Tag Archives: Mel Weitsman

During my meeting with the abbots at the San Francisco Zen Center in 2013 – during the very first interview I conducted – all three were wearing rakusus, the bib-like garment which represents the Buddha’s patch-work robe.  Steve Stücky wore his over the traditional brown robes of a monk, Blanche Hartman over black, and MelContinue reading “Sojun Mel Weitsman”