Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 7th, 2024 – Katrena Paine (11.8 MB, 48 min).
October 7th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Katrena Paine
Category: Way Seeking Mind Talk
August 12th, 2024 – Way Seeking Mind Talk by Konen Scott Lowe
Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, August 12th, 2024 – Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts (9.6 MB, 39 min).
Konen Scott Lowe
Konen Scott Lowe’s Dharma biography: “I first encountered the Buddha Dharma when I was a teenager. In the library of the town I grew up in (Gallup, New Mexico). I randomly picked up a small volume of Hinayana Buddhism Sutras and history. As soon as I read a few pages, I was drawn to the voice of the Buddha, and from that day on, I considered myself a Buddhist.
Many years later, in 1994, I attended a Dharma talk at Green Gulch. Someone named Tenshin Reb Anderson gave the talk, and after hearing his talk, I thought, “I think this man is my teacher,” and so he is to this day. I took Jukai in 1999 and received the Dharma name Konen Shogaku.”
June 19th, 2023 – “Way Seeking Mind Talk” – by Malia McCarthy
Way Seeking Mind talk given on Monday, June 19th, 2023 by Malia McCarthy (14.4 MB, 1 hr 1 min).
Malia McCarthy
Board of Directors
Malia is a member of the Valley Streams Board of Directors and serves as secretary. She recently
retired from the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry. She has two daughters in college and lives
in Davis with her husband. She feels very fortunate to have been able to practice with Valley Streams
since 2019
March 13th, 2023 – “Way Seeking Mind Talk” – by Jody Ansell
Way Seeking Mind talk given on Monday, March 13th, 2023 – Jody Ansell (7.5 MB, 32 min).
Jody Ansell
Board of Directors
Jody Ansell started meditating in 2008 with One Drop Rinzai Zen’s Water Moon Sangha. She has been sitting with Valley Streams since 2014. She is retired, a hiking and biking enthusiast and a poet.
November 21st, 2022 – Way Seeking Mind Talk by Brendan O’Brian
Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, November 21st, 2022 – Brendan O’Brian (12.3 MB, 53 min).
Brendan O’Brian
Senior Student
Shi Shin Brendan O’Brien has been a member of the Valley Streams community for the past three years. He is also a member of the Hartford Street Zen Sangha in San Francisco. Recently, in October, he received the Bodhisattva precepts from Rev. Myō Lahey and Rev. So’On Jim Hare. Brendan is a student of history at Sacramento State University and works as a civil servant for the State of California.
October 17th, 2022 – Way Seeking Mind Talk by Dave Jarrell
Talk given on Monday, October 17th, 2022 – Dave Jarrell (11.2 MB, 48 min).
Ko Shin Dave Jarrell
Board of Directors
Ko Shin Dave Jarrell was first attracted to Buddhism, and Zen in particular, through the writings of Thich Nhat Hanh and Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. He received the precepts from Rev. Myō Lahey and is a member of the Valley Streams Doan Ryo.
Dave works on the staff of Child Advocates of El Dorado County, and when not engaged with family, work, or sangha, he enjoys wandering through the Sierra Nevada.
October 10th, 2022 – Way Seeking Mind Talk by Tony Wallin-Sato
A Talk given on October 10th, 2022 by Tony Wallin-Sato (16.9 MB, 1 hr 12 min).
Tony Wallin-Sato
Tony Wallin-Sato is a Japanese American who works with formerly/currently incarcerated individuals in higher education and is a long time Zen practitioner. He received the Jukai precepts in October 2022. He is on the board of directors of the Boundless Freedom Project.
August 29, 2022 – A Practice Talk by Oscar Balaguer
Practice Talk given by Oscar Balaguer on Monday, August 29th, 2022 – (Audio Version: 11.4MB, 56 min 10 sec).
Oscar Balaguer
Senior Student
A longtime Zen practitioner and member of Valley Streams, Oscar was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson.
May 20, 2019 – Way Seeking Mind Talk by Doralee Grindler Katonah
A Way-Seeking Mind talk is an opportunity for anyone in the sangha to tell their story of how their life led them to the Buddhist path, what practice has taught them, and how they experience the Dharma, in an open-ended format which is often relatable, funny, moving, and inspiring.
Way-Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, May 20, 2019 (6.2MB, 45 minutes).
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.