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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171002T190000
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SUMMARY:"Perfection of Wisdom Sutras" talk by Doralee Grindler Katonah
DESCRIPTION:The theme for our Fall Study Period is the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras\, or Prajñāpāramitā\, mother of all Buddhas. Prajñāpāramitā refers to the perfected way of seeing the nature of reality\, as well as to a particular body of sutras and to the personification of the concept in the Bodhisattva known as the “Great Mother”. \nDoralee’s Handouts:  Suggestions for Practicing with the Prajnaparamita Sutra\nThe Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines & Its Verse Summary\ntranslated by Edward Conze  (complete text)
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-zazen-program-2017-10-02-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Monday Night Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171007T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171007T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T204618
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SUMMARY:One-day Zen Sitting: Fostering the Mirror Awareness
DESCRIPTION:In our Soto Zen-style one-day sittings we engage with alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation\, Dharma talks\, and silent bag lunch (please bring your own). If this is your first one-day sitting\, please speak with Practice Leader Jim Hare (916-456-7752) prior to signing up. \nSitting all day brings forth the great mirror awareness in us. It interrupts our common habit of comparing ourselves to others and fosters trust in ourselves\, as we are. The receptive awareness of zazen is extolled and celebrated in Zen poetry and literature. As the Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi says\, “it acts as a guide for beings; its use removes all pains.” \nPlease join us for a day of sitting and singing the silent song of the precious mirror awareness.    REGISTER 
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-4-2017-10-07-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171009T210000
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SUMMARY:Practice Circle led by Doralee Grindler Katonah
DESCRIPTION:Practice Circle on the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras\, or Prajñāpāramitā.  Tonight we will discuss how we have practiced with Doralee’s handouts during the past week. \nDoralee’s Handouts:  Suggestions for Practicing with the Prajnaparamita Sutra\nThe Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines & Its Verse Summary\ntranslated by Edward Conze  (complete text)
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-zazen-program-2017-10-02-2017-10-09-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Monday Night Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171016T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171016T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T204618
CREATED:20170606T221314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170606T221314Z
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SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by So On Jim Hare
DESCRIPTION:On Maka Hanna Haramitsu\, or The Perfection of Wisdom\, the second book of the Shōbōgenzō by Eihei Dōgen. 
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-zazen-program-2017-10-02-2017-10-16-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Monday Night Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171019T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171019T103000
DTSTAMP:20260405T204618
CREATED:20171015T231907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171015T231907Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Women Ancestors
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join a new study group that will meet on the third Thursday of every month from 9 am-10:30 am. The group is open to all sanghas and genders – to anyone who is interested in studying the Dharma through the lives and teachings of Buddhist women.  Linda Dekker and Susan Farrar will facilitate.\nSome resources we will use are:\n   The Hidden Lamp\, edited by Florence Caplow & Susan Moon\n   Stars at Dawn; Forgotten Stories of Women in the Buddha’s Life\, by Wendy Garling\n   Women of Wisdom\, by Lama Tsultrim Allione\n   Being Bodies; Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment\, edited by Lenore\nFriedman & Susan Moon
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/buddhist-women-ancestors-4/2017-10-19/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171022T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171022T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T204618
CREATED:20170807T011627Z
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SUMMARY:Sangha Annual Meeting & Potluck Brunch
DESCRIPTION:This is a once-a-year opportunity to meet your sangha friends\, new board members and get the news about Valley Streams Zen Sangha. All members\, along with their family & friends are warmly invited to attend.\nPlease let us know by email or in person\, what food offering\, and how many people you will bring. Drinks and utensils will be provided.\nSunday\, Oct. 22\, 10 am – 1 pm at the Dharma Center
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/sangha-annual-meeting-potluck-brunch-6/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171023T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171023T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T204618
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SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Rev. Myo Lahey
DESCRIPTION:We welcome our guiding teacher from Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-zazen-program-2017-10-02-2017-10-23-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Monday Night Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171029T190000
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Talk with Robert Rosenbaum at SBMG
DESCRIPTION:Robert “Meikyo Onzen” Rosenbaum started Zen practice around 1971 with Joshu Sasaki Roshi\, after which he studied with Omori Roshi in Japan. \n\nAround 1987 he began practice at Berkeley Zen Center with Sojun Mel Weitsman\nAround 2005\, he was shuso at BZC\nAround 2009\, he received formal lay entrustment to teach Soto Zen from Sojun Mel Weitsman and was a founding member of Lay Zen Teachers Association\n2012-2014\, he was residing teacher at Meadowmont Sangha in Arnold/Sonora\n2009-present: Robert has given lectures and workshops on various topics at SF Zen Center\, Tassajara\, and Houston Zen Center\n2014-present\, invited teacher leading sesshins at Clifton Hill Sangha (Melbourne\, Australia); Ordinary Mind Sangha in Tampere/Lammi\, Finland\nbooks:\nZen and the Heart of Psychotherapy (1999)\nWalking the Way: 81 Zen Encounters with the Tao Te Ching (2014)\nWhat’s Wrong with Mindfulness (and what isn’t): Zen Perspectives (2016; co-edited with Barry Magid)
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/meditation-talk-robert-rosenbaum-sbmg-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171030T210000
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SUMMARY:Sejiki Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Our Sejiki or food-offering\, ceremony is an opportunity to call forth the spirits of those who have passed this way before\, offering them solace and acknowledging our ongoing connection to them. Treats\, tea and conversation after the ceremony. Please bring noise makers and a treat to share.\nIf you would like the name of a loved one who has died during the past year\, recited in the ceremony\, please send the full name of that person (and pronunciation) to info@valleystreamszen.org.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-zazen-program-2017-10-02-2017-10-30-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Monday Night Meeting,Special Event
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