Mountain Seat Ceremony at SFZC

March 1, 2019

This weekend (March 1-3), the San Francisco Zen Center  will be hosting a very special ceremony: the grand stepping up of the new Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman. The Mountain Seat weekend at City Center will also include ceremonies marking the stepping down of Ejun Linda Ruth Cutts as Central Abbess and the stepping over of Rinso Ed Sattizahn into Central Abbot.

Tenzen David Zimmerman has served as the BZC Tanto (Head of Practice) and received dharma transmission from BZC root teacher Soshin Teah Strozer.

For more information on David and to learn about other abbatial changes, see the letter from Central Abbess Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts here.

More details on the schedule of events are available here. On Sunday, March 3, the Mountain Seat Ceremony will be livestreamed beginning at 6pm Eastern Time. BZC will host a community gathering for those who wish to watch together.