April 10th, 2023 – “The Science of Zen” – Dharma Talk by Gambō Berry Crawford

Berry  has been a Zen practitioner since 1992.  In the mid 90’s he lived for a year at a Soto Zen monastery and afterwards practiced with Diane Rizzetto in Charlotte Joko Beck’s Ordinary Mind Zen School.  He was fully ordained as a priest in the Clear Mind Zen school by John Shoji Sorensen. At Valley Streams he is a member of the Dōan-ryo, serves as  Valley Streams’ webmaster and representative on the Sacramento Dharma Center Board. He is the host of the Simplicity Zen Podcast  (https://simplicityzen.com/) and maintains the Science of Zen website (https://scienceofzen.org/).