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  • Full Moon Ceremony (Hybrid)

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

    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 […]

  • Sejiki Ceremony (Hybrid)

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

    Our Sejiki, or food-offering, ceremony is an opportunity to call forth the spirits of those who have passed this way before, offering them solace and acknowledging our ongoing connection to them. If you […]

  • To Be Announced (Hybrid)

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

    Details are coming soon. *Zoom link to program Our Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk, group discussion, or practice circle. […]

  • Dharma Talk by Zenshin Florence Caplow (Hybrid, Speaker on Zoom)

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

    Zenshin Florence Caplow is a dharma-transmitted priest in the Soto Zen lineage of Suzuki Roshi and Everyday Zen. She is the co-editor of The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of […]

  • Dharma Talk by Nyokai Kristin Diggs (Hybrid, Speaker in Person)

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

    Nyokai Kristin Diggs joined our sangha as Teacher in 2026. Prior to moving to Sacramento, she trained residentially at all three San Francisco Zen Center temples (2014-2025), holding a number […]

  • Dharma Talk by So’on Jim Hare (Hybrid, Speaker in Person)

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

    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 […]

  • Short Retreat Night (Hybrid)

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

    On Retreat Night we offer an opportunity to settle into your meditation practice with two 25-minute periods of zazen (sitting meditation), interspersed with kinhin (walking meditation). Turning the light inward, we […]

  • Dharma Talk by Cynthia RyoTan Kear (Hybrid, Speaker in Person)

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

    Cynthia is Guiding Teacher of Great Spirit Sangha and Women of the Way Sangha. She is also a senior teacher of Meditation in Recovery and Women of the Way. Receiving […]

  • Winter Solstice Celebration (Hybrid)

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

    Celebrate the winter solstice with sangha friends. After a 35-minute meditation and service, we will gather to entertain each other on this long winter night with instruments, song, favorite poetry […]

  • End of Year Sitting (Hybrid)

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

    We will sit two zazen periods accompanied by the ringing of 108 bells. Each hit represents one of the delusions/desires that anchor our lives in the world of birth and […]