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SUMMARY:Full Moon Ceremony (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION: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 of zazen interspersed with walking meditation.\nWhole-heartedly we celebrate the whole moon.  Everyone is invited to participate.\n*Full Moon Ceremony Chants\n*Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-meditation-and-program-2022-08-15/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Full Moon Ceremony,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220808T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220808T210000
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SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Rev. Renshin Bunce (Hybrid : teacher in person)
DESCRIPTION: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 San Francisco Zen Center in 2003. She served as Shuso (head student) with Myogen at Tassajara in 2008 and received dharma transmission from him in April of 2013.  After completing the Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy Training and residency\, she has been employed as a hospice chaplain since 2010.\nRenshin is a photographer and author of Love and Fear: Stories from a Hospice Chaplain (2020)\, and Entering the Monastery (2014).  She offers Beginner’s Mind Zen Meditation at Transfiguration Episcopal Church in San Mateo\, and also assists Zen students in the sewing of Buddhas’s robe. \n*Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-meditation-and-program-2022-08-08/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220725T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220725T210000
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CREATED:20220726T090000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220623T192403Z
UID:11149-1658775600-1658782800@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Ryuko Laura Burges (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION: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 California. A teacher of children for 35 years\, she now mentors aspiring teachers. Laura co-founded the Sangha in Recovery Program at the San Francisco Zen Center and is the abiding teacher at Lenox House Meditation Group in Oakland. Shambhala Publishers will be offering her Buddhist children’s books\, Buddhist Stories for Kids: Jataka Tales of Kindness\, Friendship\, and Forgiveness\,  (December 2022) and Zen for Kids: 50+ Mindful Activities and Stories to Shine Loving-Kindness in the World (March 2023). Laura’s most recent book\, Finding Our Way: Zen Awakening in Recovery\, will be published by Shambhala in the Fall of 2023. \n*Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-meditation-and-program-2022-07-25/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220718T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220718T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T063305
CREATED:20220719T090000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220917T040447Z
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SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by So'on Jim Hare (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION: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 was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period. He was priest ordained by Rev. Myo Lahey in 2016. \n*Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-meditation-and-program-2022-07-18/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220711T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220711T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T063305
CREATED:20220712T090000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220623T185505Z
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SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Rev. Myo Lahey (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION: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 Zen Mountain Center. He is a Dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson. \n*Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-meditation-and-program-2022-07-11/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220627T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220627T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T063305
CREATED:20220628T090000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220621T191252Z
UID:11145-1656356400-1656363600@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Dharma Talk "Letting life unfold in unpredictable ways from the mystery" by Paravrrti Doralee Grindler Katonah (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Paravrrti Doralee Grindler Katonah will present a dharma talk “Letting life unfold in unpredictable ways from the mystery” in person at the Dharma Center.  She serves as Ino\, or head of the meditation hall. She studied in the Soto Zen lineage with Sojun Diane Martin\, founder and guiding teacher of Udumbara Zen Center in Illinois and Rev. Val Szymanski\, Head Priest of Bamboo in the Wind Zen Center in Sunnyvale\, California. She was priest ordained in 2019. \n*Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-meditation-and-program-2022-06-27/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220620T190000
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CREATED:20220621T090000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220619T122452Z
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SUMMARY:Retreat Night (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:On Retreat Night we offer an opportunity to settle into your meditation practice with two or three 25-minute periods of zazen\, interspersed with walking meditation (called kinhin). Turning the light inward we explore the causes of suffering and what can end it. This invitation is extended to everyone. \n*Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-meditation-and-program-2022-06-20/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting,Retreat Night
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220616T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220616T090000
DTSTAMP:20260519T063305
CREATED:20220616T220000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260117T005058Z
UID:11119-1655366400-1655370000@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Study Group - (Canceled-on hiatus)
DESCRIPTION:The Study Group is taking a break before moving on to a more contemporary text— Waking Up To What You Do: A Zen Practice For Meeting Every Situation With Intelligence and Compassion by Diane Rizzetto.  \nMeetings will resume on Thursday\, July 14th.   \n\nThe Zen Study Group is now meeting at the Dharma Center AND online. The study group is facilitated by Rev. So’on Jim Hare\, with readings from ancient and contemporary Mahayana Buddhist & Soto Zen texts and commentaries. \nTo join the Thursday morning study group\, email the coordinator\, Rollin Ives\, twl4148@gmail.com
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/study-group-in-person-online-2022-02-17-2-2022-06-16/2022-06-16/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Study Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220613T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220613T210000
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CREATED:20220614T090000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220615T204643Z
UID:11143-1655146800-1655154000@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:The Dharma Talk will be offered via Zoom by Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts\, Senior Dharma Teacher at San Francisco Zen Center.  Priest ordained in 1975\, she has lived at Tassajara\, SFZC City Center\, and at Green Gulch Farm\, where she has resided since 1993. She received Dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1996\, and  served as Abbess from 2000-2019 (with a hiatus from 2007-2010).  As Senior Dharma Teacher\, she continues to teach\, leading practice periods and retreats at Tassajara\, Green Gulch\, and elsewhere.  She will lead the January 2023 Practice Period at Tassajara. \n*Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/monday-night-meditation-and-program-2022-06-13/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220217T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220217T090000
DTSTAMP:20260519T063305
CREATED:20220218T000000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230107T233357Z
UID:10357-1645084800-1645088400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Study Group (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:The Zen Study Group meets at the Dharma Center AND on Zoom. The study group is facilitated by Rev. So’on Jim Hare\, with readings from ancient and contemporary Mahayana Buddhist & Soto Zen texts and commentaries. \nTo join the Thursday morning study group\, email the coordinator\, Rollin Ives\, twl4148@gmail.com
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/study-group-in-person-online-2022-02-17-2/2022-02-17/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Study Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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