* At Jikoji & on Zoom *
Denko-e Sesshin
Monday, OCT 2nd - Sunday, OCT 8th
led by guest teacher meido anderson
Led by Meido Barbara Anderson, guiding teacher of O-An Zendo in Pennsylvania, Denko-e Sesshin is part of a cycle of four traditional sesshins initiated by Kobun, Jikoji's founder, and is our traditional fall teaching sesshin, with a lighter zazen schedule and an emphasis on dharma study. Denko-e means "Gathering of Light."
We will explore the Robert Thurman translation, THE HOLY TEACHING OF VIMALAKIRTI, A Mahayana Scripture, published by The Pennsylvania State University Press. Please read the Sutra in preparation!
Tentative Teaching Plan:
Tuesday: Buddhafields
Wednesday: Bodhisattvas and Skillful Means
Thursday: Being Sick
Friday: Vimalakirti and Sharipurtra
Saturday: Silence and Non-Duality
We look forward to practicing with you!
Meido Barbara Anderson is the Resident Guiding Teacher at O-An Zendo. She began practicing meditation in 1967 soon after receiving her doctorate in philosophy from Penn State University.
She began her formal study and practice of Zen with the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, receiving the Five Precepts from him in 1994. Thereafter, she studied and practiced in the Soto and Rinzai styles with Dai-en Bennage NiOsho, abbess of Mt. Equity Zen Center; Genro Lee Milton Sensei, abbot of Endless Mountain Zendo, and Jiro Andy Afable Osho of Early Light Zendo.
In 2010 she received the Ten Grave Buddhist Precepts from her guiding teacher Shoho Michael Newhall, abbot of Jikoji and Dharma heir of Kobun Chino Roshi. She was ordained as a Zen priest in 2011, and transmitted to become a Dharma heir in the Cloud Phoenix lineage in 2019 by Shoho Michael Newhall.
For the past five years, Meido has studied and practiced Japanese Ceremonial Tea, and offers tea regularly to members of the O-An sangha and the larger community.unity.
All are welcome!
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Oryoki meals will be provided.
Cost:
For those joining the sesshin on site, the cost is $100/per overnight, $60/per overnight camping, and $40/per day for daytime visits.
Questions?
Please feel free to call Jikoji 408-741-9562 or email us at info@jikoji.org.
ONLINE ZENDO ETIQUETTE
To help maintain as best we can the intimacy and integrity of an in-person gathering, we ask all who join us online to please observe the following practices.
- Sign in using real name.
- Keep microphone muted unless speaking during discussion periods.
- Maintain zendo silence during meditation periods and while waiting for discussion period to begin.
- Keep camera on and maintain visibility during discussion periods.
- Anonymous participation online is not allowed, as it would not be in person.