Calendar

Buddha’s Birthday Celebration & Family Picnic (in person)

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

Join the sangha and their families at the Dharma Center for a celebration of Shakyamuni Buddha's birth and to honor his mother, Queen Maya, who died shortly after his birth. […]

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.  […]

Reflections on Engaged Mindfulness with Rhonda V. Magee (Hybrid)

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

Rhonda Magee, MA, JD  joins us on zoom with reflections on the inner work of confronting social injustice in a time of distress.  She is an internationally recognized educator, author, […]

Jukai Ceremony (Hybrid)

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

The ceremony of Jukai consists in receiving the precepts of the Bodhisattva and, by doing so, takes refuge in the three treasures: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.  It is the ceremony […]

Annual Meeting Celebrating 20 Years of Valley Streams Zen Sangha (In-person)

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

Join Valley Streams Sangha Board of Directors for a Sunday potluck brunch  to celebrate Valley Streams' 20th Anniversary.   Spouses, partners, friends and family---are all invited.  Gather at 10 am to […]

Winter Solstice Celebration (Hybrid)

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

Celebrate the winter solstice with your sangha friends. After a 35 minute meditation and service, we will gather to entertain each other on this long winter night with instruments, song, […]

Inter-Sangha Jizo Ceremony (In person)

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

Jizo is the beloved Great Bodhisattva found within many Buddhist traditions, who carries us across the threshold of death and loss and safely accompanies us through the ‘hell zones’ of deep […]

Shukke Tokudo Ceremony for Clement Spring (Hybrid)

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

Come, monk* The ceremony of Shukke Tokudo consists in receiving the precepts of the Bodhisattva and, by doing so, taking refuge in the three treasures: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. It is the ceremony […]