This beloved text, unique among Buddhist Scriptures, contains the quintessence of Mahayana doctrines, taught with vivid imagery, dramatic encounters and sly humor. Members of the Thursday morning study group recently […]
The Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. We'll start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red Pine. The Zen […]
Rev. 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 […]
The Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. We'll start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red Pine. The Zen […]
Each of us has come to Zen practice as a seeker, with a spirit of inquiry, from diverse backgrounds. The idea of our way-seeking mind talks is for members to […]
The Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. We'll start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red Pine. The Zen […]
Guest teacher Shōku Kathy Early came to zen practice in 1994 through classes with Tenshin Reb Anderson at the Yoga Room in Berkeley while working as a semiconductor engineer in Silicon […]
The Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. At that time we will start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red […]
The Full Moon Ceremony acknowledges the karma created by our intentional actions, and reminds us to renew our commitment to the ethical conduct expressed as the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts. These […]
Join us for two periods of zazen (seated meditation) and kinhin (walking meditation), or just the first or second second meditation periods, as your schedule allows. 6:00 am – Zazen […]
The Zen Study Group meets at the Sacramento Dharma Center AND on Zoom. The study group is facilitated by Rev. So'on Jim Hare, with readings from ancient and contemporary Mahayana Buddhist […]
Kyōji Linda Dekker Kyōji Linda Dekker was a founder of Valley Streams Zen Sangha and of the Sacramento Dharma Center. She served on the Boards of […]