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Below is a trip summary and pics (end of email) of Saturday's day trip to the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center near Muir Beach, CA. Feel free to skip the narrative stuff and scroll to the bottom if you just want to see the pics.
Trip Summary
Trip Summary
I've wanted to check this place out for about a year now, after finding it on the web. I had originally planned to get a hotel in Inverness and spend the weekend here and hiking Pt. Reyes. However, the threat of rain and the dense fog made me decide to make it a day trip. I'm glad I did, as hiking Pt. Reyes would have been about as scenic as hiking in cloud bank (and many of the beaches were closed due to the oil spill).
GreenGulch Farm Zen Center is located near Mur Beach, CA (along Highway 1, north of the Golden Gate). It's a small Zen temple and organic farm. The web site (http://www.sfzc.org/ggf/) describes it as "a Buddhist practice center in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition offering training in Zen meditation and ordinary work. It is one of three centers that make up San Francisco Zen Center, which was founded by Shunryu Suzuki-roshi."
It is made up living quarters, a guest house for visitors, a zendo (or meditation house), a conference center, and an extensive organic farm. Everyone is welcome to wander around the facility. One can stay overnight in the Guest House. The nice practitioner at the office likened it to a Buddhist Bed and Breakfast (just with very small, simple rooms). They do have a public program every Sunday morning, which includes meditation instruction, meditation, a lecture, tea and a vegetarian lunch ($8 donation requested). I'm definitely planning to go back in the near future to stay overnight and attend the Sunday program.
Let me know if you have any questions and enjoy the photos below!
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It is made up living quarters, a guest house for visitors, a zendo (or meditation house), a conference center, and an extensive organic farm. Everyone is welcome to wander around the facility. One can stay overnight in the Guest House. The nice practitioner at the office likened it to a Buddhist Bed and Breakfast (just with very small, simple rooms). They do have a public program every Sunday morning, which includes meditation instruction, meditation, a lecture, tea and a vegetarian lunch ($8 donation requested). I'm definitely planning to go back in the near future to stay overnight and attend the Sunday program.
Let me know if you have any questions and enjoy the photos below!
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Route: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=Davis,+CA&daddr=1601+Shoreline+Highway,+Muir+Beach,+CA&sll=37.979928,-122.394562&sspn=0.43515,0.920105&ie=UTF8&z=9&om=1
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center Web Site: http://www.sfzc.org/ggf/
Route: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=Davis,+CA&daddr=1601+Shoreline+Highway,+Muir+Beach,+CA&sll=37.979928,-122.394562&sspn=0.43515,0.920105&ie=UTF8&z=9&om=1
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center Web Site: http://www.sfzc.org/ggf/
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