by Padmatara | May 18, 2025
Padmatara (she/they) first joined a meditation course at the Brighton Buddhist Centre in England in 1989, during one of many attempts to give up smoking. She loved meditating right away, and her interest in Buddhist practice grew from there. In ’93 she moved to...
by Padmatara | May 9, 2025
Danamaya, long time (1990) member of our Sangha was ordained in 2002 in Tuscany. Her name means the Perfection of Generosity with Abundance, Tolerance and Liberality, which often feels like trying to walk in enormous shoes, but does give her infinite encouragement to...
by sfbc-admin-usr | Oct 24, 2024
rodashruti was introduced to the Dharma in 1986 by her then-girlfriend, a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist who handed her a book called Everyday Suchness. That same girlfriend introduced her to the concept of cultural appropriation. Struggling with how to approach Buddhist...
by sfbc-admin-usr | Oct 24, 2024
Prajñākavī (Prajnakavi) means Poet of Wisdom. She was ordained October 2023 near Cuernavaca in Mexico. Prajnakavi is a poet, artist, mother, grandmother, former teacher and editor – among many other things. She has been practicing with the SFBC since the early...
by sfbc-admin-usr | Oct 24, 2024
Nanasiri took her first meditation class in 1991 in San Francisco. She was looking for a buddhist community and was fortunate enough to find this one! She became a mitra in 1995, around the time that the current shrine room was coming into being, and her ceremony was...
