What is your inmost request? What will appease your suffering or agitation or irritation? - Shunryu Suzuki, lecture - July 26, 1965
The study and practice of Buddhism and Zen, in their many forms and expressions, can take students as deep as they want to go. For some, a next step is lay initiation/jukai. At San Francisco Zen Center the custom is for those receiving lay initiation to sew their own rakusu—a small version of a robe that is worn around the neck. More information is below, along with recommendations for other ways to deepen one's practice.
| City Center | Green Gulch Farm | |
| Meet regularly with a practice leader | City Center Practice Leaders | Green Gulch Practice Leaders |
| Rakusu sewing classes | ||
| Join the Saturday Sangha | More Info » |
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| Participate in one-day sittings | More Info » | More Info » |
| Spend two weeks or longer as a guest student | More Info » | More Info » |
| Continue to take classes | More Info » | More Info » |
| Learn how to eat using oryoki (formal eating bowls) | More Info » | |
| Participate in a practice period as a non-resident or as a resident | More Info » | More Info » |
| Join a longer sitting or sesshin | More Info » | More Info » |
Explore the wide variety of Zen practice programs at Tassajara.
Recorded Study Classes
A selection of class recordings for continuing study
Books
Translations and commentary of some of the most important primary texts of Buddhism and Zen