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Dharma Talk by Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (in person & online)

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

Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah serves as Ino, or head of the meditation hall. She studied in the Soto Zen lineage with Sojun Diane Martin in Illinois and with Rev. Val Szymanski in California. She was priest ordained in 2019 by Sojun Diane Martin. She will offer her talk in the Meditation Hall. *Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977

Dharma Talk by So On Jim Hare (in person & online)

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

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. He was priest ordained by Rev. Myo Lahey […]

Dharma Art Day: Zazen and SoulCollage® with Alexa Singer-Telles (in person)

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

Preparing a Sincere Offering to the Three Treasures: A Creative Exploration of Dogen's Instructions for the Cook   Please join us for a day of mindful practice to explore Dogen’s teachings for cooking your life in a creative and experiential way. It is said that “bodhicitta is born of the smallest offering made with sincerity.”  In […]

Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine (in person & online)

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

Joining us this evening is Reverend Mary Mocine, abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has […]

Dharma Talk by Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts (Hybrid)

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

The Dharma Talk will be offered via Zoom by Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts, Senior Dharma Teacher at San Francisco Zen Center.  Priest ordained in 1975, she has lived at Tassajara, SFZC City Center, and at Green Gulch Farm, where she has resided since 1993. She received Dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1996, and  served […]

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Study Group – (Canceled-on hiatus)

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

The Study Group is taking a break before moving on to a more contemporary text— Waking Up To What You Do: A Zen Practice For Meeting Every Situation With Intelligence and Compassion by Diane Rizzetto.   Meetings will resume on Thursday, July 14th.    The Zen Study Group is now meeting at the Dharma Center AND online. The study group […]

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 two or three 25-minute periods of zazen, interspersed with walking meditation (called kinhin). Turning the light inward we explore the causes of suffering and what can end it. This invitation is extended to everyone. *Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977

Recurring

Family Sangha (In person)

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

Family Sangha - Last Sunday of the Month 10:00am - 12:00 pm One of the many dilemmas that parents face is how to hand down their spiritual values and practice to their children. We are fortunate that the Sacramento Dharma Center is now hosting a Family Sangha! Meeting on the last Sunday of the month […]

Dharma Talk “Letting life unfold in unpredictable ways from the mystery” by Paravrrti Doralee Grindler Katonah (Hybrid)

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

Paravrrti Doralee Grindler Katonah will present a dharma talk "Letting life unfold in unpredictable ways from the mystery" in person at the Dharma Center.  She serves as Ino, or head of the meditation hall. She studied in the Soto Zen lineage with Sojun Diane Martin, founder and guiding teacher of Udumbara Zen Center in Illinois […]

Sitting is True Reality: a half-day Sitting, led by So’on Jim Hare (In-Person)

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

Sitting with no agenda; putting nothing before the mind - this is the art of zazen. This practice is appropriate for people seeking relief from the vicissitudes of feelings and discriminating consciousness, and it is good for people seeking simply to sit in true reality. This retreat will include periods of sitting and walking meditation and […]