The Salmon Sermon
As endangered coho salmon slowly return to Green Gulch Creek in Marin County, California, a community reflects on the reality of our interdependence.
San Francisco Zen Center
Chef Deborah Madison Thinks It Pays to Be More Tolerant
A chef known for cooking vegetables discusses why she stays away from labels like “vegetarian” and reflects on her experience cooking—and creating community—at the San Francisco Zen Center.
Teachings Meditation Month 2022
The Zen of Not Knowing
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s there are few.”
When You Greet Me I Bow: Relationship, Emptiness, Activism
Poet, translator, and Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer shares lessons from his decades of practice: from relationships, to emptiness, to activism, to cultural encounters between East and West.
The Life of Yvonne Rand
Two Zen teachers remember the late Soto Zen priest.
Magazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Aging Mindfully
Enso Village, a new project by the San Francisco Zen Center, wants to explore the process of growing old.
Magazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism by the Numbers: California
The year Chinese immigrants to San Francisco established the US's first Buddhist temple, the percentage of Golden State adults who meditate, and more dharma data from California
An Alchemy for Regeneration
The Atlanta-based organization Lead to Life: A People’s Alchemy for Regeneration has a commitment to nonviolence bolstered by spiritual insight and dedicated action.
Wild Mustard and the Way of Zen
Our resident gardener renews her gratitude to a pioneering woman of Buddhism
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