The Ino's Blog

I have a “Zen job,” I am the Ino or the head of the meditation hall of the San Francisco Zen Center. My job is to take care that everyth...

Steve Weintraub had us all laughing during his dharma talk on Saturday when he likened Zen practice to being thrown into the deep end of the...

I have been asking myself this question. And perhaps some of you have also been wondering about this new Ino. I look forward to getting to k...

My year as Ino will end on Saturday.   Deep gratitude to all of you who took a moment to read these posts.    Deep apologies for not writin...

Five guest students are with us this week -- people who have arranged their lives, and perhaps used their vacation, to try out temple life. ...

Yesterday we ended a one-week retreat that was just for the residents of Beginner’s Mind Temple.   That’s odd, you say.   You temple folks ...

Over the past couple of weeks, thirteen practitioners have sat tangaryo , 15 straight hours of zazen with just short breaks for meals.   Th...

The temple has experienced a spate of dying in the past couple of weeks.   The Hayes Valley Farm trees, along with a rather high number of ...