo (Kitchen Manager) recently began sending out monthly notes from the kitchen to the City Center residents. We’re sharing one here with the wider sangha. This newsletter offers a glimpse into the philosophy, values, and operations of a Zen kitchen,…
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DELUSIONS ARE ENDLESS, WE VOW TO DROP THEM ALL
31 December 2025 / 1 January 2026 May this bell dispel the delusions of all beings everywhere. Today, as we ring out the old year with the joya no kane ceremony, we are reminded that we live in a dream. The dream of the past, the dream of memory, the dream of attachments, the dream…
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LET ZAZEN BE YOUR SOLSTICE
Richard Reishin Collins Stone Nest Dojo, Sewanee 14 December 2025 People sometimes ask why we sit in zazen twice. Robert Livingston would have said, “because that’s what we do.” Which is a fine answer! Still, I’d like to elaborate on that. We once tried for a while to have three sittings of twenty minutes each…
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Christina Lehnherr on Buddha Body, Buddha Mind
By Tova Green Senior Dharma Teacher Kikū Christina Lehnherr, who will lead the City Center Winter 2026 Practice Period, chose the topic, “Buddha Body—Buddha Mind” to affirm that “it is possible to practice with exactly the body we have, as it is. Limitations are not hindrances; instead they are opportunities to be creative and…
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Lay Initiation Ceremony at Green Gulch – November 16
Left to right: Ofosu Jones-Quartey, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho, Terrye Callender, Carmen Phelps and Claudelle Renee Glasgow. Photo by Shundo Gennin. Congratulations to Ofosu Jones-Quartey (Jido Gensei / Compassionate Way, Profound Stillness), Terrye Callender (Mokusen Zenkatsu / Silent River, Pure Aliveness), Carmen Phelps (Yubutsu Shoho / Brave Buddha, Pure Letting Go), and Claudelle Renee…