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“Just This Person” – One-Day Retreat, led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (In-person)

Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United States +1 more

Sitting still in the company of others is the heart of Zen practice. Please join us for this day of inner work, being "just this person." Just before leaving a practice period, a student asked his teacher, "If, after many years, someone should ask me what you were like, how should I respond?" After remaining […]

Hidden in the Moonlight: One-day sitting, led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (In person)

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

"Hiding a heron in the moonlight" is a line from the Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, a Zen poem written in 9th century China. The phrase (and the whole poem) describes the activity of a person practicing the Buddha Way, merging the particular and the universal. This is the everyday and consequential affair of […]

Riding in the Same Boat with All Beings: One-day Sitting led by Rev. Kokyo Henkel (Speaker in person)

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

The theme of this sitting is the essay Zenki (the Whole Works), Zen master Dogen's vision of realization manifested in both life and death Guest teacher Kokyo Henkel will lead this one-day retreat, which will include alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, punctuated by morning and afternoon Dharma talks and discussion. The theme of […]

Entering the Door of Liberation ~ One-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare

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

Sitting in stillness and silence is an excellent method for entering the door of liberation; this door is open to everyone. The first chapter of the Flower Garland Sutra recounts the myriad insights, understandings, realizations and visions that have allowed enlightening beings to enter the Dharma door of liberation. In this retreat we will engage […]

Sitting in the Light of Buddha’s Wisdom ~ One-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare

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

Each and every thing is equally illumined in the light of Buddha's wisdom. So, there is no wisdom to get ahold of. Just sitting is enough. In the second chapter of the Flower Adornment Sutra, the Buddha responds to a set of questions from his followers by emitting rays of light in every direction. This […]

Practicing Patience – One-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare

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

The stream of sorrow is cut through by patience: so teaches an ancient Buddhist text. Practicing patience with the many ideas and feelings that arise in our sitting meditation trains our body/mind to more wisely respond the many situations in life that don't align with our wishes or meet our expectations. Our retreat day will […]

The Mother of All Buddhas and Celebrating Buddha’s Birthday: One-day Retreat led by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (In Person)

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

Prajna Paramita, the mother of all Buddhas, invites us to participate in the continual birthing of living spiritual energy in each moment. Come, put aside all worldly affairs, sit zazen and walk together in community. We will touch the ground of Mother Earth, open our heart/minds to the spiritual energy ready to penetrate and awaken […]

$10 – $60

The Illusion of Separate Self – One-day Retreat led by Kokyo Henkel (In Person)

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

In morning and afternoon discussions, we will explore the Buddha's teaching of the discontent that arises from the unconscious belief in separate self, and the freedom that comes from not holding this belief. Kokyo Henkel was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi, receiving the Dharma name Kokyo Yakai (Luminous […]

$10 – $100

Knowing who you are: One-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (In Person)

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

"Practicing zazen is a way of knowing beyond perceptions of a self, a soul, a living being or a person" - a Zen reading of the Diamond Sutra. One-day retreat (8:30 am - 4:30 pm) which includes sitting and walking meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion period. Outside the meditation hall we will maintain noble […]

Recurring

Rohatsu Sesshin Full Day Sitting (In Person)

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

Full-Day Sitting – In Person – 8:30 am – 8:45 pm This sitting will be in person at the Dharma Center and will not be offered on Zoom. Traditional oryoki meals will be served at noon and for the “medicine meal” in the evening. Register for week-long program on Eventbrite Full 7-Day Rohatsu Schedule This […]

Recurring

Rohatsu Sesshin Full Day Sitting (In Person)

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

Full-Day Sitting – In Person – 8:30 am – 8:45 pm This sitting will be in person at the Dharma Center and will not be offered on Zoom. Traditional oryoki meals will be served at noon and for the “medicine meal” in the evening. Register for week-long program on Eventbrite Full 7-Day Rohatsu Schedule This […]

Taking Refuge in the Body: One-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (In Person Only)

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

In sitting and walking meditation, Dharma talk and discussion we will consider "one essence in three bodies," aka the triple body of Buddha. The Platform Sutra says: "One's skin and flesh is the physical body... but you can't take refuge in it. Just be enlightened to the three bodies of the self-nature, and this will […]