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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - One Day Sitting with Reb Anderson
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URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/cancelled-one-day-sitting-reb-anderson-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180408
DTSTAMP:20260525T223131
CREATED:20171209T204515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171209T204515Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - One-day Sitting and Spring Workday
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URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-5-2018-04-07-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T223131
CREATED:20171209T204515Z
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SUMMARY:One-day Sitting\, led by So On Jim Hare
DESCRIPTION:“Outwardly still while inwardly moving\, like a tethered colt or a trapped rat\, the ancient sages pitied them and bestowed the teachings.” – Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi\n“Traps and snares can never reach it.” – Eihei Dogen\, Fukanzazengi \nThe traps and snares of thinking and feeling often seem to block the way of calm\, joyful sitting. How do we become free of these apparent obstacles? No one really knows\, yet zazen keeps drawing us back to encounter our essential freedom. This one-day sitting provides another opportunity\, supported by a schedule of sitting and walking meditation\, Dharma talks\, and noble silence throughout the day. Please arrive early so we can begin sitting promptly at 9 a.m. Bring a bag lunch. Everyone is welcome.\nIf this is your first one-day sitting\, please call practice leader Jim Hare after January 28th and prior to registering. 916-456-7752. \nREGISTER HERE \n 
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-5-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171201T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171203T120000
DTSTAMP:20260525T223131
CREATED:20170606T213734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170606T213734Z
UID:9762-1512118800-1512302400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:3-day Rohatsu Sesshin
DESCRIPTION:“…when we practice zazen\, it is not that big mind is actually controlling small mind\, but simply that when small mind becomes calm\, big mind starts it true activity.”  ~Suzuki Roshi \nFor the first time Valley Streams Zen is offering a multi-day\, non-residential retreat. This is an opportunity to set aside the concerns of daily life for two and a half days\, giving all our attention to our sitting practice and taking care of ourselves as we would take care of a guest.  The schedule will include sitting and walking meditation\, breaks and Dharma talks.  Vegetarian meals will be served in a modified oryoki-style for lunch and dinner on Friday and Saturday. Oryoki is the traditional 3-bowl way of serving and eating meals together in silence.\nSchedule: Friday & Saturday\, 9 am – 9 pm.; Sunday\, 9 am – noon.\nCost:  $60 for full sesshin; $30 per full day; $15 per half day \nPlease sign up by November 21 by completing the form and returning it to Jim Hare.\nSesshin Signup Form (pdf)\nSign up at the zendo\, by email info@valleystreamszen.org or by US mail to\nVSZS\,  3111 Wissemann Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA 95826
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-4-2017-12-02-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171007T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171007T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T223131
CREATED:20170606T213734Z
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SUMMARY:One-day Zen Sitting: Fostering the Mirror Awareness
DESCRIPTION:In our Soto Zen-style one-day sittings we engage with alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation\, Dharma talks\, and silent bag lunch (please bring your own). If this is your first one-day sitting\, please speak with Practice Leader Jim Hare (916-456-7752) prior to signing up. \nSitting all day brings forth the great mirror awareness in us. It interrupts our common habit of comparing ourselves to others and fosters trust in ourselves\, as we are. The receptive awareness of zazen is extolled and celebrated in Zen poetry and literature. As the Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi says\, “it acts as a guide for beings; its use removes all pains.” \nPlease join us for a day of sitting and singing the silent song of the precious mirror awareness.    REGISTER 
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-4-2017-10-07-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170805T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170805T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T223131
CREATED:20170606T213734Z
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UID:9760-1501923600-1501952400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:What We Can Trust: a One-day Zen Sitting
DESCRIPTION:Zazen surfaces our “mind of clover\,” a pliant mind\, a flexibile mind\, a mind like clouds and water.  This mind that is not “our” mind\, but rather one that comes to us as a gift of practice.  Informed by that mind we are inspired to be kind\, to be flexible with others\, to bend like bamboo in the wind.  This is a mind we can really trust and it’s not ours and it’s not not ours. Together we will spend a day entrusting ourselves to the mind of clover\, the awakening spirit of buddha.  The sitting will be lead by Rev. So On Jim Hare\, Practice Leader of Valley Streams Zen Sangha. Please bring a bag lunch.  If this is your first time practicing with us or your first one-day sitting\, please call Jim at 916-456-7752 so you can learn more about the day.  $20  Register at Eventbrite.com.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-4-4/2017-08-05/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170603T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170603T170000
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CREATED:20170309T041041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170309T041041Z
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SUMMARY:One-day Sitting with Rev. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
DESCRIPTION:Visiting teacher\, Rev. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel\, of Still Breathing Zen Meditation Center in Oakland\, will lead our meditation and offer dharma talks during this special one-day sitting. Rev. Zenju was ordained by Zenkei Blanche Hartman Roshi and received dharma transmission in January 2016. As an author and ordained Soto Zen Buddhist priest\, she combines Zen meditation\, intuitive knowing\, and indigenous wisdom in a path of liberation. \nHer teaching theme for the day will be Shinzo: Ever Intimate. The term Shinzo refers to the practice of not rejecting either delusion or enlightenment; being “ever intimate” with the experience that comes our way.   Register here.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-rev-zenju-earthlyn-manuel-5/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170304T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170304T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T223131
CREATED:20161211T015625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161211T015625Z
UID:9715-1488618000-1488646800@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:One-day Sitting
DESCRIPTION:We sometimes call zazen “choiceless awareness.” This means that in zazen we don’t attempt to regulate what comes into awareness; we just let what arises arise. We let our feelings be our feelings and our thoughts be our thoughts. Not making any choices about what comes into awareness\, we also don’t manipulate our breath\, we don’t exercise our will. We let nature take over\, and we let the body breathe. \nThis will be a day devoted to choiceless awareness\, while sitting\, walking\, chanting and eating lunch. There will be an afternoon Dharma talk by Valley Streams practice leader So On Jim Hare; otherwise our day will be in silence. You are most welcome and invited to join in. Please bring a bag lunch.  Register here.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-3-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170107T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170107T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T223131
CREATED:20161210T225312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161210T225312Z
UID:9700-1483779600-1483808400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:One-day Sitting
DESCRIPTION:This is our first one-day sitting of the new year. This gentle one-day sitting will include a work period and formal tea in the afternoon if enough people attend. The day will include a Dharma talk by Practice Leader Jim Hare. Everyone is welcome.\nRegister for the sitting.\n*Please note our one-day sittings are now held on Saturday instead of Sunday.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-2-4/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161105T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161105T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T223131
CREATED:20160820T041923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160820T041923Z
UID:9683-1478336400-1478365200@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:One-day Sitting
DESCRIPTION:This is our first one-day sitting at the Sacramento Dharma Center! Fall study period participants should make a special effort to attend\, as this is the sole opportunity to “sit long” during the study period. Of course everyone is welcome. This gentle one-day sitting will include a work period and exercise period. We will have formal tea in the afternoon if enough people attend. The day will include a Dharma talk by Practice Leader Jim Hare.\n*Please note our one-day sittings are now held on Saturday instead of Sunday.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-sitting-10/
LOCATION:3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
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