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  • Full Moon Ceremony (in-person and online)

    This ceremony is an affirmation of the vow to live for the benefit of all beings. In the Zen tradition we associate the full moon with the ideal of awakening. […]

  • Dharma Talk by Diane Wilde (in-person and online)

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

    DIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (aka Boundless Freedom […]

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. Myo Lahey (in-person and online)

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

    Rev. Myo Lahey is Abbot at Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco and our guiding teacher. He has previously served as Practice Leader at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. He is a Dharma heir of […]

  • Dharma Talk by Danan John Wark (in person & online)

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

    Danan John Wark, abbot of Cloud Zendo in Pilot Hill, practices koan introspection and has received inka from Zen Master BoMun (George Bowman) in the Single Flower Sangha tradition.  Master […]

  • Dharma Talk by Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (in person & online)

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

    Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah serves as Ino, or head of the meditation hall. She studied in the Soto Zen lineage with Sojun Diane Martin in Illinois and with Rev. Val Szymanski in California. […]

  • Dharma Talk by So On Jim Hare (in person & online)

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

    So On Jim Hare  serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984, and was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson […]

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine (in person & online)

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

    Joining us this evening is Reverend Mary Mocine, abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was […]

  • Retreat Night (Hybrid)

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

    On Retreat Night we offer an opportunity to settle into your meditation practice with two or three 25-minute periods of zazen, interspersed with walking meditation (called kinhin). Turning the light inward […]

  • Practice Talk by Oscar Balaguer (Hybrid, speaker in person)

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

    Senior student and longtime member of Valley Streams Sangha, Oscar was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson. *Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977

  • BIPOC Sangha Meeting with Rhonda V. Magee (Online)

    ONLINE via Zoom

    BIPOC Sangha is pleased to welcome Professor Rhonda Magee for "Reflections on Engaged Mindfulness: The Inner Work of Confronting Social Injustice in a Time of Distress"  *This program is for BIPOC practitioners.  […]

  • Way-Seeking Mind Talk with Brendan O’Brian (Hybrid)

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

    Shi Shin Brendan O'Brien has been a member of the Valley Streams community for the past three years. He is also a member of the Hartford Street Zen Sangha in […]

  • Rohatsu Sesshin – Opening Evening Program (Online)

    ONLINE via Zoom

    Rohatsu means the 8th day of the 12th month, which is the traditional day for celebrating Buddha's enlightenment. Sesshin means 'to gather the mind.'  As the darkest days of the […]