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Family Sangha (In person)

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

Family Sangha - Last Sunday of the Month 10:00am - 12:00 pm One of the many dilemmas that parents face is how to hand down their spiritual values and practice to their children. We are fortunate that the Sacramento Dharma Center is now hosting a Family Sangha! Meeting on the last Sunday of the month […]

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 year approach, we sit together with the principle of awakening, fully opening to the 'wisdom beyond wisdom' that is revealed in sitting meditation. The initial […]

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Rohatsu Sesshin Morning Program (Online)

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 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 […]

Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (Hybrid)

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 […]

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Rohatsu Sesshin Morning Program (Online)

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 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 […]

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Rohatsu Sesshin Evening Program (Online)

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 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 […]

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Rohatsu Sesshin Morning Program (Online)

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 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 […]

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Rohatsu Sesshin Evening Program (Online)

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 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 […]

Rohatsu Sesshin Morning Program (Hybrid)

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

Morning Rohatsu schedule, Thursday hybrid event. 6:00   Zazen 6:30   Kinhin 6:40   Zazen 7:10   Service Register for week-long program on Eventbrite.  See full Rohatsu schedule here. 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 […]

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Study Group (Hybrid)

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

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 Mahayana Buddhist & Soto Zen texts and commentaries. To join the Thursday morning study group, email the coordinator, Rollin Ives, twl4148@gmail.com

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Rohatsu Sesshin Evening Program (Online)

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 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 […]

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Rohatsu Sesshin Full Day Sitting (In-person)

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

Full-Day Sitting - in person -  8:30 am - 8:45 pm This sitting will be in person at the Dharma Center and will not be offered on Zoom.  Traditional oryoki meals will be served at noon and for the "medicine meal" in the evening. This traditional week of intensified practice celebrates the enlightenment of our […]