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SUMMARY:Practice Talk by Shokan Clem Spring (Hybrid\, Speaker in Person)
DESCRIPTION:Shokan Clem Spring is in his second rotation at Head Doan for Valley Streams Zen. He received Jukai (lay precepts) with Rev. Myō Lahey in 2010 and Shukke Tokudo (priest ordination) with Rev. Kyosho Valorie Beer in 2023. Preparatory to ordination\, he completed two practice periods at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center and he has recently returned from his first post-ordination practice period\, again at Green Gulch Farm. \n*Zoom link to program \nOur Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk\, group discussion\, or practice circle. There are no membership requirements to participate. We invite donations to support the room rental\, visits by teachers\, and other sangha activities. Valley Streams Zen Sangha is dedicated to the study of Buddha’s teaching and the practice of meditation. We invite newcomers and experienced Zen students to join us. If this is your first visit please arrive at least 15 minutes early for a brief orientation.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/practice-talk-by-shokan-clem-spring-speaker-in-person-2/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250317T210000
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SUMMARY:Way Seeking Mind Talk by Shawn Hampton (Hybrid\, Speaker in Person)
DESCRIPTION:*Zoom link to program \nShawn Hampton is originally from Texas. He moved to California in 2020 and began attending VSZS in 2023. He has been involved with Contemplative Christianity for many years and spent 12 years pursuing monastic life\, 9 of which were spent with the Carthusian Order in France: a community of solitary hermit monks. \nWe offer a Well-Being Ceremony on the third Monday of every month to remember friends\, family\, neighbors\, pets and people of the world who are ill\, facing a recent loss\, or struggling with some difficulty in their lives. Please send the names of those you wish to be remembered to: Parāvrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (Ino@valleystreamszen.org) by the Sunday evening prior. \nOur Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk\, group discussion\, or practice circle. There are no membership requirements to participate. We invite donations to support the room rental\, visits by teachers\, and other sangha activities. Valley Streams Zen Sangha is dedicated to the study of Buddha’s teaching and the practice of meditation. We invite newcomers and experienced Zen students to join us. If this is your first visit please arrive at least 15 minutes early for a brief orientation.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/way-seeking-mind-talk-by-shawn-hampton-speaker-in-person/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting,Well-being Ceremony
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250310T210000
DTSTAMP:20260531T122753
CREATED:20250115T201637Z
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UID:19295-1741633200-1741640400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (Hybrid\, Speaker in Person)
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Keep your eyes closely on the boat and see that the boat moves – a call to deepen our practice lives in this time of crisis. \nRev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah 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 and Rev. Val Szymanski\, Head Priest of Bamboo in the Wind Zen Center in Sunnyvale\, California. She was lay ordained in 2008 and priest ordained in 2019. She served as head student for the Spring practice period at Bamboo in the Wind Zen Sangha in May 2022. She offers Practice Interviews upon request. \n*Zoom link to program \nOur Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk\, group discussion\, or practice circle. There are no membership requirements to participate. We invite donations to support the room rental\, visits by teachers\, and other sangha activities. Valley Streams Zen Sangha is dedicated to the study of Buddha’s teaching and the practice of meditation. We invite newcomers and experienced Zen students to join us. If this is your first visit please arrive at least 15 minutes early for a brief orientation.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/dharma-talk-by-rev-parav%e1%b9%9btti-doralee-grindler-katonah-speaker-in-person-6-2/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250303T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250303T210000
DTSTAMP:20260531T122753
CREATED:20250115T201332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T200812Z
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SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Bruce Fortin (Hybrid\, Speaker on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Bruce Fortin was ordained a Zen priest in 1977 at the San Francisco Zen Center. He is the founder and has been the guiding teacher at the Occidental Laguna Sangha in Sebastopol for twenty years. He has taught meditation in prisons\, to Veterans\, was the director of Hospice program in Sonoma country for many years\, and is a psychotherapist in Private practice in Santa Rosa and Sebastopol. \n*Zoom link to program \nOur Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk\, group discussion\, or practice circle. There are no membership requirements to participate. We invite donations to support the room rental\, visits by teachers\, and other sangha activities. Valley Streams Zen Sangha is dedicated to the study of Buddha’s teaching and the practice of meditation. We invite newcomers and experienced Zen students to join us. If this is your first visit please arrive at least 15 minutes early for a brief orientation.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/dharma-talk-by-bruce-fortin-speaker-on-zoom/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250224T210000
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SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Shōku Kathy Early (Hybrid\, Speaker in Person)
DESCRIPTION:Guest teacher Shōku Kathy Early came to zen practice in 1994 through classes with Tenshin Reb Anderson at the Yoga Room in Berkeley while working as a semiconductor engineer in Silicon Valley. She then practiced for several years with Keido Les Kaye at Kannon Do Zen Center in Mountain View\, after which she trained at San Francisco Zen Center for 16 years. She was priest ordained by Tenshin Anderson in 2005. Shōku also spent a year and a half in residence at Toshoji International Training Monastery\, in Okayama\, Japan\, including four angos (90 day training periods). \n*Zoom link to program \nOur Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk\, group discussion\, practice circle or retreat night. There are no membership requirements to participate. We invite donations to support the room rental\, visits by teachers\, and other sangha activities. Valley Streams Zen Sangha is dedicated to the study of Buddha’s teaching and the practice of meditation. We invite newcomers and experienced Zen students to join us in-person or on zoom.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/dharma-talk-by-shoku-kathy-early-speaker-on-zoom-2/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250217T210000
DTSTAMP:20260531T122753
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SUMMARY:Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine (Hybrid\, Speaker in Person)
DESCRIPTION:Reverend Mary Mocine\, former abbess of Clear Water Zendo\, trained at San Francisco Zen Center\, Berkeley Zen Center and Tassajara Zen Mountain 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 former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. \nRev. Mocine graduated from Hastings College of the Law in 1971. In 1988 she became interested in Zen Buddhism and took three months off in 1989 to do intensive residential practice at Green Gulch Farm\, after which she never returned to practicing law. \nIn 1998 Rev. Mocine formed a meditation group in Vallejo California. The group grew and Clear Water Zendo was formally opened in January 2000. The name of the zendo\, Clear Water\, comes from a poem by Zen Master Dogen\, “The Point of Zazen.” \nRealization\, neither general nor particular\,\nis effort without desire.\nClear water all the way to the bottom;\na fish swims like a fish.\nVast sky transparent throughout;\na bird flies like a bird.\n \n*Zoom link to program \nWe offer a Well-Being Ceremony on the third Monday of every month to remember friends\, family\, neighbors\, pets and people of the world who are ill\, facing a recent loss\, or struggling with some difficulty in their lives. Please send the names of those you wish to be remembered to: Parāvrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (Ino@valleystreamszen.org) by the Sunday evening prior. \nOur Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a devotional service and dharma talk\, group discussion\, or practice circle. There are no membership requirements to participate. We invite donations to support the room rental\, visits by teachers\, and other sangha activities. Valley Streams Zen Sangha is dedicated to the study of Buddha’s teaching and the practice of meditation. We invite newcomers and experienced Zen students to join us. If this is your first visit\, please arrive at least 15 minutes early for a brief orientation.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/dharma-talk-by-rev-mary-mocine-speaker-in-person-2-2/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Hybrid Event,Monday Night Meeting,Well-being Ceremony
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T163000
DTSTAMP:20260531T122753
CREATED:20240422T205953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T195900Z
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SUMMARY:Knowing who you are: One-day Retreat Led by Rev. So'on Jim Hare (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:“Practicing zazen is a way of knowing beyond perceptions of a self\, a soul\, a living being or a person” – a Zen reading of the Diamond Sutra. \nOne-day retreat (8:30 am – 4:30 pm) which includes sitting and walking meditation\, a Dharma talk and discussion period. Outside the meditation hall we will maintain noble silence. Please bring a bag lunch. \nSuggested donation is $10 – $80. No one will be excluded for lack of funds. Please write to info@valleystreamszen.org to request a scholarship or if this will be your first extended sitting with us. You are welcome! \nPlease register here.
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-retreat-in-person-2024-11-02/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,In-Person Event,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T123000
DTSTAMP:20260531T122753
CREATED:20240422T205953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T231015Z
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SUMMARY:The path of Zen: Half-day Sitting led by So’on Jim Hare (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:The path of Zen: Can you get there from here? \nIn many Zen texts and teachings\, the path of Zen is described as what not to do\, such as “don’t take the mind road” or “cease all the movement of the conscious mind.” What is the reason for this? How does it help us in our practice? We will consider these questions through sitting zazen and hearing a Dharma talk at our half-day sitting on Saturday\, September 7th\, 8:30 -12:30. \nLed by So’on Jim Hare. A social lunch will follow this sitting – please bring your own. \nTickets can be purchased below with suggested donation $10 -$30. No one will be excluded for lack of funds. If this will be your first retreat day with us or you have questions\, please email: info@valleystreamszen.org
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-retreat-in-person-2024-09-07/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,In-Person Event,Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240803T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240803T120000
DTSTAMP:20260531T122753
CREATED:20240422T205953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240718T183928Z
UID:17875-1722675600-1722686400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:Half-day Sitting (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Join the sangha for a half-day of shikantaza or just sitting with alternating periods of zazen (sitting meditation) and kinhin (walking meditation)\, In the “grass-roof hermitage we “just sit” followed by a social lunch at noon (please bring a bag lunch). \nRegistration is requested\, but not required. Dana is appreciated. Donation can be made below. No one will be excluded for lack of funds. If this will be your first retreat day with us or you have questions\, please email: info@valleystreamszen.org \n  \nSong of the Grass-Roof Hermitage\nShih-t’ou (700-790) \nI’ve built a grass hut where there’s nothing of value.\nAfter eating\, I relax and enjoy a nap.\nWhen it was completed\, fresh weeds appeared.\nNow it’s been lived in – covered by weeds… \nJust sitting with head covered\, all things are at rest.\nThus\, this mountain monk doesn’t understand at all.\nLiving here they no longer work to get free.\nWho would proudly arrange seats\, trying to entice guests? \nShitou Xiqian was an early Chinese Zen master. He was called one of Zen’s two ‘great jewels’ For some years\, he meditated continually in a hut built on a rock at Nan Monastery\, and was thus called Shitou (“Priest Rock Head”) \n  \n 
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-retreat-in-person-2024-08-03/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,In-Person Event,Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240706T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240706T123000
DTSTAMP:20260531T122753
CREATED:20240422T205953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240617T063548Z
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SUMMARY:Half-day Sitting led by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:When two arrow points meet\, this has nothing to do with the power of skill!\n(Jewel Mirror Samadhi) \nIn our practice together we will consider this Truth of practice realization – that realization comes spontaneously and is not within the realm of consciousness (Genjo Koan) – it does not appear in the realm of perception – because it is unconstructedness in stillness (Self-Receiving and Employing Samadhi) \nIt matters that we come to practice together! Bring a sack lunch to enjoy sharing a meal. \nHalf-day retreat (8:30 am-12:30 pm) includes sitting and walking meditation\, a Dharma talk and discussion period. Outside the meditation hall we will maintain noble silence. \nRev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah 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 and Rev. Val Szymanski\, Head Priest of Bamboo in the Wind Zen Center in Sunnyvale\, California. She was lay ordained in 2008 and priest ordained in 2019. She served as head student for the Spring practice period at Bamboo in the Wind Zen Sangha in May 2022. She offers Practice Interviews upon request. \nPlease bring a bag lunch if you would like to join us for a social lunch following the sitting. \nRegistration below.  Suggested donation is $20 -$30. No one will be excluded for lack of funds. If this will be your first retreat day with us or you have questions\, please email: info@valleystreamszen.org \n 
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-retreat-in-person-2024-07-06/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Half-Day Sitting,In-Person Event,Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240601T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240601T163000
DTSTAMP:20260531T122753
CREATED:20240422T205953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T180247Z
UID:17866-1717230600-1717259400@valleystreamszen.org
SUMMARY:The Illusion of Separate Self - One-day Retreat led by Kokyo Henkel (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:In morning and afternoon discussions\, we will explore the Buddha’s teaching of the discontent that arises from the unconscious belief in separate self\, and the freedom that comes from not holding this belief. \nKokyo Henkel was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi\, receiving the Dharma name Kokyo Yakai (Luminous Owl\, Midnight Liberation 光梟夜解). He received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Roshi in 2010\, becoming a lineage-holder authorized to guide others on the path. From 2010 – 2020 Kokyo was teacher at the Santa Cruz Zen Center. He has also been practicing with the Tibetan Dzogchen (“Great Perfection”) Teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche since 2003\, in California\, Colorado\, and Kathmandu. \nOur retreat day will include sitting and walking meditation\, a Dharma talk and afternoon discussion period. Outside the meditation hall we will maintain noble silence. Please bring a bag lunch. \nTickets can be purchased below with suggested donation $20 -$100. No one will be excluded for lack of funds. If this will be your first retreat day with us or you have questions\, please email: info@valleystreamszen.org
URL:https://valleystreamszen.org/event/one-day-retreat-in-person/
LOCATION:Valley Streams Zen Sangha\, Sacramento Dharma Center 3111 Wisseman Dr.\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,In-Person Event,One-Day Sitting,Retreat
ORGANIZER;CN="Valley Streams Zen Sangha":MAILTO:info@valleystreamszen.org
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