* At Jikoji & On Zoom *
SUNDAY PROGRAM
This Sunday:
Poetry & Zen
with Paula Jones
Sunday, March 27, 2021 - 10am-12:30pm
Zazen - Service - Dharma Talk
Our Dharma Talk this week will be by Paula Jones, one of Jikoji’s Guiding Teachers, and founder of Floating Zendo San Diego.
This Sunday, we will be reading poems to each other on Zoom, and, as often in Zendos and poetry gatherings, we are able to share a sense of connection in doing this, a connection that may be more intimate than ordinary speech. As Tozan said, "I am always close to this." That can cover a wide range of poems, and no surprise if "this" is different for each of us until we share it. If this prompt still works for you, then you can start your search. Keep in mind that we are approaching the end of Women's history month, and this is an opportunityto explore poems by women you may not have read in addition to other more familiar poems which speak to you at this time. If you would like to share a poem of your own, that is also welcome. Until then, enjoy exploring.
OUR SCHEDULE
10:00 a.m. zazen (sitting meditation)
10:40 kinhin (walking meditation)
10:50 zazen
11:20 service
11:40 talk
Paula Jones first became a student of Jikoji founder Kobun Chino when she attended the Santa Cruz Zendo in the mid-seventies. A year or two later she, with her young daughter, moved into the residence with a changing group of caretakers and friends, one of whom she later married. During and after that time she attended sesshins at Hidden Villa with Kobun's students from Los Altos, including Angie Boissevain, who some years later became her teacher.
In the years that followed, she finished her MA in Creative Writing and began teaching poetry, literature and writing in colleges and private workshops in Santa Cruz, the Mojave Dessert and San Diego, where she and Balin now live. She received ordination and transmission from Angie and has since taught at several Jikoji sesshins. She was a co-founder of Floating Zendo San Diego and is one of the teachers at Floating Zendo in San Jose, and recently became one of the Guiding Teachers at Jikoji.
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 facial visibility during discussion period.
- Anonymous participation online will not be permitted, as it would not be permitted in person.