Tassajara Still Threatened by Fire

Today's Monterey County (California) Herald features a story by Dennis Taylor on the effort to save Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, thought to be the oldest Buddhist monastery in the Western Hemisphere, from being consumed by fire. Fire fighters who have seen their work have told the monks of Tassajara the the complex is defendable. Still, the threat is far from over.

The San Francisco Zen Center website has a map showing the fires in relation to Tassajara. According to SFZC, "The fires continue to move slowly down Tassajara Creek Canyon; in Willow Creek Canyon they have moved about one mile towards Tassajara and are now at the intersection of the Tony Trail and Willow Creek; there is no new activity at the Oryoki Bowls."

I will update this blog post if there are any new developments today.