Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen Sangha https://valleystreamszen.org Soto Zen Meditation in Sacramento Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:46:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://valleystreamszen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-cropped-2000px-Enso.svg_-32x32.png Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen Sangha https://valleystreamszen.org 32 32 no2012 Copyright Valley Streams Zen, all rights reservedzen,meditation,dharmaA collection of Dharma Talks form Valley Streams Zen Sangha.Dharma Talks April 4th, 2025 – “Shitou’s Thatched Hermitage” – Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-05-03-2/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:25:33 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20729 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, April 4th, 2026 – Kokyo Henkel (17.5 MB, 84 min).

Kokyo Henkel

Kokyo Henkel

Visiting Teacher

Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen since 1990, in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, most recently as Tanto (Head of Practice), Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan, and Santa Cruz Zen Center. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. Kokyo is interested in exploring how the original teachings of Buddhadharma from ancient India, China, and Japan are still very much alive and useful in present-day America to bring peace and harmony to this troubled world.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, April 4th, 2026 – Kokyo Henkel (17.5 MB, 84 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, April 4th, 2026 – Kokyo Henkel (17.5 MB, 84 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 23rd, 2026 – Dharma Talk by So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-03-23/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:41:54 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20711 Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 23rd, 2026 – So’on Jim Hare (17.6 MB, 52 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, March 23rd, 2026 – So’on Jim Hare (17.6 MB, 52 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 23rd, 2026 – So’on Jim Hare (17.6 MB, 52 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 16th, 2026 – Dharma Talk by Zenki Mary Mocine https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-03-16/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:29:05 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20652 Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 16th, 2026 – Zenki Mary Mocine (19 MB, 59 min).

Zenki Mary Mocine

Zenki Mary Mocine

Visiting Teacher

Reverend Mary Mocine is abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has also trained with Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. She received dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman in May 2005.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, March 16th, 2026 – Zenki Mary Mocine (19 MB, 59 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 16th, 2026 – Zenki Mary Mocine (19 MB, 59 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 6th, 2026 – “Zen Freedom, Zen Enjoyment” – Dharma Talk by Nyokai Kristin Diggs https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-03-06/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:47:31 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20633 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 6th, 2026 – Nyokai Kristin Diggs (17.2 MB, 51 min).

Nyokai Kristin Diggs

Nyokai Kristin Diggs

Practice Committee, Teachers

Joined our sangha as Teacher in 2026. Prior to moving to Sacramento, she trained residentially at all three San Francisco Zen Center temples (2014-2025), holding a number of senior positions, including Ino, Tenzo, and Work Leader. Lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson and priest ordained by Eijun Linda Cutts, she served as Shuso during the winter 2025 practice period at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, led by Eijun Linda Cutts. Kristin offers practice discussion upon request at nyokai.kristin.diggs@gmail.com.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, March 6th, 2026 – Nyokai Kristin Diggs (17.2 MB, 51 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 6th, 2026 – Nyokai Kristin Diggs (17.2 MB, 51 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 2nd, 2026 – Dharma Talk by Jisan Tova Green https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-03-02/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:32:18 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20629 Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 2nd, 2026 – Jisan Tova Green (18.1 MB, 55 min).

Jisan Tova Green

Jisan Tova Green

Visiting Teacher

She/her, is a resident priest at San Francisco Zen Center. She was ordained in 2003 and received Dharma transmission from Eijun Linda Cutts in 2015. Tova is the Branching Streams Director, supporting and connecting the 75+ Zen Centers and sanghas in the Suzuki Roshi lineage. She also writes blogs for SFZC’s online newsletter, Sangha News. Tova co-founded SFZC’s Queer Dharma group and has been involved in Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging initiatives during her twenty-four years as a resident. She has worked with those who are approaching death as a hospice social worker and as a priest. Tova enjoys reading and writing poetry and playing the cello.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, March 2nd, 2026 – Jisan Tova Green (18.1 MB, 55 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 2nd, 2026 – Jisan Tova Green (18.1 MB, 55 min).zen,meditation,dharma February 23rd, 2026 – Dharma Talk by Nyokai Kristin Diggs https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-02-23/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:42:35 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20613 Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 23rd, 2026 – Nyokai Kristin Diggs (18.8 MB, 55 min).

Nyokai Kristin Diggs

Nyokai Kristin Diggs

Practice Committee, Teachers

Joined our sangha as Teacher in 2026. Prior to moving to Sacramento, she trained residentially at all three San Francisco Zen Center temples (2014-2025), holding a number of senior positions, including Ino, Tenzo, and Work Leader. Lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson and priest ordained by Eijun Linda Cutts, she served as Shuso during the winter 2025 practice period at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, led by Eijun Linda Cutts. Kristin offers practice discussion upon request at nyokai.kristin.diggs@gmail.com.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, February 23rd, 2026 – Nyokai Kristin Diggs (18.8 MB, 55 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 23rd, 2026 – Nyokai Kristin Diggs (18.8 MB, 55 min).zen,meditation,dharma February 16th, 2026 – Dharma Talk by Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-02-16/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:40:53 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20608 Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 16th, 2026 – Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum (21 MB, 64 min).

Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, PhD

Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, PhD

Visiting Teacher

Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, PhD, received lay entrustment in Soto Zen from Sojun Mel Weitsman.  He is also authorized as a senior teacher of the Taoist practice of Dayan (Wild Goose) Qigong in the lineage of Yang Meijun by Master Hui Liu.  In addition, he has received denkai  in Ordinary Mind Zen from Karen Terzano. Bob teaches Zen and Qigong at the Meadowmind Center in Sacramento. Bob is the author of several books including Zen and the Heart of Psychotherapy, Walking the Way : 81 Zen Encounters with Tao Te Ching and most recently, That is not your Mind! Zen Reflections on the Sarangama Sutra.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, February 16th, 2026 – Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum (21 MB, 64 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 16th, 2026 – Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum (21 MB, 64 min).zen,meditation,dharma February 9th, 2026 – Dharma Talk by Susan Moon https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-02-09/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:11:11 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20594 Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 9th, 2026 – Susan Moon (9.8 MB, 29 min).

Susan Moon

Susan Moon

Visiting Teacher

Susan Moon is a writer, editor, and lay teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. She is the author of a number of books about Buddhism, including the humor book The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi and This Is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity. For many years she was the editor of Turning Wheel, the journal of socially engaged Buddhism. Her short stories and essays have been published widely. Sue has been a Zen student since 1976, practicing in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi at Berkeley Zen Center, Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery, Green Gulch Farm, and now with Zoketsu Norman Fischer’s Everyday Zen sangha. She received “entrustment” as a lay teacher in 2005.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, February 9th, 2026 – Susan Moon (9.8 MB, 29 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 9th, 2026 – Susan Moon (9.8 MB, 29 min).zen,meditation,dharma February 7th, 2026 – “When the Wooden Man begins to Sing, the Stone Woman gets up Dancing” – Dharma Talk by So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-02-07/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:48:12 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20591 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, February 7th, 2026 – So’on Jim Hare (12.2 MB, 43 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, February 7th, 2026 – So’on Jim Hare (12.2 MB, 43 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, February 7th, 2026 – So’on Jim Hare (12.2 MB, 43 min).zen,meditation,dharma January 26th, 2026 – Dharma Talk by Shōku Kathy Early https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-01-26/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:01:27 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20537 Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 26th, 2026 –  Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (16.7 MB, 52 min).

Shōku Kathy Early

Shōku Kathy Early

Visiting 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).
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, January 26th, 2026 –  Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (16.7 MB, 52 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 26th, 2026 –  Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (16.7 MB, 52 min).zen,meditation,dharma January 19th, 2026 – “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day” – by Shokan Clement Spring and Malia McCarthy https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-01-19/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:13:38 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20519 Talk given on Monday, January 19th, 2026 – Shokan Clement Spring and Malia McCarthy (17 MB, 53 min).

Shokan Clement Spring

Other Sangha Leaders

Shokan Clement 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.
Malia McCarthy

Malia McCarthy

Board of Directors

Malia is a member of the Valley Streams Board of Directors and serves as secretary.  She recently retired from the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry.  She has two daughters in college and lives in Davis with her husband.  She feels very fortunate to have been able to practice with Valley Streams since 2019

]]> noTalk given on Monday, January 19th, 2026 – Shokan Clement Spring and Malia McCarthy (17 MB, 53 min).Talk given on Monday, January 19th, 2026 – Shokan Clement Spring and Malia McCarthy (17 MB, 53 min).zen,meditation,dharma January 3rd, 2026 – “When arrow points meet head-on” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2026-01-03/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 01:27:20 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20481 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, January 3rd, 2026 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.4 MB, 55 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, January 3rd, 2026 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.4 MB, 55 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, January 3rd, 2026 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.4 MB, 55 min).zen,meditation,dharma December 15th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-12-15/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:52:29 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20383 Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 15th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (18.1 MB, 53 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, December 15th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (18.1 MB, 53 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 15th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (18.1 MB, 53 min).zen,meditation,dharma December 7th, 2025 – “Mindfullness of Dharmas” – Dharma Talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-12-07/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:29:37 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20380 Dharma Talk given on Sunday, December 7th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (13.2 MB, 43 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Sunday, December 7th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (13.2 MB, 43 min).Dharma Talk given on Sunday, December 7th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (13.2 MB, 43 min).zen,meditation,dharma December 6th, 2025 – “Mindfulness of Mind” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-12-06/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:21:30 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20375 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, December 6th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (18.2 MB, 63 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, December 6th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (18.2 MB, 63 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, December 6th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (18.2 MB, 63 min).zen,meditation,dharma December 5th, 2025 – “Mindfullness of Feeling” – Dharma Talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-12-05/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:02:22 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20370 Dharma Talk given on Friday, December 5th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (13.4 MB, 43 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Friday, December 5th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (13.4 MB, 43 min).Dharma Talk given on Friday, December 5th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (13.4 MB, 43 min).zen,meditation,dharma November 17th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Myō Lahey https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-11-17/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:42:29 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20300 Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 17th, 2025 –  Rev. Myō Lahey (13.8 MB, 43 min).

Myō Denis Lahey

Myō Denis Lahey

Teachers

Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha.  Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, November 17th, 2025 –  Rev. Myō Lahey (13.8 MB, 43 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 17th, 2025 –  Rev. Myō Lahey (13.8 MB, 43 min).zen,meditation,dharma November 10th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Kokai Shalamah Yahchove https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-11-10/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:45:17 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20294 Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 10th, 2025 –  Kokai Shalamah Yahchove (10.9 MB, 44 min).

Kokai Shalamah Yahchove

Visiting Teacher

Kokai Shalamah Yahchove is a Soto Zen priest in the Suzuki Roshi lineage. She was lay-ordained in 2019 and became a priest in August 2025, with both ceremonies conducted by her Root Teacher, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, at the Berkeley Zen Center. Kokai has practiced with the Still Breathing Sangha and at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, November 10th, 2025 –  Kokai Shalamah Yahchove (10.9 MB, 44 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 10th, 2025 –  Kokai Shalamah Yahchove (10.9 MB, 44 min).zen,meditation,dharma October 20th, 2025 – “The Jewel of Sangha – Awakening the Power of Sangha Life” – Dharma Talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-10-20/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:21:57 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20014 Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 20th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (14 MB, 51 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, October 20th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (14 MB, 51 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 20th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (14 MB, 51 min).zen,meditation,dharma October 4th, 2025 – “Realizing Non-Duality” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-10-04/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:54:30 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=20005 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, October 4th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.7 MB, 63 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, October 4th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.7 MB, 63 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, October 4th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.7 MB, 63 min).zen,meditation,dharma September 29th, 2025 – Way Seeking Mind Talk by Todd Stein https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-09-29/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:48:54 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19992 Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, September 29th, 2025 –  Todd Stein (11.2 MB, 44 min).

Todd Stein

Todd Stein

Board of Directors

Todd Stein has been practicing Zen since the early 1990s and was a resident within San Francisco Zen Center from 1996 to 2002. He received Jukai from Ryushin Paul Haller in 1997. A former journalist, he’s currently a marketing consultant to healthcare technology companies. His marriage of 23 years has produced two children, a mortgage, two lazy cats and one exceedingly noisy chihuahua.

]]> noWay Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, September 29th, 2025 –  Todd Stein (11.2 MB, 44 min).Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, September 29th, 2025 –  Todd Stein (11.2 MB, 44 min).zen,meditation,dharma September 22nd, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-09-22/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:08:47 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19986 Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 22nd, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (10.9 MB, 44 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, September 22nd, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (10.9 MB, 44 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 22nd, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (10.9 MB, 44 min).zen,meditation,dharma September 15th, 2025 – “Liberating the Truth of Impermanence” – Dharma Talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-09-15/ Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:07:28 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19973 Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 15th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (9.2 MB, 54 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, September 15th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (9.2 MB, 54 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 15th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (9.2 MB, 54 min).zen,meditation,dharma September 8th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Yo-on Jeremy Levie https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-09-08/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:26:26 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19954 Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 8th, 2025 – Yo-on Jeremy Levie (16.5 MB, 62 min).

Yo-on Jeremy Levie

Yo-on Jeremy Levie

Visiting Teacher

Yo-on Jeremy Levie, born in San Francisco in 1970, grew up in Fresno, California, where he excelled in math and developed a lifelong love of theater. After earning a B.A. in philosophy from Yale University, Jeremy returned to San Francisco and soon discovered the San Francisco Zen Center. He moved to Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in 1995 and lived and practiced at the three temples of SFZC until the fall of 2019. He was ordained by Eijun Linda Cutts in 2005 and trained as shuso (head monk) with her in the spring of 2009. Jeremy served in various positions of significant responsibility while at SFZC, including as the director and tanto (head of practice) at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center and twice on the SFZC Board of Directors.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, September 8th, 2025 – Yo-on Jeremy Levie (16.5 MB, 62 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 8th, 2025 – Yo-on Jeremy Levie (16.5 MB, 62 min).zen,meditation,dharma September 6th, 2025 – “Becoming Yourself” – Dharma Talk by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-09-06/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 19:04:32 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19981 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, September 6th, 2025 – Jiryu Rutschman-Byler (15.5 MB, 61 min).

Jiryu Rutschman-Byler

Jiryu Rutschman-Byler

Visiting Teacher

Jiryu Rutschman-Byler is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, with dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman. Jiryu has trained residentially in Zen temples since 1996, and currently serves as a co-Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center through his role as Abiding Abbot of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, September 6th, 2025 – Jiryu Rutschman-Byler (15.5 MB, 61 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, September 6th, 2025 – Jiryu Rutschman-Byler (15.5 MB, 61 min).zen,meditation,dharma August 18th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-08-18/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:00:27 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19946 Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 18th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.5 MB, 47 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, August 18th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.5 MB, 47 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 18th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.5 MB, 47 min).zen,meditation,dharma August 4th, 2025 – “What can you do about the world?” – Practice Circle Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-08-04/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 19:43:12 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19896 Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 4th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13.5 MB, 55 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, August 4th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13.5 MB, 55 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 4th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13.5 MB, 55 min).zen,meditation,dharma August 1st, 2025 – “Discovering Intimacy and Embracing the Art of Doing Nothing” – Dharma Talk by Danan John Wark https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-08-01/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:42:25 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19891 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, August 1st, 2025 –  Danan John Wark (8.1MB, 33 min).

Danan John Wark

Danan John Wark

Visiting Teacher

Danan John Wark, abbot of Cloud Zendo in Pilot Hill, practices koan introspection and has received inka from Zen Master BoMun (George Bowman) in the Single Flower Sangha tradition. Master BoMun is associated with the Kwan Um School of Zen and also with Boundless Way Zen. John has also studied koans with Tenshin Reb Anderson at No Abode Hermitage. Cloud Zendo offers sutra service and zazen every Saturday morning at 8:30 in Auburn at Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalist Church, 190 Finley St., Auburn, CA 95603.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, August 1st, 2025 –  Danan John Wark (8.1MB, 33 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, August 1st, 2025 –  Danan John Wark (8.1MB, 33 min).zen,meditation,dharma July 28th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-07-28/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:31:21 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19860 Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 28th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13 MB, 54 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, July 28th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13 MB, 54 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 28th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13 MB, 54 min).zen,meditation,dharma July 21st, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Eli Brown-Stevenson https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-07-21/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 19:46:29 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19855 Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 21st, 2025 – Eli Brown-Stevenson (12.3 MB, 48 min).

Eli Brown-Stevenson

Eli Brown-Stevenson

Visiting Teacher

Eli Brown-Stevenson has spent the past decade living at Tassajara and City Center (SFZC). He is currently a resident priest in the city and serves as the Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for the three temples. Prior to joining SFZC, Eli worked in the secular world, most notably in for-profit education and as a benefits liaison for employee wellness programs. After a decade of exploring various practices, he decided to leave the corporate world and immerse himself in formal residential practice. Eli’s Zen practice is deeply influenced by his main teacher, Maya—his daughter whom he met when she was born in 2017. In 2019, Eli received priest ordination from Abbot Ed Sattizahn and was given the Dharma name So-On Gen Kan, which means “Ancestor Warmth Present Completely.” Eli was the shuso (head student) for the Fall 2022 practice period at City Center.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, July 21st, 2025 – Eli Brown-Stevenson (12.3 MB, 48 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 21st, 2025 – Eli Brown-Stevenson (12.3 MB, 48 min).zen,meditation,dharma July 14th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-07-14/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:48:30 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19845 Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 14th, 2025 – WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei (11.9 MB, 49 min).

WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei

WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei

Visiting Teacher

WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei, an ordained Soto Zen Teacher, received Lay Entrustment from Kyōshō Valorie Beer Roshi. She is also a Soto Zen sewing teacher lineage holder of Suzuki Roshi. An alignment-focused yoga teacher, she is a graduate of the Berkeley Yoga Room Teacher Training. A contemplative artist and book artist, she works on paper and fabric embellished with findings from the natural world.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, July 14th, 2025 – WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei (11.9 MB, 49 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 14th, 2025 – WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei (11.9 MB, 49 min).zen,meditation,dharma June 30th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Vivian Grenenfelder https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-06-23-2/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:54:10 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19841 Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 30th, 2025 – Rev. Vivian Grenenfelder (13 MB, 53 min).

Vivian Grenenfelder

Vivian Grenenfelder

Visiting Teacher

Rev. Vivian Gruenenfelder was ordained in the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives in 1998, and was given Dharma Transmission by her Master in 2003. On 25 January 2023, Rev. Master Haryo Young, who was then the Head of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, named her a Master of the Order (Roshi). She is Still Flowing Water Hermitage’s resident monk and serves the Bear River Meditation Group, which meets on Monday evenings in Applegate, California.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, June 30th, 2025 – Rev. Vivian Grenenfelder (13 MB, 53 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 30th, 2025 – Rev. Vivian Grenenfelder (13 MB, 53 min).zen,meditation,dharma June 23rd, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-06-23/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:35:33 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19821 Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 23rd, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.6 MB, 47 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, June 23rd, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.6 MB, 47 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 23rd, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.6 MB, 47 min).zen,meditation,dharma June 16th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Hoka Chris Fortin https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-06-16/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:16:07 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19816 Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 16th, 2025 – Hoka Chris Fortin (13.3 MB, 52 min).

Hoka Soko Chris Fortin

Hoka Soko Chris Fortin

Visiting Teacher

Chris began her practice in 1976 at the San Francisco Zen Center, and received Dharma Transmission from Zoketsu Norman Fischer. She is founding and guiding teacher of the Dharma Heart Zen sanghas in Sonoma County, an Everyday Zen senior priest and teacher, and guiding teacher for Sky Island Zen in Tucson, AZ. She offers retreats and practice groups through SF Zen Center that include Jizo Bodhisattva Journeys through grief and change, Jizo Ceremonies, Wildland Firefights Retreats. She co-founded Veterans Path for current era veterans and co-facilitates (with Valley Streams Ino Doralee Grindler Katonah) an ongoing Racial and Social Justice as Dharma Practice group.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, June 16th, 2025 – Hoka Chris Fortin (13.3 MB, 52 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 16th, 2025 – Hoka Chris Fortin (13.3 MB, 52 min).zen,meditation,dharma June 7th, 2025 – “Letting Go of Self-Concern” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-06-07/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:18:06 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19796 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, June 7th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.1 MB, 43 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, June 7th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.1 MB, 43 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, June 7th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.1 MB, 43 min).zen,meditation,dharma May 19th, 2025 – Way Seeking Mind Talk by Allison Claire https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-05-19/ Tue, 20 May 2025 19:21:15 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19769 Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, May 19th, 2025 –  Allison Claire (12.1 MB, 45 min).

Allison Claire

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.

]]> noWay Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, May 19th, 2025 –  Allison Claire (12.1 MB, 45 min).Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, May 19th, 2025 –  Allison Claire (12.1 MB, 45 min).zen,meditation,dharma May 5th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-05-05/ Tue, 06 May 2025 18:46:58 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19710 Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 5th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14 MB, 58 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, May 5th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14 MB, 58 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 5th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14 MB, 58 min).zen,meditation,dharma May 3rd, 2025 – “Your Original Face” – Dharma Talks by Kokyo Henkel https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-05-03/ Mon, 05 May 2025 22:34:16 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19698 Dharma Talks given on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 by Kokyo Henkel.

Kokyo Henkel

Kokyo Henkel

Visiting Teacher

Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen since 1990, in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, most recently as Tanto (Head of Practice), Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan, and Santa Cruz Zen Center. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. Kokyo is interested in exploring how the original teachings of Buddhadharma from ancient India, China, and Japan are still very much alive and useful in present-day America to bring peace and harmony to this troubled world.

Part 1 (21.8 MB, 80 min):

Part 2 (23.9 MB, 86 min):

]]> noDharma Talks given on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 by Kokyo Henkel. Part 1 (21.8 MB, 80 min): Part 2 (23.9 MB, 86 min):Dharma Talks given on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 by Kokyo Henkel. Part 1 (21.8 MB, 80 min): Part 2 (23.9 MB, 86 min):zen,meditation,dharma April 28th, 2025 – Practice Talk by Malia McCarthy https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-04-28/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:35:39 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19692 Practice Talk given on Monday, April 28th, 2025 by Malia McCarthy (13.6 MB, 55 min).

Malia McCarthy

Malia McCarthy

Board of Directors

Malia is a member of the Valley Streams Board of Directors and serves as secretary.  She recently retired from the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry.  She has two daughters in college and lives in Davis with her husband.  She feels very fortunate to have been able to practice with Valley Streams since 2019

]]> noPractice Talk given on Monday, April 28th, 2025 by Malia McCarthy (13.6 MB, 55 min).Practice Talk given on Monday, April 28th, 2025 by Malia McCarthy (13.6 MB, 55 min).zen,meditation,dharma April 7th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Tova Green https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-04-07/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:01:55 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19597 Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 7th, 2025 – Rev. Tova Green (11.9 MB, 48 min).

Jisan Tova Green

Jisan Tova Green

Visiting Teacher

She/her, is a resident priest at San Francisco Zen Center. She was ordained in 2003 and received Dharma transmission from Eijun Linda Cutts in 2015. Tova is the Branching Streams Director, supporting and connecting the 75+ Zen Centers and sanghas in the Suzuki Roshi lineage. She also writes blogs for SFZC’s online newsletter, Sangha News. Tova co-founded SFZC’s Queer Dharma group and has been involved in Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging initiatives during her twenty-four years as a resident. She has worked with those who are approaching death as a hospice social worker and as a priest. Tova enjoys reading and writing poetry and playing the cello.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, April 7th, 2025 – Rev. Tova Green (11.9 MB, 48 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 7th, 2025 – Rev. Tova Green (11.9 MB, 48 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 31st, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-03-31/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:45:02 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19577 Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 31st, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.6 MB, 48 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, March 31st, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.6 MB, 48 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 31st, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.6 MB, 48 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 17th, 2025 – Way Seeking Mind Talk by Shawn Hampton https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-03-17/ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:48:14 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19561 Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, March 17th, 2025 by Shawn Hampton (13.8 MB, 57 min).

Shawn Hampton

Shawn 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.
]]> noWay Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, March 17th, 2025 by Shawn Hampton (13.8 MB, 57 min).Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, March 17th, 2025 by Shawn Hampton (13.8 MB, 57 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 10th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-03-10/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:16:08 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19556 Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 10th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (13 MB, 54 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, March 10th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (13 MB, 54 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 10th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (13 MB, 54 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 3rd, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Bruce Fortin https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-03-03/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 23:03:31 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19550 Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 3rd, 2025 –  Bruce Fortin (12.4 MB, 49 min).

Bruce Fortin

Bruce Fortin

Visiting Teacher

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.

Contact

Website: https://www.occidentallagunasangha.org

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, March 3rd, 2025 –  Bruce Fortin (12.4 MB, 49 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 3rd, 2025 –  Bruce Fortin (12.4 MB, 49 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 1st, 2025 – “Once in a Blue Moon” – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-03-01/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:54:42 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19542 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 1st, 2025 –  Rev. Myō Lahey (9.1 MB, 37 min).

Myō Denis Lahey

Myō Denis Lahey

Teachers

Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha.  Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, March 1st, 2025 –  Rev. Myō Lahey (9.1 MB, 37 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 1st, 2025 –  Rev. Myō Lahey (9.1 MB, 37 min).zen,meditation,dharma February 24th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Shōku Kathy Early https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-02-24/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 23:42:36 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19535 Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 24th, 2025 –  Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (14.8 MB, 61 min).

Shōku Kathy Early

Shōku Kathy Early

Visiting 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).
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, February 24th, 2025 –  Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (14.8 MB, 61 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 24th, 2025 –  Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (14.8 MB, 61 min).zen,meditation,dharma February 17th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-02-17/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:28 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19530 Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 17th, 2025 – Rev. Mary Mocine (14.8 MB, 61 min).

Zenki Mary Mocine

Zenki Mary Mocine

Visiting Teacher

Reverend Mary Mocine is abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has also trained with Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. She received dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman in May 2005.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, February 17th, 2025 – Rev. Mary Mocine (14.8 MB, 61 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 17th, 2025 – Rev. Mary Mocine (14.8 MB, 61 min).zen,meditation,dharma February 3rd, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Taiga Ito https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-02-04/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:22:46 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19424 Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 3rd, 2025 – Rev. Taiga Ito (13.3 MB, 54 min).

Taiga Ito

Taiga Ito

Visiting Teacher

Taiga Ito, trained at Daihonzan Sojiji, one of the head monasteries of Soto Shu (Soto Zen in Japan). In 2016, Taiga Ito became Kokusaifukyoshi (international teacher of Soto Shu). He served as secretary of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center between 2016 and 2018, and has served as its Assistant Director since 2019.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, February 3rd, 2025 – Rev. Taiga Ito (13.3 MB, 54 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 3rd, 2025 – Rev. Taiga Ito (13.3 MB, 54 min).zen,meditation,dharma January 20th, 2025 – “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Commemorating Dr. King calls for Inquiry” – Dharma talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-01-20/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:11:58 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19380 Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 20th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (17.7 MB, 73 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, January 20th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (17.7 MB, 73 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 20th, 2025 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (17.7 MB, 73 min).zen,meditation,dharma January 13th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2025-01-13/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:40:29 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=19020 Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 13th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.2 MB, 46 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, January 13th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.2 MB, 46 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 13th, 2025 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.2 MB, 46 min).zen,meditation,dharma December 16th, 2024 – “Practicing with the Precepts” – Dharma talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-12-16/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:14:19 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18879 Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 16th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (14 MB, 58 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, December 16th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (14 MB, 58 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 16th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (14 MB, 58 min).zen,meditation,dharma December 8th, 2024 – “The Mystery of Me” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-12-08/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:36:53 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18873 Dharma Talk given on Sunday, December 8th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (6.7 MB, 25 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Sunday, December 8th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (6.7 MB, 25 min).Dharma Talk given on Sunday, December 8th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (6.7 MB, 25 min).zen,meditation,dharma December 7th, 2024 – “The Stage of Person” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-12-07/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:34:05 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18869 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, December 7th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (17 MB, 66 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, December 7th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (17 MB, 66 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, December 7th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (17 MB, 66 min).zen,meditation,dharma December 6th, 2024 – “The Stage of Faith” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-12-06/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:31:55 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18866 Dharma Talk given on Friday, December 6th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (7.4 MB, 28 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Friday, December 6th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (7.4 MB, 28 min).Dharma Talk given on Friday, December 6th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (7.4 MB, 28 min).zen,meditation,dharma December 2nd, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-12-02/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:45:11 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18827 Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 2nd, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.4 MB, 58 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, December 2nd, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.4 MB, 58 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 2nd, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.4 MB, 58 min).zen,meditation,dharma November 11th, 2024 – Dharma talk by Lama Yeshe Jinpa https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-11-11/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:34:58 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18584 Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 11th, 2024 by Lama Yeshe Jinpa (11.5 MB, 46 min).

Lama Yeshe Jinpa

Lama Yeshe Jinpa

Visiting Teacher

Lama Yeshe Jinpa is the spiritual director and resident teacher of Lion’s Roar Dharma Center in Sacramento. In 1995, Lama Jinpa received direct heart/mind transmission from Geshe Gyatso, after 25 years of Dharma practice and study. He is one of the few western lamas recognized within the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan or Vajrayana Buddhism, the lineage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Contact

Website: https://lionsroardharmacenter.org/spiritual-director/

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, November 11th, 2024 by Lama Yeshe Jinpa (11.5 MB, 46 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 11th, 2024 by Lama Yeshe Jinpa (11.5 MB, 46 min).zen,meditation,dharma October 21st, 2024 – “Buddhism and the mystical poetry of Kabir – My journey” – Dharma talk by Linda Hess https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-10-21/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:29:17 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18580 Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 21st, 2024 by Linda Hess (14.1 MB, 57 min).

LInda Hess

LInda Hess

Linda began Zen practice in 1974 at San Francisco Zen Center and currently practices with Reb Anderson at GGF and No Abode. Linda is a translator and scholar of devotional/mystical poetry from North India, especially the 15th century poet Kabir. She taught at Stanford in the Dept. of Religion Studies for 21 years. Her publications include: Bodies of Song: Kabir and Oral Traditions and Performative Worlds in North India (2015) and Singing Emptiness: Kumar Gandharva Performs the Poetry of Kabir (2009). Linda is interested in the intersections of religion, politics, and personal experience.

Contact

Website: https://linda-hess.com/

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, October 21st, 2024 by Linda Hess (14.1 MB, 57 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 21st, 2024 by Linda Hess (14.1 MB, 57 min).zen,meditation,dharma October 14th, 2024 – “Sparks of Light – Creating our future Now” – Dharma talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-10-14/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 23:47:23 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18574 Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 14th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (5.8 MB, 22 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, October 14th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (5.8 MB, 22 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 14th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (5.8 MB, 22 min).zen,meditation,dharma October 7th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Katrena Paine https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-10-07/ Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:57:35 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18567 Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 7th, 2024 – Katrena Paine (11.8 MB, 48 min).

Katrena Paine

Katrena Paine

Board of Directors

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, October 7th, 2024 – Katrena Paine (11.8 MB, 48 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 7th, 2024 – Katrena Paine (11.8 MB, 48 min).zen,meditation,dharma September 23rd, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Shosan Victoria Austin https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-09-23/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:24:01 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18523 Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 23rd, 2024 – Shosan Victoria Austin (13.1 MB, 52 min).

Shosan Victoria Austin

Shosan Victoria Austin

Visiting Teacher

Shosan Victoria Austin began practicing both Zen and yoga in 1971. In the Soto Zen tradition, she is entrusted as a Dharma heir in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, an international priest of the Soto School, and a Dharma teacher at San Francisco Zen Center. She trained in the U.S., in India, and in Japan. In the Iyengar tradition, she is certified as an Intermediate teacher.

Contact

Website: http://victoriaaustin.org/about-victoria/

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, September 23rd, 2024 – Shosan Victoria Austin (13.1 MB, 52 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 23rd, 2024 – Shosan Victoria Austin (13.1 MB, 52 min).zen,meditation,dharma September 9th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Susan Moon https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-09-09/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:48:19 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18519 Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 9th, 2024 –  Susan Moon (12.9 MB, 51 min).

Susan Moon

Susan Moon

Visiting Teacher

Susan Moon is a writer, editor, and lay teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. She is the author of a number of books about Buddhism, including the humor book The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi and This Is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity. For many years she was the editor of Turning Wheel, the journal of socially engaged Buddhism. Her short stories and essays have been published widely. Sue has been a Zen student since 1976, practicing in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi at Berkeley Zen Center, Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery, Green Gulch Farm, and now with Zoketsu Norman Fischer’s Everyday Zen sangha. She received “entrustment” as a lay teacher in 2005.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, September 9th, 2024 –  Susan Moon (12.9 MB, 51 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 9th, 2024 –  Susan Moon (12.9 MB, 51 min).zen,meditation,dharma September 7th, 2024 – “Each sense and every field” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-09-07/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:10:55 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18516 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, September 7th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.2 MB, 52 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, September 7th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.2 MB, 52 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, September 7th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.2 MB, 52 min).zen,meditation,dharma August 19th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-08-19/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:08:51 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18512 Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 19th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.3 MB, 45 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, August 19th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.3 MB, 45 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 19th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.3 MB, 45 min).zen,meditation,dharma August 12th, 2024 – Way Seeking Mind Talk by Konen Scott Lowe https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-08-12/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:50:45 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18501 Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, August 12th, 2024 by Konen Scott Lowe (9.6 MB, 39 min).

Konen Scott Lowe

Konen Scott Lowe’s Dharma biography: “I first encountered the Buddha Dharma when I was a teenager. In the library of the town I grew up in (Gallup, New Mexico). I randomly picked up a small volume of Hinayana Buddhism Sutras and history. As soon as I read a few pages, I was drawn to the voice of the Buddha, and from that day on, I considered myself a Buddhist. Many years later, in 1994, I attended a Dharma talk at Green Gulch. Someone named Tenshin Reb Anderson gave the talk, and after hearing his talk, I thought, “I think this man is my teacher,” and so he is to this day. I took Jukai in 1999 and received the Dharma name Konen Shogaku.”
]]> noWay Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, August 12th, 2024 by Konen Scott Lowe (9.6 MB, 39 min).Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, August 12th, 2024 by Konen Scott Lowe (9.6 MB, 39 min).zen,meditation,dharma August 5th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-08-05/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:00:12 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18493 Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 5th, 2024 – Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts (13.7 MB, 54 min).

Eijun Linda Cutts

Eijun Linda Cutts

Visiting Teacher

Eijun Linda Cutts came to San Francisco Zen Center in 1971 and was ordained as a priest in 1975. She has lived at Tassajara and SFZC’s City Center, and has resided at Green Gulch Farm since 1993. In 1996 Linda received Dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson. After having served as Abbess of SF Zen Center from 2000 to 2007, she was appointed Abiding Abbess of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in 2010, and Central Abbess of SF Zen Center in 2014. As Senior Dharma Teacher, she continues to teach and lead practice periods and retreats at Tassajara, Green Gulch, and elsewhere, and has been leading Yoga-Zen retreats and workshops for many years.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, August 5th, 2024 – Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts (13.7 MB, 54 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 5th, 2024 – Rev. Eijun Linda Cutts (13.7 MB, 54 min).zen,meditation,dharma July 22nd, 2024 – Dharma Talk by WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-07-22/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:23:59 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18486 Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 22nd, 2024 – Barbara Baccei (10.6 MB, 43 min).

WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei

WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei

Visiting Teacher

WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei, an ordained Soto Zen Teacher, received Lay Entrustment from Kyōshō Valorie Beer Roshi. She is also a Soto Zen sewing teacher lineage holder of Suzuki Roshi. An alignment-focused yoga teacher, she is a graduate of the Berkeley Yoga Room Teacher Training. A contemplative artist and book artist, she works on paper and fabric embellished with findings from the natural world.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, July 22nd, 2024 – Barbara Baccei (10.6 MB, 43 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 22nd, 2024 – Barbara Baccei (10.6 MB, 43 min).zen,meditation,dharma July 15th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Meikyo Bob Rosenbaum https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-07-15/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:24:58 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18480 Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 15th, 2024 – Robert Rosenbaum (13 MB, 54 min).

Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, PhD

Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, PhD

Visiting Teacher

Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, PhD, received lay entrustment in Soto Zen from Sojun Mel Weitsman.  He is also authorized as a senior teacher of the Taoist practice of Dayan (Wild Goose) Qigong in the lineage of Yang Meijun by Master Hui Liu.  In addition, he has received denkai  in Ordinary Mind Zen from Karen Terzano. Bob teaches Zen and Qigong at the Meadowmind Center in Sacramento. Bob is the author of several books including Zen and the Heart of Psychotherapy, Walking the Way : 81 Zen Encounters with Tao Te Ching and most recently, That is not your Mind! Zen Reflections on the Sarangama Sutra.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, July 15th, 2024 – Robert Rosenbaum (13 MB, 54 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 15th, 2024 – Robert Rosenbaum (13 MB, 54 min).zen,meditation,dharma July 6th, 2024 – “When two arrow points meet” – Dharma talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-07-06/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:03:58 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18477 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, July 6th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (11.1 MB, 42 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, July 6th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (11.1 MB, 42 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, July 6th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (11.1 MB, 42 min).zen,meditation,dharma June 17th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-06-17/ Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:23:41 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18473 Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 17th, 2024 –  Rev. Mary Mocine (12.3 MB, 50 min).

Zenki Mary Mocine

Zenki Mary Mocine

Visiting Teacher

Reverend Mary Mocine is abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has also trained with Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. She received dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman in May 2005.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, June 17th, 2024 –  Rev. Mary Mocine (12.3 MB, 50 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 17th, 2024 –  Rev. Mary Mocine (12.3 MB, 50 min).zen,meditation,dharma June 10th, 2024 – Dharma talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-06-10/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:14:12 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18468 Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 10th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (10.5 MB, 42 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, June 10th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (10.5 MB, 42 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 10th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (10.5 MB, 42 min).zen,meditation,dharma June 3rd, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-06-03/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:38:14 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18463 Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 3rd, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.3 MB, 58 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, June 3rd, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.3 MB, 58 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 3rd, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.3 MB, 58 min).zen,meditation,dharma May 6th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-05-06/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:24:30 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18460 Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 6th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13.9 MB, 56 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, May 6th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13.9 MB, 56 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 6th, 2024 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13.9 MB, 56 min).zen,meditation,dharma April 29th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Hoka Chris Fortin https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-04-29/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 22:55:32 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18455 Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 29th, 2024 –  Hoka Chris Fortin (13 MB, 53 min).

Hoka Soko Chris Fortin

Hoka Soko Chris Fortin

Visiting Teacher

Chris began her practice in 1976 at the San Francisco Zen Center, and received Dharma Transmission from Zoketsu Norman Fischer. She is founding and guiding teacher of the Dharma Heart Zen sanghas in Sonoma County, an Everyday Zen senior priest and teacher, and guiding teacher for Sky Island Zen in Tucson, AZ. She offers retreats and practice groups through SF Zen Center that include Jizo Bodhisattva Journeys through grief and change, Jizo Ceremonies, Wildland Firefights Retreats. She co-founded Veterans Path for current era veterans and co-facilitates (with Valley Streams Ino Doralee Grindler Katonah) an ongoing Racial and Social Justice as Dharma Practice group.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, April 29th, 2024 –  Hoka Chris Fortin (13 MB, 53 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 29th, 2024 –  Hoka Chris Fortin (13 MB, 53 min).zen,meditation,dharma April 15th, 2024 – “Embodying our Wild Feminine Spirits” – Dharma talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-04-15/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 20:27:48 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18439 Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 15th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (17.7 MB, 1 hr 7 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, April 15th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (17.7 MB, 1 hr 7 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 15th, 2024 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (17.7 MB, 1 hr 7 min).zen,meditation,dharma April 8th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-04-08/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:28:53 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18428 Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 8th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.6 MB, 56 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.

]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, April 8th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.6 MB, 56 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 8th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.6 MB, 56 min).zen,meditation,dharma April 1st, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-04-01/ Tue, 14 May 2024 01:02:21 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18077 Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 1st, 2024 –  Rev. Mary Mocine (15.9 MB, 1 hr 8 min).

Zenki Mary Mocine

Zenki Mary Mocine

Visiting Teacher

Reverend Mary Mocine is abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has also trained with Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. She received dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman in May 2005.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, April 1st, 2024 –  Rev. Mary Mocine (15.9 MB, 1 hr 8 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 1st, 2024 –  Rev. Mary Mocine (15.9 MB, 1 hr 8 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 18, 2024 – Talk on “Climate change and the Dharma” by Oscar Balaguer and Diana Cassady https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-03-1/ Tue, 14 May 2024 00:30:00 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18074 Practice Talk given by Oscar Balaguer and Diana Cassady on March 18th, 2024 – (Audio Version: 13.3MB, 58 min).

Oscar Balaguer

Oscar Balaguer

Senior Student

A longtime Zen practitioner and member of Valley Streams, Oscar was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson.
]]> noPractice Talk given by Oscar Balaguer and Diana Cassady on March 18th, 2024 – (Audio Version: 13.3MB, 58 min).Practice Talk given by Oscar Balaguer and Diana Cassady on March 18th, 2024 – (Audio Version: 13.3MB, 58 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 11th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-03-11/ Mon, 13 May 2024 23:35:37 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18071 Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 11th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.7 MB, 53 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, March 11th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.7 MB, 53 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 11th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.7 MB, 53 min).zen,meditation,dharma March 4th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-04-04/ Mon, 13 May 2024 21:24:14 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18067 Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 04th, 2024 –  Myo Lahey (10.8 MB, 44 min).

Myō Denis Lahey

Myō Denis Lahey

Teachers

Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha.  Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, March 04th, 2024 –  Myo Lahey (10.8 MB, 44 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 04th, 2024 –  Myo Lahey (10.8 MB, 44 min).zen,meditation,dharma February 26th, 2023 – Dharma Talk by Shōku Kathy Early https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-02-26/ Mon, 13 May 2024 20:54:43 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18063 Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 26th, 2023 –  Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (11.3 MB, 49 min).

Shōku Kathy Early

Shōku Kathy Early

Visiting 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).
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, February 26th, 2023 –  Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (11.3 MB, 49 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 26th, 2023 –  Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (11.3 MB, 49 min).zen,meditation,dharma February 19th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Gambō Berry Crawford https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-02-19/ Mon, 13 May 2024 20:45:11 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18059 Dharma Talk given on February 19th, 2023 –  Gambō Berry Crawford (17.12 MB, 1hr 12min).

Gambō Berry Crawford

Gambō Berry Crawford

Other Sangha Leaders

Berry Gambo Kyogan Crawford first started practicing Zen meditation in 1992. He lived at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center and practiced as a resident in the mid 1990s. Afterwards, he practiced with Diane "Eshin" Rizzetto in the Ordinary Mind Zen School started by Joko Beck. Later, he became a student of John “Shoji” Sorenson under whom he eventually received shiho (2022) and Inka Shomei (2025) in the lineage of Soto priest Soyu Matsuoka Roshi. He has also completed the Open Mind Zen koan curriculum under Russell “Kyofu Seikyo” Mitchell and was given dharma transmission in that lineage in 2025. Berry is a member of the “Doan-ryo” at the Valley Streams Zen Sangha and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Sacramento Dharma Center. He is the host of the Simplicity Zen Podcast  (https://simplicityzen.com/) and maintains the Science of Zen website (https://scienceofzen.org/).

]]> noDharma Talk given on February 19th, 2023 –  Gambō Berry Crawford (17.12 MB, 1hr 12min).Dharma Talk given on February 19th, 2023 –  Gambō Berry Crawford (17.12 MB, 1hr 12min).zen,meditation,dharma February 5th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Taiga Ito https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-02-05/ Mon, 13 May 2024 20:23:46 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18056 Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 5th, 2024 –  Rev. Taiga Ito (14.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).

Taiga Ito

Taiga Ito

Visiting Teacher

Taiga Ito, trained at Daihonzan Sojiji, one of the head monasteries of Soto Shu (Soto Zen in Japan). In 2016, Taiga Ito became Kokusaifukyoshi (international teacher of Soto Shu). He served as secretary of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center between 2016 and 2018, and has served as its Assistant Director since 2019.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, February 5th, 2024 –  Rev. Taiga Ito (14.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 5th, 2024 –  Rev. Taiga Ito (14.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).zen,meditation,dharma January 29th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-01-29/ Mon, 13 May 2024 20:16:06 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=18053 Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 29th, 2024 –  Myo Lahey (14.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).

Myō Denis Lahey

Myō Denis Lahey

Teachers

Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha.  Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, January 29th, 2024 –  Myo Lahey (14.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 29th, 2024 –  Myo Lahey (14.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).zen,meditation,dharma January 15th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Liên Shutt https://valleystreamszen.org/z2024-01-15/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:38:59 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=17850 Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 15th, 2024 (14.9 MB, 1 hr 2 min).

Keiryu Liên Shutt

Keiryu Liên Shutt

Visiting Teacher

Rev. Liên Shutt is a lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Zen traditions in the U.S., Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an anti-racist, inclusive sangha and non-profit in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please visit AccessToZen.org for ways to connect with her offerings. Liên's Home Is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path is available through the Online Store.  
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, January 15th, 2024 (14.9 MB, 1 hr 2 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 15th, 2024 (14.9 MB, 1 hr 2 min).zen,meditation,dharma December 11, 2023 – Dharma Talk by Ryuko Laura Burges https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-12-11/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:15:17 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=17839 Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 11, 2023 by Ryoko Laura Burges (15MB, 1 hr 1 min).

Ryuko Laura Burges

Ryuko Laura Burges

Visiting Teacher

Ryuko Laura Burges, a lay entrusted dharma teacher in the Soto Zen tradition, teaches classes, lectures, and leads retreats in Northern California. Laura co-founded the Sangha in Recovery Program at the San Francisco Zen Center and is the abiding teacher at Lenox House Meditation Group in Oakland. The Zen Way of Recovery: An Illuminated Path Out of the Darkness of Addiction is offered by Shambhala Publications, as are her two children’s books, Buddhist Stories for Kids and Zen for Kids. They are available widely and can be purchased through the SFZC Online store. Laura’s work has appeared in Tricycle Magazine, Buddhadharma, The Best of the Windbell, Teach Our Children Well, and in the film The Digital Divide.  
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, December 11, 2023 by Ryoko Laura Burges (15MB, 1 hr 1 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 11, 2023 by Ryoko Laura Burges (15MB, 1 hr 1 min).zen,meditation,dharma November 20th, 2023 – Dharma Talk by Susan Moon https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-11-20/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 03:36:07 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=17464 Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 20th, 2023 –  Susan Moon (13.1 MB, 55 min).

Susan Moon

Susan Moon

Visiting Teacher

Susan Moon is a writer, editor, and lay teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. She is the author of a number of books about Buddhism, including the humor book The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi and This Is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity. For many years she was the editor of Turning Wheel, the journal of socially engaged Buddhism. Her short stories and essays have been published widely. Sue has been a Zen student since 1976, practicing in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi at Berkeley Zen Center, Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery, Green Gulch Farm, and now with Zoketsu Norman Fischer’s Everyday Zen sangha. She received “entrustment” as a lay teacher in 2005.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, November 20th, 2023 –  Susan Moon (13.1 MB, 55 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 20th, 2023 –  Susan Moon (13.1 MB, 55 min).zen,meditation,dharma November 11th, 2023 – “The Golem” – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-11-13/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 03:21:22 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=17460 Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 11th, 2023 –  Myo Lahey (15.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).

Myō Denis Lahey

Myō Denis Lahey

Teachers

Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha.  Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, November 11th, 2023 –  Myo Lahey (15.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 11th, 2023 –  Myo Lahey (15.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).zen,meditation,dharma November 6th, 2023 – “One Bright Pearl” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-11-06/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 03:08:34 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=17457 Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 6th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13 MB, 56 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, November 6th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13 MB, 56 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 6th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13 MB, 56 min).zen,meditation,dharma November 4th, 2023 – “The Mysterious Unfolding of Our Undivided Reality” – Dharma Talk by Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-10-04/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 03:00:52 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=17454 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, Novemeber 4th, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (9.12 MB, 35 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, Novemeber 4th, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (9.12 MB, 35 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, Novemeber 4th, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (9.12 MB, 35 min).zen,meditation,dharma October 23th, 2023 – “Roam and Play in Samadhi” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-10-23/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 03:43:16 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=17354 Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.1 MB, 47 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.1 MB, 47 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.1 MB, 47 min).zen,meditation,dharma October 16th, 2023 – Civil Rights Pilgrimage with Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy (Part 2) https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-10-16/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 03:17:06 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=17351 Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 2nd, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy (7.6 MB, 33 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
Malia McCarthy

Malia McCarthy

Board of Directors

Malia is a member of the Valley Streams Board of Directors and serves as secretary.  She recently retired from the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry.  She has two daughters in college and lives in Davis with her husband.  She feels very fortunate to have been able to practice with Valley Streams since 2019
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, October 2nd, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy (7.6 MB, 33 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 2nd, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy (7.6 MB, 33 min).zen,meditation,dharma October 9th, 2023 – “Guided Medicine Buddha Meditation” – by Susan Farrar https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-10-09/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 03:01:22 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=17346 Talk given on Saturday, October 9th, 2023 –  Susan Farrar (11.6 MB, 50 min).

Susan Farrar

Susan Farrar

Susan Farrar practices in two traditions---in the Tibetan tradition with Lion’s Roar Dharma Center since 2008, and more recently, with Valley Streams Zen Sangha.  She completed the 2-year Foundation of Buddhist Thought training in 2014 and  the Chaplaincy Program from the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies in 2019. She volunteers as a chaplain at U.C. Davis Medical Center and has volunteered as a hospice worker also through U.C Davis. She is also active in various activities surrounding food insecurity in the Sacramento community. Prior to her retirement in 2004, Susan worked as a law office manager and as a research manager specializing in data and demographic research. She has a BA from the University of Colorado and post-graduate work at UCLA.
]]> noTalk given on Saturday, October 9th, 2023 –  Susan Farrar (11.6 MB, 50 min).Talk given on Saturday, October 9th, 2023 –  Susan Farrar (11.6 MB, 50 min).zen,meditation,dharma October 7th, 2023 – “Sitting in the Light of Wisdom” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-10-07/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:35:36 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=16720 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (10.9 MB, 41 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (10.9 MB, 41 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (10.9 MB, 41 min).zen,meditation,dharma October 2nd, 2023 – Civil Rights Pilgrimage with Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-10-02/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:24:30 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=16715 Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 2nd, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy (16.4 MB, 1 hr 7 min).

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah

Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Ino,  or head of the meditation hall. She studies 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 Sangha in 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. Doralee offers practice discussion upon request at ino@valleystreamszen.org.
Malia McCarthy

Malia McCarthy

Board of Directors

Malia is a member of the Valley Streams Board of Directors and serves as secretary.  She recently retired from the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry.  She has two daughters in college and lives in Davis with her husband.  She feels very fortunate to have been able to practice with Valley Streams since 2019
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, October 2nd, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy (16.4 MB, 1 hr 7 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 2nd, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah and Malia McCarthy (16.4 MB, 1 hr 7 min).zen,meditation,dharma September 25th, 2023 – “Run Silent, Run Deep” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-09-25/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:03:52 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=16712 Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 25th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.3 MB, 1 hr 3 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, September 25th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.3 MB, 1 hr 3 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 25th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (15.3 MB, 1 hr 3 min).zen,meditation,dharma September 11th, 2023 – “Buddha’s Insight” – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-09-11/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 19:52:58 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=16667 Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 11th, 2023 –  Myo Lahey (12.8 MB, 54 min).

Myō Denis Lahey

Myō Denis Lahey

Teachers

Rev. Myō Lahey is the guiding teacher for our sangha.  Rev. Myō became interested in Zen as a teenager and started full-time residential practice at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982. He received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and served as head of practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery from 2000 – 2002. He is now Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco. (http://www.hszc.org)
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, September 11th, 2023 –  Myo Lahey (12.8 MB, 54 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 11th, 2023 –  Myo Lahey (12.8 MB, 54 min).zen,meditation,dharma August 28th, 2023 – “Remembering Myogen Steve Stucky” Dharma Talk by Rev. Renshin Bunce https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023_08_28/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 19:31:12 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=16664 Dharma Talk given by Rev. Renshin Bunce on Monday, August 28th, 2023 – (13.2 MB, 56 min).

Renshin Bunce

Renshin Bunce

Visiting Teacher

Renshin Bunce is a California native, born in Marin County and raised in Southern California. In midlife, yearning for a peaceful mind, she began meditating, and met her teacher Myogen Steve Stücky in January of 1994. She made jukai (took her lay vows) with Myogen at Dharma Eye Zen Center in 1996, was priest ordained by Zenkei Blanche Hartman at San Francisco Zen Center in 2003, served as Shuso (head student) with Myogen at Tassajara in 2008, and received dharma transmission from him at Tassajara in April of 2013. Renshin lived at Zen Center for seven years, and then began training as a chaplain. She moved out of Zen Center in 2008 and worked as a hospice chaplain from 2010 until retiring in 2022. She has written two books, Entering the Monastery, a record of her time at Zen Center, which was published in 2008; and Love and Fear, reflections on chaplaincy, published in 2020.
]]> noDharma Talk given by Rev. Renshin Bunce on Monday, August 28th, 2023 – (13.2 MB, 56 min).Dharma Talk given by Rev. Renshin Bunce on Monday, August 28th, 2023 – (13.2 MB, 56 min).zen,meditation,dharma August 7th, 2023 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-08-7/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 19:07:30 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=16661 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, August 7th, 2023 –  Rev. Mary Mocine (9.8 MB, 42 min).

Zenki Mary Mocine

Zenki Mary Mocine

Visiting Teacher

Reverend Mary Mocine is abbess of Clear Water Zendo in Vallejo. She was trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and Tassajara Zen Monastery. She was ordained in 1994 by Sojun Mel Weitsman, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and continuing Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. Reverend Mocine has also trained with Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman and former Abbots Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Tenshin Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. She received dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman in May 2005.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, August 7th, 2023 –  Rev. Mary Mocine (9.8 MB, 42 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, August 7th, 2023 –  Rev. Mary Mocine (9.8 MB, 42 min).zen,meditation,dharma August 5th, 2023 – “Entering the Door of Liberation” – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-08-05/ Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:42:03 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=16598 Dharma Talk given on Saturday, August 5th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.9 MB, 49 min).

So’on Jim Hare

So'on Jim Hare

Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers

Serves as Tanto, or head of practice. He lived in the San Francisco Zen Center community from 1980 to 1984; was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1985, and priest ordained by Myō Lahey in 2016. He served as Shuso (Head Student) at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.  Jim offers practice discussion upon request at info@valleystreamszen.org.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Saturday, August 5th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.9 MB, 49 min).Dharma Talk given on Saturday, August 5th, 2023 –  Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.9 MB, 49 min).zen,meditation,dharma July 31st, 2023 – Dharma Talk by Robert Rosenbaum https://valleystreamszen.org/z2023-07-31/ Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:33:57 +0000 https://valleystreamszen.org/?p=16595 Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 31st, 2023 –  Robert Rosenbaum (13.9 MB, 59 min).

Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, PhD

Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, PhD

Visiting Teacher

Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, PhD, received lay entrustment in Soto Zen from Sojun Mel Weitsman.  He is also authorized as a senior teacher of the Taoist practice of Dayan (Wild Goose) Qigong in the lineage of Yang Meijun by Master Hui Liu.  In addition, he has received denkai  in Ordinary Mind Zen from Karen Terzano. Bob teaches Zen and Qigong at the Meadowmind Center in Sacramento. Bob is the author of several books including Zen and the Heart of Psychotherapy, Walking the Way : 81 Zen Encounters with Tao Te Ching and most recently, That is not your Mind! Zen Reflections on the Sarangama Sutra.
]]> noDharma Talk given on Monday, July 31st, 2023 –  Robert Rosenbaum (13.9 MB, 59 min).Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 31st, 2023 –  Robert Rosenbaum (13.9 MB, 59 min).zen,meditation,dharma