Rev. Myo Lahey, our guiding teacher, will join us online via Zoom from Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco, where he is Abbot. He previously served as Practice Leader at Tassajara […]
So-On Jim Hare, our Tanto, or head of practice, will be in person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, and […]
Guest teacher Ryuko Laura Burges, a lay-entrusted dharma teacher in the Suzuki Roshi lineage, will join us in person or online. She teaches classes, lectures, and leads retreats in Northern […]
Rev. Renshin Bunce will offer the dharma talk in the zendo this evening. She was lay ordained by Myogen Steve Stucky in 1996, and priest ordained by Zenkei Blanche Hartman at […]
This ceremony reminds us that enlightenment is enacted with Bodhisattva precepts, which are recited in a call and response format during the ceremony. We enter the ceremony following two 30-minute periods […]
So'on Jim Hare serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, and was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in […]
A program presented (in-person) by Paravrtti Doralee Grindler-Katonah and Sarah O’Gara in preparation for our September 12th program with Rhonda V. Magee, MA, JD. Our evening will include: Introduction to […]
Taking a one-week hiatus. Please join us for early morning silent meditation next Thursday before Study Group meeting. Contact Rollin Ives at twl4148@gmail.com for Zoom login and program information. Schedule: 5:45-Zoom […]
We will reconvene next Thursday, September 15. The Zen Study Group meets at the Dharma Center AND online. The study group is facilitated by Rev. So-On Jim Hare, with readings from […]
Rhonda Magee, MA, JD joins us on zoom with reflections on the inner work of confronting social injustice in a time of distress. She is an internationally recognized educator, author, […]
Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah serves as Ino, or head of the meditation hall, and president of the Valley Streams Board of Directors. She studied in the Soto Zen lineage with Sojun […]
Rev. Myo Lahey, our guiding teacher, will join us online via Zoom from Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco, where he is Abbot. He previously served as Practice Leader at Tassajara […]