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Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesJoin us for two periods of zazen (seated meditation) and kinhin (walking meditation), or just the first or second second meditation periods, as your schedule allows. 6:00 am - Zazen (sitting meditation) 6:30 am - Kinhin (walking meditation) 6:40 am - Zazen 7:10 am - Morning Service Please arrive a few minutes before the beginning […]
Canceled Study Group (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThe Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. We'll start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red Pine. The Zen Study Group meets at the Dharma Center AND on Zoom. The study group is facilitated by Rev. So'on Jim Hare, with readings from ancient and contemporary […]
Shukke Tokudo Ceremony for Clement Spring (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesCome, 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 for priest ordination. Preceptor Rev. Kyōshō Valorie Beer will convey the precepts to sangha member Clement Spring and will ordain him as a Soto Zen priest in […]
A Dramatic Reading of the Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThis beloved text, unique among Buddhist Scriptures, contains the quintessence of Mahayana doctrines, taught with vivid imagery, dramatic encounters and sly humor. Members of the Thursday morning study group recently completed a study of this text and, together other cast members, present a dramatic reading of excepts from the Vimalakīrti Sutra, slightly adapted. Our Monday […]
Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesJoin us for two periods of zazen (seated meditation) and kinhin (walking meditation), or just the first or second second meditation periods, as your schedule allows. 6:00 am - Zazen (sitting meditation) 6:30 am - Kinhin (walking meditation) 6:40 am - Zazen 7:10 am - Morning Service Please arrive a few minutes before the beginning […]
(On break) Study Group (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThe Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. We'll start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red Pine. The Zen Study Group meets at the Dharma Center AND on Zoom. The study group is facilitated by Rev. So'on Jim Hare, with readings from ancient and contemporary […]
Introduction to Zen Meditation (In Person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesOn the second Monday of each month, we offer a 40-minute introduction to Zen practice. We focus on the art of sitting meditation, with emphasis on posture, breath and mental focus. This is for new meditators and those wishing to refresh their practice of meditative immersion. Following the instruction the Valley Streams Zen Sangha meets […]
Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (Speaker in-person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesRev. 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 1985. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period, and was priest ordained by Rev. Myo Lahey […]
Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesJoin us for two periods of zazen (seated meditation) and kinhin (walking meditation), or just the first or second second meditation periods, as your schedule allows. 6:00 am - Zazen (sitting meditation) 6:30 am - Kinhin (walking meditation) 6:40 am - Zazen 7:10 am - Morning Service Please arrive a few minutes before the beginning […]
(On break) Study Group (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThe Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. We'll start our new text, The Lankavatara Sutra, translated with commentary by Red Pine. The Zen Study Group meets at the Dharma Center AND on Zoom. The study group is facilitated by Rev. So'on Jim Hare, with readings from ancient and contemporary […]
Way-Seeking Mind Talk with Malia McCarthy (Speaker in-person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesEach of us has come to Zen practice as a seeker, with a spirit of inquiry, from diverse backgrounds. The idea of our way-seeking mind talks is for members to share how it is they came to practice. Each person tells his or her own story in a unique way that often blends autobiography, spiritual […]