CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY
Please enjoy the holiday with family and friends! We will start up again on Monday, September 11.
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Practice Circle: Appreciative Inquiry
Led by sangha members who learned this method of sharing at the 2017 Branching Streams Network conference in Chicago.
Retreat Night
Retreat night consists of three 25-minute sitting periods with walking meditation in between. All are welcome.
“Perfection of Wisdom Sutras” talk by Doralee Grindler Katonah
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, […]
One-day Zen Sitting: Fostering the Mirror Awareness
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 […]
Practice Circle led by Doralee Grindler Katonah
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. Doralee's Handouts: Suggestions for Practicing […]
Dharma Talk by So On Jim Hare
On Maka Hanna Haramitsu, or The Perfection of Wisdom, the second book of the Shōbōgenzō by Eihei Dōgen.
Buddhist Women Ancestors
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 […]
Sangha Annual Meeting & Potluck Brunch
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 […]
Dharma Talk by Rev. Myo Lahey
We welcome our guiding teacher from Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco.
Meditation & Talk with Robert Rosenbaum at SBMG
Robert “Meikyo Onzen” Rosenbaum started Zen practice around 1971 with Joshu Sasaki Roshi, after which he studied with Omori Roshi in Japan. Around 1987 he began practice at Berkeley Zen […]
Sejiki Ceremony
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. […]