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    Introduction to Zen Meditation (In Person Only)

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

    On 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 […]

  • Listening session: The now and future Sangha (Hybrid, Speaker in Person)

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

    This Monday's program will vary from our usual format. We will begin with a 15 minute sit and then move into a large circle and break-out groups. During the first half of the evening we will be discussing our guest teacher structure as it is now: what you value, what you find limiting, and what […]

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    Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)

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

    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 (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 […]

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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

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Commemorating Dr. King calls for Inquiry (Hybrid, Speaker in Person)

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

    On April 14, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a march to a government building in Birmingham, Alabama to protest the city’s ongoing refusal to eliminate segregation, including the denial of the voter rights of Black people. He was arrested during this march and placed in solitary confinement. During this dark time in jail, […]

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    Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)

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

    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 (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 […]

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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

  • Dharma Talk by Shōku Kathy Early (Hybrid, Speaker in Person)

    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 […]

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    Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)

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

    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 (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 […]

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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

  • Full Moon Ceremony (Hybrid)

    Valley Streams Zen Sangha 3111 Wisseman Dr., Sacramento, CA, United States

    The Full Moon Ceremony acknowledges the karma created by our intentional actions, and reminds us to renew our commitment to the ethical conduct expressed as the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts. These are guiding principles for our daily conduct in the world. This ceremony is rooted in a ritual from pre-Buddhist India. To prepare for the ceremony […]

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    Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)

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

    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 (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 […]