empowerment to protect and care for the Triple Treasure inflated my sense of personal authority, and thus detracted from and disparaged the Triple Treasure. This ancient twisted karma I now fully avow." Friends of SFZC SFZC is connected, in an unofficial capacity, to the following Zen Centers: Berkeley Zen Center Chapel Hill Zen Center Hartford Street Zen Center Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center Santa Cruz Zen Center Sonoma Mountain Zen Center Austin Zen Center San Antonio Zen Center Houston Zen Center Dharma Vow Zen Sangha, Santa Monica Alumni - partial list See also Zen in the United States Buddhism in the United States Bush Street Temple Hartford Street Zen Center Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States Notes References Further reading External links Zen Hospice Project Buddhist temples in San Francisco Buddhist monasteries in the United States Buddhist organizations based in the United States Religious organizations established in 1962 History of San Francisco Soto Zen Spiritual retreats