The Zen of Baking May 9, 2010

Bread makes itself, with your kind heart and generous hands. With imagination streaming through, you become bread making itself.

Bread and other baked goods have a hearty, earthy, sunny goodness that inspires joy and well-being. Let’s study the Zen of using our hearts and hands to manifest breads, muffins, biscuits, cinnamon rolls, cakes, cookies, and tarts. In the process we’ll be investigating the world of work, the blessings of baking, and the mysteries of being human.

ABOUT TASSAJARA ZEN MOUNTAIN CENTER AND SAN FRANCISCO ZEN CENTER:

Nestled deep in a mountain valley, Tassajara is located inland from the Big Sur coast in a remote part of the Ventana Wilderness. For centuries, the native Esselen people have visited here as a place of healing and renewal, and a hot springs resort was built in the 1800s. In 1967, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and the San Francisco Zen Center established a monastic community at Tassajara, making it the oldest Zen training monastery outside Asia.

Over the years, a rich Zen-inspired culture of living mindfully with the earth and each other has developed at Tassajara. In the winter, Tassajara closes its gates and turns inward, as residents engage in intensive Zen training. During the summer months, our attention turns to welcoming and serving our guests. We warmly invite you to come and refresh yourselves in this very special place.

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center is part of the San Francisco Zen Center, which also includes Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) in San Francisco and Green Gulch Farm in Marin County, California.

San Francisco Zen Center is a nonprofit organization, and we gratefully accept your donations. You may add a donation directly to your reservation, or please contact us for more information.

Official Website: http://www.sfzc.org/tassajara