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Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesJoin 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 […]
Study Group (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThe 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
Half-day Retreat with Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (In Person Only)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesEntering the seasons/the movement from day to night/the swirling of earth around the sun/the faces of the moon/the new year's dawn. Come practice together at the dawn of the New Year, sensing freshly the interconnectednes of all of life and our unique places in the universe. Periods of zazen, and kinhin, a Dharma talk, and […]
Relinquishment Ceremony led by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (Speaker in Person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesWe are entering a New Year – an auspicious time to ‘commune with the “source”‘ and deepen our Practice life. Our practice of relinquishment is our practice of liberation. A RELINQUISHMENT CEREMONY invites us to receive a message from our Buddha Nature, after asking: ‘what life pattern or habit do I need to be released, […]
Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesJoin 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 […]
Study Group (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThe 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
Introduction to Zen Meditation (In Person Only)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesOn 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 […]
Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (Speaker in Person)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesRev. 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 in […]
Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesJoin 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 […]
Study Group (Hybrid)
Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA, United StatesThe 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 StatesOn 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, […]