One-day Sitting – CANCELLED
This one-day sitting is cancelled in order to focus on the 3-day Rohatsu Sesshin, scheduled for November 30 - December 2. Please consider giving yourself this special treat of setting aside the concerns […]
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Koan Study, led by Doralee Grindler Katonah
Doralee will lead us in an experiential process of working with the different characters in a koan as parts of ourselves. Through sharing these experiences we may become open to […]
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An evening with Wendy Garling: Stories of Women in the Buddha’s Life
Stars at Dawn is a retelling of ancient legends of the women in Gautama Buddha’s intimate circle. Lesser-known stories from Sanskrit and Pali sources are for the first time woven into an […]
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Buddhist Women Ancestors – Tea & Conversation with Wendy Garling
Join us for tea and conversation with special guest: Wendy Garling, author of Stars at Dawn: Forgotten Stories of Women in the Buddha’s Life. Wendy Garling has taught women's spirituality focusing on […]
Vasubandhu’s Thirty Verses by So On Jim Hare
In fourth-century India one of the great geniuses of Buddhism, Vasubandhu, sought to reconcile the diverse ideas and forms of Buddhism practiced at the time and demonstrate how they could […]
Dharma Talk by Lama Yeshe Jinpa
Lama Yeshe Jinpa is the spiritual director and resident teacher of Lion’s Roar Dharma Center in Sacramento. In 1995, Lama Jinpa received direct heart/mind transmission from Geshe Gyatso, after 25 […]
Dharma Talk by Rev. Myo Lahey
Rev. Myo Lahey is Abbot at Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco and our guiding teacher. He has previously served as Practice Leader at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. He is […]
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3-Day Rohatsu Sesshin
“…when we practice zazen, it is not that big mind is actually controlling small mind, but simply that when small mind becomes calm, big mind starts its true activity.” ~Suzuki […]
Retreat Night
Retreat Night offers an opportunity to settle into your meditation practice with three 25-minute periods of zazen, interspersed with walking meditation (kinhin). Turning the light inward, we explore the causes […]
Potluck Supper with Susan Moon
You are invited to share a meal with the sangha prior to our evening sit and Dharma talk.
Dharma Talk by Susan Moon
Susan Moon is a writer, editor, and lay teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. She is the author of a number of books about Buddhism, including the humor book The Life and […]