Join 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 […]
The Zen Study Group meets at the Sacramento Dharma Center and on Zoom. The study group is facilitated by Rev. So'on Jim Hare, with readings from ancient and contemporary Mahayana Buddhist […]
As an expression of our deeply felt gratitude for the Sangha and the myriad ways its members support us and each other, the Valley Streams Board will offer dinner to […]
Thursday morning zazen and Study Group will not be meeting today. We will gather again next week.
During Rohatsu sesshin we celebrate Shakyamuni Buddha's enlightment by dedicating ourselves to zazen practice. As the darkest days of the year approach, we sit together with the principle of awakening, […]
Morning Rohatsu schedule for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – ONLINE 6:00 am Zazen 6:30 am Kinhin 6:40 am Zazen 7:10 am Service (VSZS Sutras and Texts) This traditional week of intensified […]
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 […]
Morning Rohatsu schedule for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – ONLINE 6:00 am Zazen 6:30 am Kinhin 6:40 am Zazen 7:10 am Service (VSZS Sutras and Texts) This traditional week of intensified […]
Evening Rohatsu schedule for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – ONLINE 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 (PDF) This […]
Morning Rohatsu schedule for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – ONLINE 6:00 am Zazen 6:30 am Kinhin 6:40 am Zazen 7:10 am Service (VSZS Sutras and Texts) This traditional week of intensified […]
Evening Rohatsu schedule for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – ONLINE 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 (PDF) This […]
Morning Rohatsu schedule for Thursday – HYBRID 6:00 am Zazen 6:30 am Kinhin 6:40 am Zazen 7:10 am Service Register for week-long program on Eventbrite This traditional week of intensified […]