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Valley Streams Zen Sangha

Phone 916-456-7752
Email info@valleystreamszen.org
Website http://www.valleystreamszen.org

3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826

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  • Morning Zazen & Service (Hybrid)

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

    Please join us for early morning silent meditation each Thursday before Study Group meeting. Contact Rollin Ives at twl4148@gmail.com for Zoom login and program information. Schedule: 5:45-Zoom room opens 6:00-Zazen 6:30-Walking Meditation 6:40-Zazen 7:10-Service   •Download  SFZC Chants in PDF. To offer dana to support Valley Streams' programs and space rental, click here.

  • Study Group (Hybrid)

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

    The Zen Study Group meets at the 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

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

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

    In the Eihei Koroku, Dogen says, “When you build a pond naturally the moon will come.”   Come to our Practice Circle on The Precious Jewel of Sangha Life. 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 Rev. Val Szymanski […]

  • Introduction to Zen Meditation (In-person)

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

    On 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. * Meets in the Library at the Sacramento Dharma […]

  • Dharma Talk by Diane Wilde (in-person and online)

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

    DIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (aka Boundless Freedom Project) in 2010 and has been a prison chaplain for 18 years. She is a graduate of Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy program and graduated from […]

  • Buddha’s Birthday Celebration & Family Picnic (in person)

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

    Join the sangha and their families at the Dharma Center for a celebration of Shakyamuni Buddha's birth and to honor his mother, Queen Maya, who died shortly after his birth. We will ceremoniously bathe the baby Buddha; then have a dramatic reading of Norman Fischer’s  Buddha’s Birthday poem. • Bring a picnic lunch and drinks […]

  • Dharma Talk by Rev. Myo Lahey (in-person and online)

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

    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 a Dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson. Tonight’s talk will be online from Hartford Street Zen Center. *Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977