Calendar

  • Introduction to Zen Meditation

    For those who are new to Zen meditation, we offer this 40-minute introduction on the second Monday every month.

  • Practice Talk by Linda Dekker

    KyoJi Linda Dekker serves as Ino, or head of the meditation hall. She served on the first Valley Streams Board of Directors. Linda was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2001 and […]

  • Panel Discussion

    On our winter theme: What we have learned about how we are conditioned to separate ourselves.

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. Edward Espe Brown

    Edward Espe Brown is a Soto Zen Buddhist teacher as well as a chef, photographer and author of several books. He was ordained in 1971 by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, who gave him […]

  • Zen’s Chinese Ancestors: Hanshan

    Hanshan  (9th century) was a legendary figure associated with a collection of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Taoist and Chan traditions. Jim Hare will present stories about this famous ancestor.