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SUMMARY:One-day Sitting - CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:This one-day sitting is cancelled in order to focus on the 3-day Rohatsu Sesshin\, scheduled for November 30 – December 2. Please consider giving yourself this special treat of setting aside the concerns of daily life for two and a half days in and giving your attention to your sitting practice and taking care of yourself as you would take care of a guest.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-led-jim-hare-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,CLOSED,One-Day Sitting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181105T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181105T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T231252
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SUMMARY:Koan Study\, led by Doralee Grindler Katonah
DESCRIPTION:Doralee will lead us in an experiential process of working with the different characters in a koan as parts of ourselves. Through sharing these experiences we may become open to something fresh arising. The koan we will work with is “Senjo and Her Soul are Separated“\, p. 157 in The Hidden Lamp – Stories from Twenty-five Centuries of Awakened Women. Florence Caplow and Susan Moon\, eds. (Wisdom Publications\, 2013). \nCopies of the koan will be provided. \nThe transmission of the dharma happens through intimate encounters\, between seekers on the path and between students and teachers\, to awaken us to our true selves and to relieve our suffering.  Koans are stories of such encounters that at first appear opaque or like conundrums that don’t make sense. Koans are meant to come alive to us and meet us exactly where we are blind to our awakening\, yet the keys to unlocking the awakening process offered in koans calls upon us to engage these stories beyond our usual ways of thinking.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/program-led-doralee-grindler-katonah-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:20181107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181107T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T231252
CREATED:20180512T041928Z
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UID:9827-1541617200-1541624400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:An evening with Wendy Garling: Stories of Women in the Buddha's Life
DESCRIPTION:Stars at Dawn is a retelling of ancient legends of the women in Gautama Buddha’s intimate circle. Lesser-known stories from Sanskrit and Pali sources are for the first time woven into an illuminating\, coherent narrative. Interspersed with original insights\, fresh interpretations\, and bold challenges to the status quo\, these stories invite us to open our minds to a new understanding of women’s roles in the Buddha’s life and in early Buddhism. Books will be available for purchase after the lecture.\n \nWendy Garling has taught women’s spirituality\, focusing on Buddhist traditions for more than 20 years. She is a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner and authorized Dharma  teacher. \nALSO:\nTea & Conversation with Wendy in the SDC LibraryThursday morning\, November 8\, 9:00-10:30 am \nREGISTER ON EVENTBRITE.COM
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/wendy-garling-stories-women-buddhas-life-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181108T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181108T103000
DTSTAMP:20260403T231252
CREATED:20171015T231907Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Women Ancestors - Tea & Conversation with Wendy Garling
DESCRIPTION:Join us for tea and conversation with special guest: Wendy Garling\, author of Stars at Dawn: Forgotten Stories of Women in the Buddha’s Life.  \nWendy Garling has taught women’s spirituality focusing on Buddhist traditions for more than 20 years. She has a BA from Wellesley College and MA in Sanskrit language and literature from the University of California\, Berkeley. A Tibetan Buddhist practitioner and authorized dharma teacher\, she took refuge with His Holiness the 16th Karmapa in 1976 and began lifelong studies with His Holiness the Dalai Lama after their first meeting in Dharamsala\, India in 1979. At that time she also met the late Venerable Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden who became her principal teacher. \n\nOur study group meets 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 use are: \n\nThe Hidden Lamp\, edited by Florence Caplow & Susan Moon\nStars at Dawn: Forgotten Stories of Women in the Buddha’s Life\, by Wendy Garling\nWomen of Wisdom\, by Lama Tsultrim Allione\nBeing Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment\, edited by Lenore\nFriedman & Susan Moon
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/buddhist-women-ancestors-2018-11-08-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T231252
CREATED:20180906T030128Z
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SUMMARY:Vasubandhu's Thirty Verses by So On Jim Hare
DESCRIPTION:In fourth-century India one of the great geniuses of Buddhism\, Vasubandhu\, sought to reconcile the diverse ideas and forms of Buddhism practiced at the time and demonstrate how they could be effectively integrated into a single system. This was the Yogacara movement\, and it continues to have great influence in modern Tibetan and Zen Buddhism. Vasubandhu’s “Thirty Verses” lay out a path of practice that integrates the most powerful of Buddhism’s psychological and mystical possibilities: Early Buddhism’s practices for shedding afflictive emotional habits and the Mahayana emphasis on shedding divisive concepts\, the path of individual liberation and the path of freeing all beings\, the path to nirvana and the path of enlightenment as the very ground of being right now. \nThis is a continuation of our Fall Practice Period theme on Yogacara\, using Ben Connelly’s book\, Inside Vasubandhu’s Yogacara: A Practitioner’s Guide for reference.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/vasubandhus-thirty-verses-jim-hare-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:20181119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181119T210000
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CREATED:20180906T031240Z
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SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Lama Yeshe Jinpa
DESCRIPTION:Lama Yeshe Jinpa is the spiritual director and resident teacher of Lion’s Roar Dharma Center in Sacramento.  In 1995\, Lama Jinpa received direct heart/mind transmission from Geshe Gyatso\, after 25 years of Dharma practice and study. He is one of the few western lamas recognized within the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan or Vajrayana Buddhism\, the lineage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/dharma-talk-lama-yeshe-jinpa-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:20181126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T231252
CREATED:20180906T031746Z
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SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Rev. Myo Lahey
DESCRIPTION:Rev. Myo Lahey is Abbot at Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco and our guiding teacher. He has previously served as Practice Leader at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. He is a Dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson.\nRev. Myo is available for individual practice discussion by appointment prior to our Monday evening program. Please email info@valleystreamszen.org
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/dharma-talk-rev-myo-lahey-11-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Monday Night Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181130T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181202T120000
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UID:9825-1543568400-1543752000@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:3-Day Rohatsu Sesshin
DESCRIPTION:“…when we practice zazen\, it is not that big mind is actually controlling small mind\, but simply that when small mind becomes calm\, big mind starts its true activity.”  ~Suzuki Roshi \nThis multi-day\, non-residential retreat is an opportunity to set aside the concerns of daily life for two and a half days\, giving all your attention to your sitting practice and taking care of yourself as you would take care of a guest. The schedule will include sitting and walking meditation\, breaks and Dharma talks. Vegetarian meals will be served in a modified oryoki-style for lunch and dinner on Friday and Saturday. Oryoki is the traditional 3-bowl way of serving and eating meals together in silence.\nSchedule: Friday & Saturday\, 9 am – 9 pm.; Sunday\, 9 am – noon.\nCost:  $60 for full sesshin; $30 per full day; $15 per half day (scholarships available)\nRegister on a Monday night with So-On Jim Hare. 
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/3-day-rohatsu-sesshin-6/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Retreat,Special Event
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