Valley Streams Zen Sangha

Koan Study Group
2015-11-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Facilitated by Doralee Grindler Katonah.
For tonight’s discussion, please review the 4 koans we have studied so far: The Woman In Samadhi, Patacara’s Presence of Mind, The Old Woman’s Miraculous Powers and Uppalavana and the Precepts. Please come prepared to share your reflections and insights. All are welcome.
Please RSVP by emailing Doralee.
Koan texts.

Sacramento Interfaith Climate March
2015-11-01 11:00 - 16:00
Join members of Sacramento’s diverse faith communities in a march to support the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris and California’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Marchers will gather at 11 am on the West Steps of the Capitol in Sacramento (near the corner of L St. and 10th St.), walk to the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers, and back to the West Steps of the Capitol. Speakers will address the marchers at 1 pm in Discovery Park and at 3 pm on the West Steps of the Capitol. Route Map

VSZ Sangha Annual Meeting & Brunch
2015-10-25 10:30 - 13:30
Bring a potluck dish to share. Location will be the home of Jim Hare & Karen Hamilton. Sign up at the zendo, or call for directions.

Koan Study Group
2015-10-15 19:00 - 20:30
Facilitated by Doralee Grindler Katonah. Tonight’s discussion will be on Uppalavana and the Precepts, p. 318 in The Hidden Lamp. Please read this story at least twice and come prepared to share your reflections and insights. The next meeting will be on Thursday, Nov. 19.

Film: "States of Grace"
2015-10-14 19:30 - 21:20
This screening of States of Grace: a Journey of Loss, Resilience and Renewal is sponsored by Sacramento Dharma Center. It is a film about the recovery of Dr. Grace Dammann, a resident of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, following a devastating head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge. It is a deeply personal film that depicts the inner and outer struggles that are the result of a life suddenly and radically changed. That this is the life of a woman living and practicing in a Buddhist residential community gives the film an added dimension: how does someone in a wheelchair enact her Bodhisattva vow to save all beings?
Grace Dammann and Mark Lippman, one of the filmmakers, will be present for Q & A after the show.
Online ticket sales only. TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.
States of Grace website.
