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  • Canceled Study Group (Hybrid)

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

    The 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 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 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 States

    This 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 […]

  • (On break) Study Group (Hybrid)

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

    The 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 […]

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (Speaker in-person)

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

    Rev. 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 […]

  • (On break) Study Group (Hybrid)

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

    The 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 States

    Each 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 […]

  • (On break) Study Group (Hybrid)

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

    The 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 […]

  • Dharma Talk by Shōku Kathy Early (Speaker on Zoom)

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

    Guest teacher Shōku Kathy Early came to zen practice in 1994 through classes with Tenshin Reb Anderson at the Yoga Room in Berkeley while working as a semiconductor engineer in Silicon Valley.  She then practiced for several years with Keido Les Kaye at Kannon Do Zen Center in Mountain View, after which she trained at San […]

  • (On break) Study Group (Hybrid)

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

    The Study Group will take the month of June off and reconvene on Thursday, July 6. At that time we will 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 […]

  • Half-Day Sitting led by Rev. Parāvṛtti Hokyo Doralee Grindler Katonah : Cultivating Intimacy Within Open US to the World (In-person)

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

    A monk asked Dongshan: What is Buddha? Donshan replied, 'Three pounds of flax.' Whether sitting, walk, sitting, standing, or lying down we open wholeheartedly to the Way and Buddha activity happens on its own. Come, sit, and walk together to support each other in continuous practice.  The retreat includes periods of zazen (sitting meditation),  kinhin […]