Tag: Arts & Culture

Photo by Shundo David Haye. There have been several Shusos at SFZC since early 2024, when we last ran a feature on them. Please see below to get up to date on our four newest Shusos. Warm wishes and congratulations to all! Senior Dharma Teacher Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts (l) and Shuso Nyokai Shindo Kristin…

Photo by Ty Greenstein   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.…

  Note from the editor: For the past few weeks, Zentatsu Richard Baker and his Dharma heir Tatsudo Nicole Baden have been visiting City Center where both Nicole and Richard gave a Dharma talk. They moved to Green Gulch Farm over last weekend and the plan was for Nicole to give the talk there on…

  By Tova Green During the last several years, Esho Sudan has been editing the newly published book, In This Body In This Lifetime, Awakening Stories of Japanese Soto Zen Women, translated by Kogen Czarnik. Originally published in 1956 in Japanese under the title Collection of Experiences in Zen Practice, the book gathers writings of…

Photo by Robert Erdmann   Dear Sangha, In 2018, I had the good fortune to begin work with Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi on a new book of talks by Suzuki Roshi. The book was drawn from jewels of his teachings that Mel had been squirreling aside over the decades to someday publish. In the years…