* At Jikoji & On Zoom *
Sakura Sesshin 2022
Wednesday, May 4 - Sunday, May 8
Led by Guiding Teacher Kaizan Doug Jacobson and shuso Pamela Chōbun Nenzen Brown.
A small spring sesshin ending the practice period of Santa Barbara Zen Center and Jikoji Zen Center.
May 5, 3:00 pm - Dharma talk by the shuso, Nenzen Pamela Brown
May 6, 3:00 pm - Dharma talk by Tatsudo Doug Jacobson
May 8, 3:00 pm - Jukai Ceremony for Jesse Dow
May 8, 11:40 am - Shuso Ceremony for Shuso Nenzen Pamela Brown
A reception and social lunch following the shuso ceremony.
All talks and ceremonies will also be available on Zoom.
All are welcome!
Zoom Link (opens Zoom)
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Cost:
The cost of attending the sesshin in person is, it is $60/per overnight, and $25/per day for daytime visits (with no overnights.)
Questions?
Please feel free to call Jikoji 408-741-9562 or email us at info@jikoji.org.
SESSHIN LEADERS
Kaizan Doug Jacobson began practicing Zen in Minneapolis in 1974 with Dainin Katagiri Roshi, and had Jukai in 1977. A householder, father, contractor, and civil engineer, Doug received priest ordination in 2010, and transmission in 2015, from Shoho Michael Newhall at Jikoji Zen Center. He currently serves Jikoji as one of its Guiding Teachers, and also assists prisoners with Buddhist practice. Doug also helps maintain and develop infrastructure at Jikoji, where he enjoys getting his hands dirty as a mode of Zen practice.
Pamela Chōbun Nenzen Brown was introduced to sitting meditation practice in 1976. Forty years later, as her father was declining with a neurodegenerative disease, she decided to stay seated. In 2017, Pamela met Sensei Gary Koan Janka and has been sitting with Santa Barbara Zen Center ever since. Koan Sensei introduced Pamela and SBZC to Jikoji; Pamela was ordained in Kobun Chino Ottogawa Roshi's lineage by Shoho Michael Newhall in 2020.
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.