Allowing Emptiness to Fill the Page: a Sitting & Writing Retreat with Beth Jacobs (online)
2021-06-05 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
This workshop will be dedicated to writing practices that honor the Buddhist path. We will practice techniques that illustrate the overlap between mindfulness training and expressive writing. Using material from the Abhidharma, Mahayana sutras and writings of Eihei Dogen, we will demonstrate how personal writing can enrich our study of the dharma and provide a space where teachings can come to life in our creativity.
Beth Jacobs is a writer, transmitted lay teacher in the Soto Zen Buddhist lineage, and a clinical psychologist in private practice. She is the author of The Original Buddhist Psychology; Long Shadows of Practice, Poems; and A Buddhist Journal: Guided Practices for Writers and Meditators. She facilitates expressive writing groups for children, teenagers, and grandparents. She has taught Abhidharma classes at several sanghas and has co-taught “Abhidhamma and Buddhist Thought” through the Mid-American Buddhist Association and the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka.
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Tickets: $20-$60 (or an amount that is right for you.)
For questions, email Doralee at grindkaton@icloud.com

*To join a meeting by computer, you must install Zoom software:

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Prior to the meeting, download the free Zoom Client for Meetings (13 MB) As you Wait for the host to start the meeting click the Test Computer Audio button to make sure you can hear and be heard by others.
Download the chants in PDF.
Join the meeting at: https://zoom.us/j/[Meeting ID],[Password]
A detailed schedule will be emailed to those who are registered.

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One-day Sitting: Benefitting All Beings (at the Dharma Center)
2021-07-03 09:00 - 17:00 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
In Buddhism, the four unlimited mental attitudes are loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity. These attiudes are unlimited because the benefits thay bring to self and other can’t be quantified; they are immeasurable.
In this day of in-person sitting meditation practice, we will focus on these four immeasurables that teach all sentient beings and bring us contentment.
This retreat will be led by Valley Streams practice leader So On Jim Hare. The day will include a morning Dharma talk and afternoon discussion.
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Half-day Zazenkai, led by So-On Jim Hare (in-person OR online)
2021-08-07 08:30 - 12:30 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
This sitting may be on Zoom rather than outdoors at the Dharma Center as recently planned. In addition to heightened concerns about Covid, we are experiencing poor air quality due to fires in the Sierra. If these conditions continue on Saturday, the sitting will be held via Zoom. Please call or send an email for most recent venue information.
Zazenkai is a silent meditation retreat that doesn’t feature a Dharma talk. It is simply to go deeply into the practice of zazen; allowing silence and stillness to offer their blessings. The schedule will alternate six half-hour periods of sitting and walking meditation, with a short silent break in mid-morning.

If this is your first time practicing with us or your first half-day sitting, please call So-On Jim at 916-456-7752 to learn more about the day.

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Awakening Bodhi Mind - A One-day Zen Retreat, led by So-On Jim Hare
2021-10-02 09:00 - 17:00 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Zen master Dogen speaks of “raising an aspiration to escalade the very sky.” What is the place for such audacity in our practice?
Many of us begin Zen practice with the hope that it will relieve the pain and grief we feel much of the time. Later, we learn that relieving suffering is just part of the work. The Buddhas point the way toward complete liberation, not only for ourselves but for all beings. The aspiration for such liberation is called Bodhicittapada.
We will explore the aspiration for enlightenment in our one-day sitting, through multiple periods of zazen, a morning Dharma talk and afternoon discussion.
Please note this is an IN-PERSON retreat. All who attend must be vaccinated against Covid-19. In addition, masking and social distancing protocols will be practiced.

If this is your first time practicing with us or your first one-day sitting, please call So-On Jim at 916-456-7752 to learn more about the day.
Please bring a bag lunch.
Fee is by donation.

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Yogacara: a One-day Virtual Retreat, led by Rev. Ben Connelly
2021-11-06 08:30 - 15:30 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Yogacara: Integrating Personal and Social Healing and Liberation (online retreat)
How can we heal ourselves and our communities? How does our personal conduct, wellness, suffering, and trauma, relate to interpersonal and transpersonal systems? How can we give our lives to universal liberation without sacrificing our own well-being? These are the questions at the heart of Yogacara Buddhism, which brings Early Buddhist and Mahayana practice into an integrated approach to joyful, compassionate, altruistic living.
This retreat will focus on the practices upheld in the Indian Yogacara master Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses on Consciousness Only. We will move towards a deeper knowing of the fact that in every moment we are participating in the whole of the world in all its beauty and harms, and that in every moment we can act for the liberation of all.
Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Dainin Katagiri Roshi lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police and corporate training, correctional facilities, and addiction recovery and wellness groups. Ben is based at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center and travels to teach across the United States. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of: Inside the Grass Hut: Living Shitou’s Classic Zen Poem, Inside Vasubandhu’s Yogacara: a Practitioner’s Guide, and Mindfulness and Intimacy.
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Rohatsu Sesshin, led by So-On Jim Hare (in person and online)
2021-11-28 19:30 - 20:30 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Welcome and orientation to Rohatsu Sesshin, Nov. 28 – Dec. 5, 2021
This 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 celebrating Buddha’s awakening, which is our awakening too. This sesshin will be a combination of in-person and online programs. It will last a full week, but we’ll be sitting only morning and evening periods, Sunday – Thursday. Friday will be online only; Saturday we offer a full day of sitting in person at the Dharma Center. We close out the week on Sunday, Dec. 5, with a half-day, in-person program of zazen, a Dharma talk and closing ceremony. For questions, contact So-On Jim Hare, info@valleystreamszen.org.
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Rohatsu Sesshin, morning program (online)
2021-11-29 06:00 - 07:30, 2021-11-30 06:00 - 07:30, 2021-12-01 06:00 - 07:30 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Morning Rohatsu schedule, Monday – Wednesday.
6:00 Zazen
6:30 Kinhin
6:40 Zazen
7:10 Service
Full Rohatsu Sesshin Schedule Register on Eventbrite.com
This 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. This sesshin is a combination of in-person and online. It will last a full week, but we’ll be sitting only morning and evening periods, Sunday – Thursday. Friday will be online only; Saturday we offer a full day of sitting in person at the Dharma Center. We close out the week on Sunday, Dec. 5, with a half-day, in-person program of zazen, a Dharma talk, followed by a closing ceremony.

Rohatsu Sesshin, evening program (online)
2021-11-30 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-12-01 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-12-02 17:00 - 21:00 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Evening Rohatsu schedule, Tuesday – Thursday, 5 pm – 8:45 pm.
5:00 Zazen
5:30 Service
Break/Dinner
7:30 Zazen
8:00 Kinhin
8:10 Zazen
8:40 Refuges
Full Rohatsu Sesshin Schedule

This 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. This sesshin is a combination of in-person and online. It will last a full week, but we’ll be sitting only morning and evening periods, Sunday – Thursday. Friday will be online only; Saturday we offer a full day of sitting in person at the Dharma Center. We close out the week on Sunday, Dec. 5, with a half-day, in-person program of zazen, a Dharma talk, followed by a closing ceremony.

Rohatsu Sesshin, One-Day Sitting (online)
2021-12-03 06:00 - 21:00 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
One-Day Sitting – ONLINE – 6 am – 8:45 pm
The Zoom link and schedule will be sent to those who have registered at Eventbrite.com.
Full Rohatsu Sesshin Schedule

This 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. This sesshin is a combination of in-person and online. It will last a full week, but we’ll be sitting only morning and evening periods, Sunday – Thursday. Friday will be online only; Saturday we offer a full day of sitting in person at the Dharma Center. We close out the week on Sunday, Dec. 5, with a half-day, in-person program of zazen, a Dharma talk, followed by a closing ceremony.

Rohatsu Sesshin, One-Day Sitting (in person)
2021-12-04 09:00 - 17:00 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
One-Day Sitting – in person – 9 am – 5 pm
This sitting will be in person at the Dharma Center and will not be offered on Zoom. The schedule will be sent to all who have registered at Eventbrite.com
• Please remember to bring a lunch.
Full Rohatsu Sesshin Schedule
This 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. This sesshin is a combination of in-person and online. It will last a full week, but we’ll be sitting only morning and evening periods, Sunday – Thursday. Friday will be online only; Saturday we offer a full day of sitting in person at the Dharma Center. We close out the week on Sunday, Dec. 5, with a half-day, in-person program of zazen, a Dharma talk, and closing ceremony.

Rohatsu Sesshin, Half-day sitting & Closing Ceremony (in person)
2021-12-05 09:00 - 12:00 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Half-Day Sitting and Buddha’s Enlightenment Ceremony

This sitting will be in person at the Dharma Center. It will not be offered on Zoom. The schedule for the day will be sent to all who have registered at Eventbrite.com
Full Rohatsu Sesshin Schedule

This 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. This sesshin is a combination of in-person and online. It will last a full week, but we’ll be sitting only morning and evening periods, Sunday – Thursday. Friday will be online only; Saturday we offer a full day of sitting in person at the Dharma Center. We close out the week on Sunday, Dec. 5, with a half-day, in-person program of zazen, a Dharma talk, and closing ceremony.

Zazenkai Half-day Sitting (online)
2022-01-08 08:30 - 12:30 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Please join us online for a half-day “Zazenkai” retreat on Saturday, January 8th. This retreat will focus on the practice of just sitting (Shikantaza) and just walking (Kinhin), in silence and inner stillness. Zazenkai is a silent meditation retreat that doesn’t feature a Dharma talk. It is simply to go deeply into the practice of zazen, allowing silence and stillness to offer their blessings. The schedule will alternate six half-hour periods of sitting and walking meditation, with a short silent break mid-morning. A donation is requested, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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"Who Am I?" - A One-Day Sitting, led by So'on Jim Hare (online)
2022-02-05 09:00 - 17:00 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Settling the body-mind in stillness and ease, opening to the ineffable wisdom of Dharma, the deepest questions may arise.
This online retreat will be led by Valley Streams practice leader So’on Jim Hare. The day will include a morning Dharma talk and afternoon discussion.

NOTE: If this will be your first day-long sitting with Valley Streams Zen, please contact us at info@valleystreamszen.org for an orientation or call us at 916-456-7752. Register at Eventbrite.com

Stilling the Waves of the Mind: A Half-Day Sitting led by So'on Jim Hare
2022-03-05 08:30 - 12:30 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
“It appears as if something comes from outside your mind, but actually it is only the waves of your mind” ~Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi

This sitting will include a schedule of sitting and walking meditation and a short Dharma talk.
Please be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend this sitting in person. We will have a social lunch following the sitting. Please bring your own lunch..
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Sitting in the Midst of Self-fulfilling Samadhi: One-Day Sitting (in person)
2022-04-02 09:00 - 17:00 | 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Join with others in person for a day of sitting and walking meditation and Dharma talk, making the effort that refreshes both body and mind, becoming a shining golden buddha! The sitting will be led by So On Jim Hare.
Please bring a lunch to support your efforts on the cushion, bench or chair. For questions, please email Jim Hare at info@valleystreamszen.com.
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Practice Secretly, Working Within: Half-day Sitting (In Person)
2022-05-07 08:30 - 12:30 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
To practice secretly is to practice within; it is getting close to and friendly with everything we experience.

In stillness and silence, we will spend the morning together, practicing zazen and walking meditation. This retreat is suitable for those with some familiarity with Zen practice and forms. Masking is optional, but everyone who attends must be vaccinated against Covid-19.

We will enjoy a social lunch after the sitting – please bring your own.
If you have questions, please contact us at info@valleystreamszen.org.
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Dharma Art Day: Zazen and SoulCollage® with Alexa Singer-Telles (in person)
2022-06-04 13:00 - 17:00 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Preparing a Sincere Offering to the Three Treasures: A Creative Exploration of Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook

Please join us for a day of mindful practice to explore Dogen’s teachings for cooking your life in a creative and experiential way. It is said that “bodhicitta is born of the smallest offering made with sincerity.” In our time together we will practice cultivating the mind of love by combining the ingredients of zazen, SoulCollage®, guided writing practice, collaboration, and ritual. Please bring your open heart, imagination and curiosity to see what unfolds in this transformational process. Our offerings will be honored in a closing ceremony.
The SoulCollage® process was developed by Seena B. Frost, M.Div. as a mixture of joyful art play and as a healing guide using the potentiality of images and symbols to access our own innate wisdom through journaling and sharing.
Alexa Singer-Telles, True Silent Action, is a dharmacharya (teacher) in the Plum Village tradition, receiving Lamp Transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh in 2014. She is the guiding teacher for several sanghas in California, Washington, Oregon and Calgary. She co-founded the River Oak Sangha in Redding, and led it for 30 years. She is a practicing psychotherapist, certified facilitator of SoulCollage® groups, and women’s spiritual ceremonialist. She recently founded the MotherRoot Sangha. Inspired by studying our Buddhist women ancestors, she aspires to be an old woman of no rank.
You don’t need artistic skill to attend this event, but you do need to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Mask wearing is optional and will be supported.
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Sitting is True Reality: a half-day Sitting, led by So'on Jim Hare (In-Person)
2022-07-02 08:30 - 12:30 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Sitting with no agenda; putting nothing before the mind – this is the art of zazen. This practice is appropriate for people seeking relief from the vicissitudes of feelings and discriminating consciousness, and it is good for people seeking simply to sit in true reality.

This retreat will include periods of sitting and walking meditation and a Dharma talk. Both first-timers and more experienced students are welcome.
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The Possibilities of Life: One-day Sitting, led by So'on Jim Hare (In Person)
2022-08-06 09:00 - 17:00 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
When sitting zazen we sit in the wellspring of life. Come practice together to further awaken our abilities to listen to the activity of wisdom that emerges from living intimately in stillness and receiving what comes.
This retreat, originally scheduled to be led by Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah, will include periods of sitting and walking meditation, a Dharma talk and silent lunch (bring your own). Masks are optional, but encouraged. All participants must be vaccinated against Covid-19.
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CANCELED: One-day Retreat
2022-09-03 09:00 - 17:00 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
We will not be meeting for our usual sitting on the first Saturday of September. Our next Retreat will be on Saturday, October 1 at the Sacramento Dharma Center (In-person).
Our one-day and half-day sittings are held on the first Saturday of every month at the Sacramento Dharma Center. They include sitting meditation, walking meditation, and usually a dharma talk and discussion.
Everyone is welcome. Registration is on Eventbrite.com
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Half-Day Retreat (In-Person)
2022-10-01 08:30 - 12:30 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Everything is in Everything!
There is “Not One Single Thing.” (Shodo Harada)
Come sit, walk together, deeply entering the silence as we realize our lives are not our own.
Rev. Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah will lead a half-day retreat with sitting meditation (zazen), walking meditation (kinhin), and a dharma talk and discussion. Everyone is welcome.
Bring a lunch and join a social conversation in the newly landscaped Dharma Center north yard at the conclusion of the retreat.
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"Just This Person" - One-Day Retreat, led by Rev. So'on Jim Hare (In-person)
2022-11-05 08:30 - 16:30 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
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 quite for a while, the teacher said, “Just this person.”
We’ll explore this story during our one day sitting, in silence and in dialogue. Please bring your own lunch. If you have questions about this retreat, please contact the retreat leader, So’on Jim Hare, at info@valleystreamszen.org
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There is no "you" to say "I" - Half-day Retreat Led by Rev. So'on Jim Hare (In-person)
2023-01-07 08:30 - 12:30 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
“What we call ‘I’ is just a swing door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. It just moves; that is all. When your mind is pure and calm enough to follow this movement, there is nothing: no ‘I,’ no world, no mind nor body: just a swing door.” – Shunryu Suzuki roshi
Our morning will entail alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, Dharma talk, and end with a chanting service. Please bring some previous meditation experience and, if you like, a bag lunch – there will be a social lunch following the sitting.
If this will be your first half-day sitting or you have questions, please contact us through our website or at 916-456-7752.
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Riding in the Same Boat with All Beings: One-day Sitting led by Rev. Kokyo Henkel (Speaker in person)
2023-04-01 09:00 - 16:30 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, 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 this retreat is Dogen’s essay Zenki
Kokyo Henkel was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi, receiving the Dharma name Kokyo Yakai (Luminous Owl, Midnight Liberation 光梟夜解). He received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Roshi in 2010, becoming a lineage-holder authorized to guide others on the path. From 2010 – 2020 Kokyo was teacher at the Santa Cruz Zen Center. He is currently Tanto (Head of Zendo practice) and a Dharma teacher at Green Gulch Farm. He has also been practicing with the Tibetan Dzogchen (“Great Perfection”) Teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche since 2003, in California, Colorado, and Kathmandu.
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Half-day Sit led by Rev. So'on Jim Hare & Buddha's Birthday Celebration
2023-05-06 08:30 - 12:00 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Rev. So’on Jim Hare will lead a half-day sit in the morning with a special service at noon for the ceremonial washing of the Baby Buddha statue and the chanting of the Buddha’s Birthday Eko in gratitude for Queen Maya’s sacrifice.
Buddha’s birthday is celebrated in Japan on April 8th. In south and southeast Asia it is celebrated as Vesak or Buddha Day on May 5th. We will celebrate on May 6th, to honor the life of our original teacher in India, Shakyamuni Buddha. You are welcome and invited to join this sitting and ceremony. During the latter, we will chant the Heart Sutra and bathe the Baby Buddha. Please bring a lunch to enjoy with your Dharma friends following the ceremony. Birthday cake will be provided.
You are welcome to join the sangha at noon just for the service without participating in the half-day sit.
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Workshop with Keiryu Liên Shutt (Zen) and Dawn Haney (Vipassana) (Speakers in person)
2023-10-22 13:00 - 17:00 | Sacramento Dharma Center, Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95826, United States
Home Is Here: Healing Harm with Compassionate Connection
What does it mean to attend to our suffering in body, heart, and mind when racism has caused such intense hurt and pain, individually and collectively?
Grounded in the Eightfold Path, this workshop offers us a journey on the Path of restoration from the results of white supremacy culture’s racism by examining deeply and fully individual and collective conditioning, questioning it in mindful and compassionate ways. With courageous honesty, we investigate how we may have been misled, misinformed, or perhaps, even colluded in perpetuating or creating hurt and harm.
We’ll engage in practices from Rev. Liên’s book Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path* which emphasizes wholeness-based interactions, or Compassionate Connections, with each other. These exercises will support and allow us to let go of old beliefs. We will learn new skills and behaviors, building confidence that we are able to heal from the hurts and harms of racism as we practice co-creating liberation for all.
To foster brave spaces, this workshop will have teachings and instructions for the full group while exercises and processing will be in BIPOC or white-identified affinity groups. It is sponsored by SBMG and co-sponsored by the BIPOC Sangha. Please contact the scholarship coordinator; no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
This workshop** is for anyone seeking restoration and healing from the hurts and harm of racism.
* Rev. Liên & Dawn will be in dialogue about the book at Capital Books on Saturday, 10/21, at 3 p.m. Come join us and buy your book for the workshop!
**Workshop participants are encouraged to attend SBMG’s morning program led by Rev. Liên and Dawn on Oct 22, 10 am-12 noon, 3111 Wissemann Dr, Sacramento.
Rev. Liên Shutt (she/they) is a priest lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Soto Zen traditions in the U.S., Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an inclusive, anti-oppression sangha and non-profit in the SF Bay Area. She lives on Ohlone land, currently called San Francisco, with her partner, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. Visit AccessToZen.org for ways to connect and practice together. Her new book, Home Is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path (North Atlantic Books, pub 8/22/2023) builds on foundational Buddhist teachings – the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path — offering an intersectional framework to help us embody antiracist practices and tend to our healing and wholeness.
Dawn Haney (they/she) has been organizing, coaching, teaching, and writing for 20 years, on feminism, white anti-racism, Buddhism, leadership, and liberation. They braid together wisdom from Buddhism and social justice traditions, understanding identity, power, and change through their own experiences as a white, fat, queer, nonbinary femme, and through social movements from migrant justice to fat liberation. A dharma student since 2003, she is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders program, a Community Teacher at East Bay Meditation Center and the Alphabet Sangha, and taught across the US as former Co-Director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.
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