Hozan Alan Senauke, Vice Abbot of Berkeley Zen Center, will guide us through a presentation and discussion as we work with our Diversity Statement. Hozan was ordained at Berkeley Zen Center in 1989 and received Dharma Transmission from Sojun Roshi in 1998. He brings a global perspective on socially-engaged Buddhism and Zen as a force for positive […]
Doralee will introduce Dogen Zenji’s text "Raihai Tokuzui: Bowing and Acquiring the Essence" from the Shobogenzo. (translated by Ven. Anzan Hoshin roshi and Yasuda Joshu Dainen roshi.)
We welcome our guiding teacher from Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco.
Since Rev. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel is not able to be with us, we will listen to a recorded dharma talk by her. As an author and ordained Soto Zen Buddhist priest, she combines Zen meditation, intuitive knowing, and indigenous wisdom in a path of liberation. Download the first chapters of her book: The Way of Tenderness. (6 MB)
For those who are new to Zen meditation, we offer this 40-minute introduction on the second Monday every month.
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.