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  • Entering the Door of Liberation ~ One-day Retreat Led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare

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

    Sitting in stillness and silence is an excellent method for entering the door of liberation; this door is open to everyone. The first chapter of the Flower Garland Sutra recounts the myriad insights, understandings, realizations and visions that have allowed enlightening beings to enter the Dharma door of liberation. In this retreat we will engage […]

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine (Speaker in-person)

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

    Reverend Mary Mocine is Abbess of Clear Water Zendo. She trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and at Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was priest ordained by Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1994 and received dharma transmission from him in 2005.  She also studied with Jikai Myo-ōn Yvonne Rand,  former Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and […]

  • Dharma Talk with Rev. Kainei Edward Espé Brown (Speaker in-person)

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

    Edward Espe Brown found his way to Zen practice in 1965 and dove in whole-heartedly. He was the first head cook, or tenzo, at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. He was priest ordained by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1971 who gave him the dharma name Jusan Kainei (Longevity Mountain, Peaceful Sea). Rev. Brown helped found Greens Restaurant in San […]

  • 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  three 25-minute periods of zazen (sitting meditation), interspersed with kinhin (walking meditation). Turning the light inward we explore the causes of suffering and what can end it. This invitation is extended to everyone. Click here for zoom link to program.   […]

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. Renshin Bunce (Speaker on Zoom)

    Rev. Renshin Bunce was lay ordained by Myogen Steve Stucky in 1996, and priest ordained by Zenkei Blanche Hartman at San Francisco Zen Center in 2003. She served as Shuso (head student) with Myogen at Tassajara in 2008 and received dharma transmission from him in April of 2013.  After completing the Sati Center's Buddhist chaplaincy […]

  • Featured

    Envisioning the Future of SDC and the 3 Sanghas

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

    Hozan Alan Senauke will lead a discussion on the future among all our sanghas and the Sacramento Dharma Center.  Bring your questions, concerns, and thoughts about YOUR vision of the future of the Sacramento Dharma Center. Hozan is also a musician, and as a bonus, promises some musical entertainment! Hozan Alan Senauke has been an […]

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. Myō Lahey (Speaker on Zoom)

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

    Rev. Myō  Lahey is Abbot at Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco and Valley Streams' guiding teacher. He previously as previously served as the monastic Prior (Tantō) at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.  Rev. Lahey is a Dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson. Raised in an observant Roman Catholic home, Myō was drawn to religion and spirituality […]

  • 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 three 25-minute periods of zazen (sitting meditation), interspersed with kinhin (walking meditation). Turning the light inward, we explore the causes of suffering and what can end it. If you are new to meditation or just exploring the idea, the Introduction to […]

  • Dharma Talk with Rev. So’on Jim Hare (Speaker In-person)

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

    Rev. 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 […]

  • Recurring

    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

  • Civil Rights Pilgrimage with Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy (Hybrid)

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

          OUR CIVIL RIGHTS PILGRIMAGE TO ALABAMA Facing Hate with Love – Beginning a new conversation. Going on Pilgrimage can mean a journey to a sacred place….a seeking of a deeper connection to the larger truth guiding our lives through a visceral encounter with the tremendum.   From Sept. 5-10 eight bodhisattvas traveled to Alabama to […]