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  • Full Moon Ceremony (Hybrid)

    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 […]

  • Short Retreat Night (Hybrid)

    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 […]

  • Sejiki Ceremony (Hybrid)

    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 […]

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

    Valley Streams Zen Sangha 3111 Wisseman Dr., Sacramento, CA, United States

    Kristin Diggs is a Soto Zen priest in the Suzuki Roshi lineage. She trained residentially for eight and a half years at Green Gulch, Tassajara, and the San Francisco City […]

  • Dharma Talk by Kokai Shalamah Yahchove (Hybrid, Speaker in Person)

    Valley Streams Zen Sangha 3111 Wisseman Dr., Sacramento, CA, United States

    Kokai Shalamah Yahchove is a Soto Zen priest in the Suzuki Roshi lineage. She was lay-ordained in 2019 and became a priest in August 2025, with both ceremonies conducted by […]

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. Myō Lahey (Hybrid, Speaker in Person)

    Valley Streams Zen Sangha 3111 Wisseman Dr., Sacramento, CA, United States

    Rev. Myō Lahey is Abbot at Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco and Valley Streams' guiding teacher. He previously served as the monastic Prior (Tantō) at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. […]

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

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

    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 […]

  • Full Moon Ceremony (Hybrid)

    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 […]

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

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

    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 […]

  • Winter Solstice Celebration (Hybrid)

    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 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 […]