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SUMMARY:Rohatsu Sesshin Full Day Sitting (In Person Only)
DESCRIPTION:Full-Day Sitting – In Person – 8:30 am – 8:45 pm\nThis 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. \nRegister for week-long program on Eventbrite \nThis traditional week of intensified practice celebrates the enlightenment of our original teacher in India\, Shakyamuni Buddha. Rohatsu sesshin is a time for bringing light into the dark time of the year and for celebrating Buddha’s awakening\, which is our awakening too.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/rohatsu-sesshin-full-day-sitting-in-person-only/2025-12-06/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,In-Person Event,One-Day Sitting,Retreat,Sesshin
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T083000
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SUMMARY:"When the Wooden Man begins to Sing\, the Stone Woman gets up Dancing" - One-day Retreat led by Rev. So'on Jim Hare (In Person Only)
DESCRIPTION:Following up on January’s half-day\, we’ll explore the next lines in the Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi and their guidance for our practice. \n\n\n\n\nThis retreat day will be led by So’on Jim Hare. The day will include periods of sitting and walking meditation\, morning Dharma talk and afternoon Q&A/discusson. Jim will be available for practice discussion in the afternoon. Please bring a bag lunch. If this will be your first one-day sitting with us\, please introduce yourself and briefly describe your meditation experience in an email to info@valleystreamszen.org \n\n\n\nPlease registrer here.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-retreat-led-by-rev-soon-jim-hare-in-person-only/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,In-Person Event,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260404T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260404T163000
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SUMMARY:"Shitou's Thatched Hermitage" - One-day Retreat led by Kokyo Henkel (In Person Only)
DESCRIPTION:In this Dharma poem we hear how to build a thatched hut and to practice zazen by turning the light around. \nOur daylong retreat will focus on the classic Zen poem\, Song Of The Thatched Hermitage by our lineage ancestor Shitou\, who also wrote the Sandokai or the Harmony of Difference and Equality. There will be morning and afternoon talks\, zazen\, and optional dokusan (private interviews). The retreat will end with a celebration of Buddha’s Birthday. \nYour registration offering supports our guest teacher and the ongoing activities of Valley Streams Zen Sangha. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Contact info@valleystreamszen.org to request a scholarship\, or if this will be your first retreat with us. \nKokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen since 1990\, in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center\, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center\, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley\, Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan\, and Santa Cruz Zen Center. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. Kokyo has also been practicing with the Tibetan Dzogchen (“Great Completeness”) teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche since 2003\, in California\, Colorado\, and Kathmandu\, as well as other Tibetan teachers in the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions\, completing Vajrayana ngondro (foundational practices) in 2020. Kokyo’s retreat near Tassajara\, called Bright Window Hermitage\, welcomes Buddhist practitioners of all traditions. \nPlease register here.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-retreat-buddhas-birthday-celebration-in-person-only-2/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,In-Person Event,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T083000
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SUMMARY:"Swinging the Sword" - One-day Retreat led by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (In Person Only)
DESCRIPTION:“If you don’t swing the sword\, the fisherperson stays in the nest.”\n(Case 68\, Book of Serenity) \nThis one-day retreat will feature periods of sitting and walking meditation and a Dharma talk by Paravritti Doralee Grindler Katonah\, Valley Streams Zen Sangha’s leader of the meditation hall. Lunch will be silent; please bring your own bag lunch. \nAttendance is available on a sliding scale from $10 to $100. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If this will be your first extended sitting with us\, please send us a note at info@valleystreamszen.org to introduce yourself. \nParāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah serves as Ino\, or head of the meditation hall. She studied in the Soto Zen lineage with Sojun Diane Martin\, founder and guiding teacher of Udumbara Zen Center in Illinois and Rev. Val Szymanski\, Head Priest of Bamboo in the Wind Zen Center in Sunnyvale\, California. She was lay ordained in 2008 and priest ordained in 2019. She served as head student for the Spring practice period at Bamboo in the Wind Zen Sangha in May 2022. She offers Practice Interviews upon request. \n\n\n\nPlease register here.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-retreat-led-by-doralee-grindler-katonah-in-person-only/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,In-Person Event,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260718T083000
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SUMMARY:One-day Sitting led by Nyokai Kristin Diggs (In Person Only)
DESCRIPTION:This one-day retreat will feature periods of sitting and walking meditation and a Dharma talk by Nyokai Kristin Diggs. Lunch will be silent; please bring your own bag lunch. \nNyokai Kristin Diggs joined our sangha as Teacher in 2026. Prior to moving to Sacramento\, she trained residentially at all three San Francisco Zen Center temples (2014-2025)\, holding a number of senior positions\, including Ino\, Tenzo\, and Work Leader. Lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson and priest ordained by Eijun Linda Cutts\, she served as Shuso during the winter 2025 practice period at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center\, led by Eijun Linda Cutts. \nIf this will be your first extended sitting with us\, please send us a note at info@valleystreamszen.org to introduce yourself. \nRegistration link is coming soon.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/half-day-sitting-led-by-kristin-diggs-katonah-in-person-only-2/
LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
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