What it is: This book is a transcription of talks on Zen Buddhist practice that Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki delivered to a small sitting group in Los Altos California in 1970. He came down from San Francisco once a week to join the group’s meditation periods, and afterwards answered their questions, encouraged them in [...]

Location: Muir Beach, CA
What it is: Green Gulch is the San Francisco Zen Center’s retreat center in Marin County, CA. They have a Sunday sit that’s only $5 donation requested for 45 minutes of really good meditation in a really beautiful setting in a Zendo on their ranch (really), followed by a talk by one [...]