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  • 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 in […]

  • 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 […]

  • Rohatsu Sesshin Morning Program (Online)

    Recurring
    ONLINE via Zoom

    Morning Rohatsu schedule, Monday - Wednesday - ONLINE 6:00   Zazen 6:30   Kinhin 6:40   Zazen 7:10   Service Register for week-long program on Eventbrite. Full Rohatsu schedule This traditional week of intensified […]

  • Rohatsu Sesshin Evening Program (Online)

    Recurring
    ONLINE via Zoom

    Online Evening schedule for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:00 pm Zazen 5:30 pm  Service Break/Dinner 7:30 pm  Zazen 8:00 pm Kinhin 8:10 pm Zazen 8:40 pm Refuges This traditional week of […]

  • Full Moon Ceremony (Hybrid)

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

    The Full Moon Ceremony acknowledges the karma created by our intentional actions, and reminds us to renew our commitment to the ethical conduct expressed as the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts. These […]