Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen Sangha

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September 10, 2025 September 8th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Yo-on Jeremy Levie
Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 8th, 2025 – Yo-on Jeremy Levie (16.5 MB, 62 min).

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.

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August 19, 2025 August 18th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 18th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.5 MB, 47 min).

Rev. 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 Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.

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August 07, 2025 August 4th, 2025 – “What can you do about the world?” – Practice Circle Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Monday, August 4th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13.5 MB, 55 min).

Rev. 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 Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.

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55min
August 07, 2025 August 1st, 2025 – “Discovering Intimacy and Embracing the Art of Doing Nothing” – Dharma Talk by Danan John Wark
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, August 1st, 2025 – Danan John Wark (8.1MB, 33 min).

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.

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33min
July 29, 2025 July 28th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 28th, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (13 MB, 54 min).

Rev. 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 Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.

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55min
July 24, 2025 July 21st, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Eli Brown-Stevenson
Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 21st, 2025 – Eli Brown-Stevenson (12.3 MB, 48 min).

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.

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49min
July 15, 2025 July 14th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei
Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 14th, 2025 – WaDen Eido Barbara Baccei (11.9 MB, 49 min).

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.

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49min
July 08, 2025 June 30th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Vivian Grenenfelder
Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 30th, 2025 – Rev. Vivian Grenenfelder (13 MB, 53 min).

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.

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53min
June 24, 2025 June 23rd, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Rev. So’on Jim Hare
Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 23rd, 2025 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.6 MB, 47 min).

Rev. 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 Myo Lahey in 2016. He served as Head Student at Green Gulch Farm during the spring 2002 practice period.

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47min
June 17, 2025 June 16th, 2025 – Dharma Talk by Hoka Chris Fortin
Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 16th, 2025 – Hoka Chris Fortin (13.3 MB, 52 min).

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.

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52min

FAQs about Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen Sangha:

How many episodes does Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen Sangha have?

The podcast currently has 239 episodes available.