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    Envisioning the Future of SDC and the 3 Sanghas

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

    Hozan Alan Senauke will lead a discussion on the future among all our sanghas and the Sacramento Dharma Center.  Bring your questions, concerns, and thoughts about YOUR vision of the future of the Sacramento Dharma Center. Hozan is also a musician, and as a bonus, promises some musical entertainment! Hozan Alan Senauke has been an […]

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. Myō Lahey (Speaker on Zoom)

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

    Rev. Myō  Lahey is Abbot at Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco and Valley Streams' guiding teacher. He previously as previously served as the monastic Prior (Tantō) at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.  Rev. Lahey is a Dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson. Raised in an observant Roman Catholic home, Myō was drawn to religion and spirituality […]

  • Retreat Night (Hybrid)

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

    On Retreat Night we offer an opportunity to settle into your meditation practice with three 25-minute periods of zazen (sitting meditation), interspersed with kinhin (walking meditation). Turning the light inward, we explore the causes of suffering and what can end it. If you are new to meditation or just exploring the idea, the Introduction to […]

  • Dharma Talk with 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 […]

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    Study Group (Hybrid)

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

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

  • Civil Rights Pilgrimage with Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy (Hybrid)

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

          OUR CIVIL RIGHTS PILGRIMAGE TO ALABAMA Facing Hate with Love – Beginning a new conversation. Going on Pilgrimage can mean a journey to a sacred place….a seeking of a deeper connection to the larger truth guiding our lives through a visceral encounter with the tremendum.   From Sept. 5-10 eight bodhisattvas traveled to Alabama to […]

  • Sitting in the Light of Buddha’s Wisdom ~ One-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare

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

    Each and every thing is equally illumined in the light of Buddha's wisdom. So, there is no wisdom to get ahold of. Just sitting is enough. In the second chapter of the Flower Adornment Sutra, the Buddha responds to a set of questions from his followers by emitting rays of light in every direction. This […]

  • Medicine Buddha Meditation with Susan Farrar

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

    Susan began practicing in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism in 2008 and took refuge with Lama Yeshe Jinpa in 2009.  She competed the Buddhist Chaplaincy course of study through the Sati Center in 2019 and considers chaplaincy her "calling" after having spent 5 years as a hospice respite volunteer, 4 years as a volunteer hospital […]

  • Potluck Brunch and Valley Streams Zen Sangha Annual Meeting (In-person)

    Join the Valley Streams for a Sunday potluck brunch and Annual Meeting.   Spouses, partners, friends, and family---all are invited.  Gather at 10 am to share a meal and each other's company.  After a fun social mixer, President Dave Jarrell will introduce the 2023-2024 Board and give a report on the state of the sangha.  We […]

  • Civil Rights Pilgrimage with Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy (Hybrid)

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

       Cultivating Courage to Engage Calls for Justice. Inspired by the courage of the Civil Rights Movement Doralee and Malia will continue unfolding their pilgrimage experiences (first presentation was October 9) through reflecting upon the many faces of courage and how our practice life informs us. Come participate in this inquiry in both the larger community and practice […]

  • Workshop with Keiryu Liên Shutt (Zen) and Dawn Haney (Vipassana) (Speakers in person)

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

    Home Is Here: Healing Harm with Compassionate Connection What does it mean to attend to our suffering in body, heart, and mind when racism has caused such intense hurt and pain, individually and collectively? Grounded in the Eightfold Path, this workshop offers us a journey on the Path of restoration from the results of white […]