A monk asked Dongshan: What is Buddha? Donshan replied, ‘Three pounds of flax.’

Whether sitting, walk, sitting, standing, or lying down we open wholeheartedly to the Way and Buddha activity happens on its own. Come, sit, and walk together to support each other in continuous practice.  The retreat includes periods of zazen (sitting meditation),  kinhin (walking meditation), and a dharma talk with a social lunch to follow.  Bring your own bag lunch. Hot water and tea are available.

For more information contact us at info@valleystreamszen.org.  If you have limited or no experience in sitting meditation, please email the teacher at grindkaton@ icloud.com

Rev. Parāvṛtti  Hokyo Doralee Grindler Katonah serves as Ino, or head of the meditation hall at Valley Streams Zen Sangha. 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 in  May 2022.

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