Half-day Zazenkai, led by So-On Jim Hare (in-person OR online)
This sitting may be on Zoom rather than outdoors at the Dharma Center as recently planned. In addition to heightened concerns about Covid, we are experiencing poor air quality due […]
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Rohatsu Sesshin, Half-day sitting & Closing Ceremony (in person)
Half-Day Sitting and Buddha’s Enlightenment Ceremony This sitting will be in person at the Dharma Center. It will not be offered on Zoom. The schedule for the day will be […]
Zazenkai Half-day Sitting (online)
Please join us online for a half-day "Zazenkai" retreat on Saturday, January 8th. This retreat will focus on the practice of just sitting (Shikantaza) and just walking (Kinhin), in silence […]
Stilling the Waves of the Mind: A Half-Day Sitting led by So’on Jim Hare
"It appears as if something comes from outside your mind, but actually it is only the waves of your mind" ~Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi This sitting will include a schedule of […]
Practice Secretly, Working Within: Half-day Sitting (In Person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesTo practice secretly is to practice within; it is getting close to and friendly with everything we experience. In stillness and silence, we will spend the morning together, practicing zazen […]
Dharma Art Day: Zazen and SoulCollage® with Alexa Singer-Telles (in person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesPreparing a Sincere Offering to the Three Treasures: A Creative Exploration of Dogen's Instructions for the Cook Please join us for a day of mindful practice to explore Dogen’s teachings […]
Sitting is True Reality: a half-day Sitting, led by So’on Jim Hare (In-Person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesSitting with no agenda; putting nothing before the mind - this is the art of zazen. This practice is appropriate for people seeking relief from the vicissitudes of feelings and discriminating […]
Half-Day Retreat (In-Person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesEverything is in Everything! There is "Not One Single Thing." (Shodo Harada) Come sit, walk together, deeply entering the silence as we realize our lives […]
There is no “you” to say “I” – Half-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (In-person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States"What we call 'I' is just a swing door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. It just moves; that is all. When your mind is pure and […]
Half-Day Sitting led by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (In person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States"Communing with the Source, travel the pathways, embrace the territory, and treasure the road.” Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi Whether sitting, walk, sitting, standing, or lying down we open […]
Half-day Sit led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare & Buddha’s Birthday Celebration
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesRev. So'on Jim Hare will lead a half-day sit in the morning with a special service at noon for the ceremonial washing of the Baby Buddha statue and the chanting […]
Half-Day Sitting led by Rev. Parāvṛtti Hokyo Doralee Grindler Katonah : Cultivating Intimacy Within Open US to the World (In-person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesA 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 […]