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By Valley Streams Zen Dharma Talks
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The podcast currently has 188 episodes available.
Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen Sangha episodes:
October 01, 2024April 8th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 8th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (14.6 MB, 56 min).
Rev. So'on Jim HareBoard 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 Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.Right-click to Download File...more May 14, 2024April 1st, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Mary Mocine Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 1st, 2024 – Rev. Mary Mocine (15.9 MB, 1 hr 8 min).
Rev. Zenki Mary MocineVisiting 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.Right-click to Download File...more May 14, 2024March 18, 2024 – Talk on “Climate change and the Dharma” by Oscar Balaguer and Diana Cassady Practice Talk given by Oscar Balaguer and Diana Cassady on March 18th, 2024 – (Audio Version: 13.3MB, 58 min).
Oscar BalaguerSenior Student
A longtime Zen practitioner and member of Valley Streams, Oscar was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson.Right-click to Download File...more May 13, 2024March 11th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 11th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.7 MB, 53 min).
Rev. So'on Jim HareBoard 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 Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.Right-click to Download File...more May 13, 2024March 4th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 04th, 2024 – Myo Lahey (10.8 MB, 44 min).
Rev. Myō Denis LaheyTeachers
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)[easy_media_download url=”https://valleystreamszen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-03-04MyoLahey.mp3
...more May 13, 2024February 26th, 2023 – Dharma Talk by Shōku Kathy Early Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 26th, 2023 – Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (11.3 MB, 49 min).
Shōku Kathy EarlyVisiting 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).Right-click to Download File...more May 13, 2024February 19th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Gambō Berry Crawford Dharma Talk given on February 19th, 2023 – Gambō Berry Crawford (17.12 MB, 1hr 12min).
Gambō Berry CrawfordOther Sangha Leaders
Berry 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. There he completed the initiation ordeal known as tangaryo and completed traditional Soto Zen Practice Periods. Berry next practiced with Diane "Eshin" Rizzetto in the Ordinary Mind Zen School started by Joko Beck. Later, Berry became a student of John “Shoji” Sorenson and in 2022 was authorized to independently teach Zen. He currently engages in traditional White Plum koan study with his koan teacher Russell “Kyofu Seikyo” Mitchell and was authorized as an Assistant Koan Teacher by him in 2023. 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/).Right-click to Download File...more May 13, 2024February 5th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Taiga Ito Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 5th, 2024 – Rev. Taiga Ito (14.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).
Rev. Taiga ItoVisiting Teacher
Rev. 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.Right-click to Download File...more May 13, 2024January 29th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Myo Lahey Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 29th, 2024 – Myo Lahey (14.1 MB, 1 hr 1 min).
Rev. Myō Denis LaheyTeachers
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)Right-click to Download File...more April 16, 2024January 15th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Liên Shutt Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 15th, 2024 (14.9 MB, 1 hr 2 min).
Keiryu Liên ShuttVisiting 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.Right-click to Download File...more
FAQs about Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen Sangha:
How many episodes does Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen Sangha have?
The podcast currently has 188 episodes available.