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Nehan-e Sesshin
Exploring Shantideva’s
“The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life”
Led by Carolyn Dille
Friday, Feb 5 - Friday, Feb 12
Morning Readings & Afternoon Dharma Talks
Full Schedule Below
PLEASE NOTE: Due to intermittent technical issues, if you registered for sesshin and have not received a confirmation email within 24 hours, we ask that you please register again. You may also register by writing to info@jikoji.org with the days on which you would like to attend. We are so sorry for the inconvenience!
Nehan-e is our annual silent meditation retreat held in honor of the Buddha’s entering parinirvana, nirvana beyond death. This year, our week-long sesshin will again be led by Carolyn Dille, a transmitted student of Jikoji's founding director Angie Boissevain, continuing our tradition of a Floating Zendo connection to Jikoji's Nehan-e. Portions of out Monday program will be led by Paula Jones, from Floating Zendo San Diego.
Nehan-e this year will be focusing on our bodhisattva vows, with the help of Shantideva’s “Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life.”
Because the sesshin is virtual this year, we encourage those who attend to begin with the Friday, February 5 evening Zazen, Opening Remarks, and Refuges. The few changes in form that virtual reality necessitates will be covered then.
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COST: Jikoji operates on Donations. The Dharma and our programs are freely offered, and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. The suggested Donation for this event is $25 - $50 per day, and does not include Teacher dana.
TEACHER DANA: If you would like to offer Teacher Dana to Carolyn, you can send it to hoshinjikai@icloud.com at either PayPal or Venmo. Suggested Teacher dana is $10 - $20 per day. (Teacher dana is not included in the Jikoji suggested registration fee, which covers sesshin costs.)
We are grateful for and dependent on your financial support for our sustainability, especially during this time of limited social gatherings. Questions? Please feel free to call Jikoji 408-741-9562 or email us at info@jikoji.org.
SESSHIN MATERIALS:
Nehan-e 2021 Schedule (all times PST)
Nehan-e - Selected Verses from Shantideva
Nehan-e 2021 Chants
Batchelor - Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life
In this sesshin most of the verses we read from Shantideva were from "Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life," Tharpa Publications, Translated by Neil Elliott under the guidance of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
Some Shantideva verses were from Stephen Batchelor’s "A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life," linked above..
Other books consulted were "The Bodhicryāvatā," translated by Kate Crosby and Andrew Skilton and A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, translated by Vesna A. Wallace and B. Alan Wallace.
OUR SCHEDULE
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ABOUT CAROLYN DILLE
Carolyn Jikai Dille has been a dedicated student of Buddhist practices for 30 years in the Soto Zen and the Early Buddhist Insight traditions. She began teaching in dharma communities in 1998 and has studied with a variety of teachers in the United States and Asia. She holds dharma transmission from Angie Enji Boissevain in the Phoenix Cloud lineage and graduated from Spirit Rock’s CDL program.
Carolyn is a poet, writer, and founding editor of Leaping Clear, www.leapingclear.org, a digital magazine of the arts featuring artists with meditative and contemplative practices. On occasion, she offers retreats and workshops that integrate meditation and artistic expression.
ABOUT
PAULA JONES
Paula Jones became a student of Kobun Chino in the early 70’s at Santa Cruz Zendo. For a time she lived at the Zendo house with her young daughter and a changing cast of residents, many of whom became good friends. One became her husband.
While working as a gardener in Santa Cruz, Paula completed an MA in Writing (poetry) and began publishing poetry and participating in readings. This led to a career teaching literature, writing and poetry in several California colleges and schools.
Now retired from college teaching, she continues to attend sesshins at Jikoji, renewing (silent) friendships with Angie Boissevain and other sitting friends. She has received ordination and dharma transmission from Angie. She has shared the teacher’s role during sesshins, is co-founder and teacher at Floating Zendo San Diego and one of the teachers at Floating Zendo San Jose.
Paula and Balin now live in San Diego and continue to visit deserts, mountains, rivers and lakes.
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 and participation periods to begin.
- Keep camera on and maintain facial visibility during discussion period.
- Anonymous participation online will not be permitted, as it would not be permitted in person.