Daily Archives: December 26, 2010

about Jerome

Posted on December 26, 2010 by gretchen

Long time Zen Center resident Jerome Peterson died at the age of 82 on December 12th.  He was one of the first American Zen students in San Francisco; in 1962 he showed up at the original Sokoji temple where Suzuki … Continue reading →

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the lost shingi

Posted on December 26, 2010 by gretchen

Users of the small kitchen at the San Francisco Zen Center may recognize this story, which made its debut on the refrigerator there.  I had been assigned to clean the small kitchen refrigerator as a house job, and the story … Continue reading →

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