Chiara

Chiara

Chiara first meditated in 2005 but didn’t find her way to the SFBC until 2019. She quickly became a fixture at Sangha Nights and became a mitra in the fall of 2020. She joined the Sangha Night team in 2021, helping ensure the Zoom broadcasts of the evening run...
Amy

Amy

Amy walked into the SF Buddhist Center in 1999 because it was close to her home and a friend was going there. That ended up being a really good choice, as the kindness of the Sangha brings great joy to her. A core part of her art practice was based on the annapanisati...
Acarasiddhi

Acarasiddhi

Acarasiddhi took his first meditation class in 1990 in San Francisco, thanks to a surprise change in his calendar due to an extended jury deliberation. He quickly added an Intro to Buddhism class and he’s been forever grateful. It was all so simple, he thought: the...
Samayasri

Samayasri

Samayasri has been President of the SFBC since 2022, when Dhammarati retired. When Samayasri first met Triratna (Dhammarati was the leader of her first retreat!) she was living in London, working full time and raising her son as a single parent.  She became a member...
Karunadakini

Karunadakini

Karunadakini started practicing Buddhism in 1993 at age 23 with the London Buddhist Center, moving to San Francisco eight months later where she’s been involved ever since. Ordained in 2006 in Scotland, she is particularly connected to the Bodhisattvas White...