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San Francisco Zen Center - Definition and Overview

San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) is the largest Soto Zen temple and practice place in the United States and possibly anywhere outside of Japan. SFZC is made up of three temples:

Zenshin-ji, established in 1966, was, at the time of its inception, the first Buddhist monastery outside of Asia. Many important Western Zen teachers have practiced at SFZC, including Shunryu Suzuki, Richard Baker, Tenshin Reb Andersen, and Dainin Katagiri.

Since 1988, the San Francisco Zen Center has been led by two equal co-abbots. The current abbots are Zenkei Blanche Hartman and Jiko Linda Cutts.

External link

http://www.sfzc.org


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