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 lived at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center 2003 - 2004. She is currently on the board of the Sacramento Dharma Center and is its Office Manager.
We welcome our guiding teacher from Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco.
On our winter theme: What we have learned about how we are conditioned to separate ourselves.
For those who are new to Zen meditation, we offer this 40-minute introduction to our forms of practice on the second Monday every month.
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 the Dharma name Jusan Kainei , "Longevity Mountain, Peaceful Sea." He leads sitting groups and meditation retreats in Northern California and internationally.
Oscar was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson.
Led by Doralee Grindler Katonah.
Introduced by tanto Jim Hare.
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.
Our guiding teacher, Rev. Myo Lahey, will discuss our zen ancestor, Rujing, Dogen's teacher in China.