# Event Details

- **Event Name**: One Day Sitting: Swinging the Sword
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 am – Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 04:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: "If you don’t swing the sword, the fisherperson stays in the nest." (Case 68, Book of Serenity)About this EventThis one-day retreat will feature periods of sitting and walking meditation and a Dharma talk by Paravritti Doralee Grindler Katonah, Valley Streams Zen Sangha's leader of the meditation hall. Lunch will be silent; please bring your own bag lunch.Attendance is available on a sliding scale from $10 to $100. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If this will be your first extended sitting with us, please send us a note at info@valleystreamszen.org to introduce yourself.Rev. Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah serves as Ino, or head of the meditation hall. She studied in the Soto Zen lineage with Sojun Diane Martin, founder and guiding teacher of Udumbara Zen Center in Illinois and Rev. Val Szymanski, Head Priest of Bamboo in the Wind Zen Center in Sunnyvale, California. She was lay ordained in 2008 and priest ordained in 2019. She served as head student for the Spring practice period at Bamboo in the Wind Zen Sangha in May 2022. She offers Practice Interviews upon request.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sacramento/one-day-sitting-swinging-the-sword/100001990284263810
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, meditation
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 10, max: 108.55, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Sacramento
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Sacramento Dharma Center
- **lat**: 38.5515165
- **long**: -121.3811987
- **full address**: Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is One Day Sitting: Swinging the Sword being held?
  - **A:** One Day Sitting: Swinging the Sword takes place on Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 am to Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 04:30 pm at Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing One Day Sitting: Swinging the Sword?
  - **A:** One Day Sitting: Swinging the Sword is organized by Valley Streams Zen Sangha.

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