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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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    Practicing With The Precepts: A Study Group Series (In Person Only)

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

    PRACTICING WITH THE PRECEPTS - A Study Group Series - Teacher:  Rev. Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah Tuesday evenings, 6 - 7:30 pm      (March 4, 18;  April 1 ,15, 29;  May 13, 2025) Register at  Ino@valleystreamszen.org • A commitment to attend each session is expected. • Recommended dana: $50 The Precepts, offered by the […]

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    Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)

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

    Join 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 […]

  • Way Seeking Mind Talk by Allison Claire (Hybrid, Speaker in Person)

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

    Allison Claire is both a lay-ordained Zen practitioner and a Unitarian Universalist. She has been a peace and justice activist, a lawyer for death row inmates, a longtime federal employee, and the single mother of triplets. Her practice is deeply rooted in the Dharma of the Green World and the principles of engaged Buddhism. *Zoom […]

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    Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)

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

    Join 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 […]

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    Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)

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

    Join 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 […]

  • “My Teacher’s Gifts” – Dharma Talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (Hybrid, Speaker in Person)

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

    May you have a constant pulsation of availability so that the Vow of the Universe – that all beings realize inherent enlightenment – may meet your personal vow to be a magnificent human being. This is our practice. ---- Sojun Diane Martin Life IS relationship. The Dharma is transmitted through intimacy. The preciousness of the […]

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    Morning Zazen and Service (Hybrid)

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

    Join 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 […]

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    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

  • “Letting Go of Self-Concern” – Half-day Sitting led by Rev. So’on Jim Hare (In Person Only)

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

    Join us for a half-day of sitting and walking meditation with a Dharma talk focusing on the practice that releases us from self-obsession. There is a movie playing in the untrained consciousness. This movie stars me, is produced and directed by me. The plot of the movie features my interests, my problems, and my desires. […]

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    Introduction to Zen Meditation (In Person Only)

    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. Following the instruction the Valley Streams Zen Sangha meets […]