Zen Priest, North Beach, San Francisco
Anshi Zachary Smith has been practising Zen since 1993. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 2014, and directs North Mountain Zendo, a zazenkai (sitting) group in North Beach, San Francisco, California.
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Rituals and celebrations
A life in Zen
Growing up in countercultural California, ‘enlightenment’ had real glamour. But decades of practice have changed my mind
Anshi Zachary Smith