General information about Jikoji is available from Jikoji's Home Page.

Pledges and Donations

Please pledge, or re-pledge, regular contributions to Jikoji, to support and extend the practice life and Buddha field of our esteemed teacher and founder, Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi.

You may specify your intention for your donation by writing it on your check. (Non-specified donations will be deposited into the General Fund.) Jikoji's funds currently include:

Century 21 Matched Fund (see below)
Endowment Fund (for this and future centuries)
Teacher's Fund (to provide a modest stipend and pay related expenses for our Resident Teacher)
General Fund (for operations, maintenance, and improvements)

Please mail your contributions to: Treasurer, Jikoji, 12100 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos CA 95033.

Jikoji's Century 21 Matched Fund

To honor the legacy of Kobun's teaching and practices at Jikoji, Jikoji is making its first fund raising of this century. Our initial goal was to raise two hundred thousand dollars to finance a major upgrade to the facilities, focusing on the dormitory building. A match pledge of $100,000 was received from several generous donors, and a separate donation of several thousand has been made for architectural work. As of year end 2007, about about three-quarters of our initial $200,000 goal has been raised.

The facilities upgrade will advance Jikoji from a "rustic retreat center" (dating from Pacific High School in the 1950s) to a more modern, if still rustic, teaching, meditation, and retreat center. Thus far, the following projects have been largely accomplished:

(1) improve the Dormitory Building's facilities (with the addition of several bedrooms and bathrooms),
(2) strengthen and provide new doors and windows for the Residents' Building,
(3) make related improvements in the Community building,
(4) add a small Zendo for Jikoji activities while other groups are using the main Zendo.

Over the next few years we hope to complete the renovation of the Dormitory building, strengthen and improve the main Zendo, and modernize the Community and Residents buildings.

Contacts: You can reach us by phone at (408) 741-9562 during our regular business hours, 9 AM to 2 PM, M-F. You can also contact us at our e-mail address: info@jikoji.org. We look forward to hearing from you.


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