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December 16th, 2024 – “Practicing with the Precepts” – Dharma talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 16th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (14 MB, 58 min).

Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies in the Soto Zen lineage with Sojun Diane Martin, founder and guiding teacher of Udumbara Zen Center in Illinois and Rev. Val Szymanski, Head Priest of Bamboo in the Wind Zen Sangha in California. She was lay ordained in 2008 and priest ordained in 2019. She served as head student for the Spring practice period at Bamboo in the Wind Zen Sangha this May 2022. She offers Practice Interviews upon request.
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March 20th, 2023 – “Giving it Away” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare

Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 20th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (10.0 MB, 43 min).

Rev. So’on Jim Hare

Rev. So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.