Calendar

In-Person Event

Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Introduction to Zen Meditation (In Person Only)

    Featured Recurring
    Sacramento Dharma Center Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    On the second Monday of each month, we offer a 40-minute introduction to Zen practice.  We focus on the art of sitting meditation, with emphasis on posture, breath and mental focus. This is for new meditators and those wishing to refresh their practice of meditative immersion. Following the instruction the Valley Streams Zen Sangha meets […]

  • There is no “you” to say “I” – Half-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (In-person)

    Sacramento Dharma Center 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 calm enough to follow this movement, there is nothing: no 'I,' no world, no mind nor body: just a swing door." - Shunryu Suzuki roshi […]

  • Hidden in the Moonlight: One-day sitting, led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (In person)

    Sacramento Dharma Center Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    "Hiding a heron in the moonlight" is a line from the Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, a Zen poem written in 9th century China. The phrase (and the whole poem) describes the activity of a person practicing the Buddha Way, merging the particular and the universal. This is the everyday and consequential affair of […]

  • Half-Day Sitting led by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (In person)

    Sacramento Dharma Center 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 wholeheartedly to the Way and Buddha activity happens on its own. Come, sit, and walk together to support each other in continuous practice.  The retreat […]

  • Riding in the Same Boat with All Beings: One-day Sitting led by Rev. Kokyo Henkel (Speaker in person)

    Sacramento Dharma Center Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    The theme of this sitting is the essay Zenki (the Whole Works), Zen master Dogen's vision of realization manifested in both life and death Guest teacher Kokyo Henkel will lead this one-day retreat, which will include alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, punctuated by morning and afternoon Dharma talks and discussion. The theme of […]

  • Inter-Sangha Jizo Ceremony (In person)

    Sacramento Dharma Center Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Jizo is the beloved Great Bodhisattva found within many Buddhist traditions, who carries us across the threshold of death and loss and safely accompanies us through the ‘hell zones’ of deep suffering. Especially honored in Japan, Jizo (also known as ‘Earth Store’ or ‘Earth Womb’) brings to us the qualities of courage, fearlessness, and tenderness needed […]

  • Half-Day Sitting led by Rev. Parāvṛtti Hokyo Doralee Grindler Katonah : Cultivating Intimacy Within Open US to the World (In-person)

    Sacramento Dharma Center Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    A 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 happens on its own. Come, sit, and walk together to support each other in continuous practice.  The retreat includes periods of zazen (sitting meditation),  kinhin […]

  • Entering the Door of Liberation ~ One-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare

    Sacramento Dharma Center Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Sitting in stillness and silence is an excellent method for entering the door of liberation; this door is open to everyone. The first chapter of the Flower Garland Sutra recounts the myriad insights, understandings, realizations and visions that have allowed enlightening beings to enter the Dharma door of liberation. In this retreat we will engage […]

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine (Speaker in-person)

    Sacramento Dharma Center Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Reverend Mary Mocine is Abbess of Clear Water Zendo. She trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and at Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was priest ordained by Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1994 and received dharma transmission from him in 2005.  She also studied with Jikai Myo-ōn Yvonne Rand,  former Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and […]

  • Sitting in the Light of Buddha’s Wisdom ~ One-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare

    Sacramento Dharma Center Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Each and every thing is equally illumined in the light of Buddha's wisdom. So, there is no wisdom to get ahold of. Just sitting is enough. In the second chapter of the Flower Adornment Sutra, the Buddha responds to a set of questions from his followers by emitting rays of light in every direction. This […]

  • Medicine Buddha Meditation with Susan Farrar

    Sacramento Dharma Center Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Susan began practicing in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism in 2008 and took refuge with Lama Yeshe Jinpa in 2009.  She competed the Buddhist Chaplaincy course of study through the Sati Center in 2019 and considers chaplaincy her "calling" after having spent 5 years as a hospice respite volunteer, 4 years as a volunteer hospital […]

  • Potluck Brunch and Valley Streams Zen Sangha Annual Meeting (In-person)

    Join the Valley Streams for a Sunday potluck brunch and Annual Meeting.   Spouses, partners, friends, and family---all are invited.  Gather at 10 am to share a meal and each other's company.  After a fun social mixer, President Dave Jarrell will introduce the 2023-2024 Board and give a report on the state of the sangha.  We […]