Brit Pyland came to the SF Zen Center in the mid sixties. Here's what led him there and what's been up with him since. 

Reading about and commenting on Shunryu Suzuki student, Zen teacher, and friend Layla who died this November 3, 2022. 

Michael Wenger founded Dragons Leap, a Zen group in San Francisco, after many years with the SF Zen Center.  Barbara Wenger also was with the Zen Center for many years and is the founder of the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group.

Annette Lorenzo has practiced at the San Francisco Zen Center and currently is involved with various projects on social media such as her Soto Zen Warrior on Instagram and Accidental Buddhist on Facebook.

Paul Shippee was one of our first guest podcasts. He's an old Suzuki and Trungpa student. In this podcast he talks about his workshops in NVC, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhism. To learn more about it go to paulshippee.com and then to the Workshops dropdown and choose Buddhism/NVC then Info. 

Berry Crawford is an ordained Zen practitioner/teacher with Clear Mind Zen and also practices with Valley Streams Zen Sangha in Sacramento, California. He does video podcasts, one with yours truly, that one can find at simplicityzen.com.. This week we  delve into the substance of his other two websites: sierrafoothills.com and mainly sienceofzen.org

Berry Crawford is an ordained Zen practitioner/teacher with Clear Mind Zen and also practices with Valley Streams Zen Sangha in Sacramento, California. He does video podcasts, one with yours truly, that one can find at simplicityzen.com.

Lawrence Shainberg is the author of Ambivalent Zen and the Recent Four Men Shaking: Searching For Sanity with Samuel Beckett, Norman Mailer, and My Perfect Zen Teacher and other books you can see at lawrenceshainberg.com.

Eric Arnow came to the SFZC toward the end of Shunryu Suzuki's life. For the last 15 years or so he's been living in Thailand with a lot of time spent in China practicing Zen - and a few trips to Russia. You can find more on and by Eric at his Bumble Buddhist Blog  on Wor Press. There are links to that and stuff he's written about Asia etc and photos on his cuke.com page.: cuke.com/people/arnow-eric.htm

Ken Knabb is famed for his Bureau of Public Secrets (bopsecrets.org), his writings on the Situationist movement and Kenneth Rexroth. He's had a long time association with the Berkeley Zen Center.